In which of the following situations would you prefer to be making a loan? A: The interest rate is 9 percent and the expected inflation rate is 7 percent. B: The interest rate is 4 percent and the expected inflation rate is 1 percent. C: The interest rate is 13 percent and the expected inflation rate is 15 percent. D: The interest rate is 25 percent and the expected inflation rate is 50 percent.

Maybe Ma Yun hasn’t expected that Alibaba can _____ its present position in e-commerce within only 15 years.

They fulfilled the plan earlier than they ______. A: have expected B: were expected C: were expecting D: had expected

They received the parcel that they for a long time . A: expected B: have expected C: had been expecting D: had expected

The exam was much more difficult than we ________ A: expect B: have expected C: expected D: had expected

This size of the audience,____,was well over twenty thousand. A: whom we had expected B: as we had expected C: what we had expected D: we had expected that

In some restaurants it is expected that the customer will leave a ‘tip’. Typically, what percentage tip should the customer leave? A: 5% B: 10% C: 15% D: 20%"

This restructuring ______ to save the company more than 3 million dollars per year. A: expects B: are expected C: expected D: is expected

A decrease in the expected rate of inflation will _________ the expected return on bonds relative to that on _________ assets.

In Finland, a gift is not expected on the first visit, but would be expected on a subsequent visit.