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Questions37to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Securityandcommodityexchangesaretradingpostswherepeoplemeetwhowishtobuyorsell.Theexchangesthemselvesdonotrading;theymerelyprovideaplacewhereprospectivebuyersandsellerscanmeetandconducttheirbusiness. WallStreet,althoughthebestknown,isnottheonlyhomeofexchangesintheUnitedStates.TherearecottonexchangesinNewOrleansandChicago;theMercantileExchange,whichdealsinmanyfarmproducts,inChicago;andgrainexchangesinmanyofthelargecitiesoftheMidwest.homeexchanges,liketheChicagoBoardofTrade,providemarketservicesforseveralkindsofproducts.Thesetradingpostswhereproductsmaybeboughtorsoldarecalledcommodityexchanges. Thesecurityexchanges,ontheotherhand,aremeetingplaceswherestocksandbondsaretraded.Likethecommodityexchanges,theyhelpservetheeconomiclifeofthecountry.Butwhentheiroperationsgetoutofhand,theymaybecomeverydangerous.Inl929,thesecurityexchanges,orstockmarket,contributedtoacrashasudden,sharpdeclineinthevalueofsecurities.Manypeoplelostfortunes;manycorporationswerebankrupted;manyworkerslosttheirjobs.TheCrashofl929hasbeenattributedtomanycauses,amongthemwildandunwisespeculationbymanypeopleanddishonestpracticesonthepartofsomebusinessmenandofsomemembersoftheexchanges. Today,however,investingthroughsecurityexchangesandtradingoncommodityexchangeshasbeenmadesaferbyregulationssetupbytheexchangesthemselvesandbyregulationsoftheUnitedStatesgovernment,Inl922,thegovernmentinstitutedtheCommodityExchangeCommissionwhichoperatedthroughtheDepartmentofAgriculture;andinl934,theSecuritiesandExchangesCommission,toprotectinvestorsandthepublicagainstdishonestpracticesontheexchanges. 37.Securityandcommodityexchangesaremeetingplacesforbuyersandsellersof__________. A.stocks
B.grain
C.securities
D.allofthese
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