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NowthetwomeetupmostafternoonsatStephen’shomeinSandbach,Cheshiretotalkaboutinvestments.Thedaystartsat7amwhenSamlooksatcompanyannouncementsonline.Theseregulatoryannouncementscanincludeafirm’saccounts,generalupdatesornewsofmergers(合并)oracquisitions.Samflagsupcompaniesthathethinkslookinterestingtohisdadwhothendoessomemoreresearch.
EachhasanISA(IndividualSavingsAccount)withAJBell,whichtheyusetobuyindividualstocksandshares.ItisariskywaytoinvestbutthetwolikedoingtheirownresearchoncompaniesandStephenmakesanefforttogotoinvestorpresentationsandtrytomeettheCEOanddirectorsofthefirmstheyinvestinandtospeaktootherinvestorsinthecompanies.
Theyhaveinvestedinoilcompaniesandpetcarebusinesses,tonamejustafew.Butwhiletheinvestmentsofthetwomenaresimilar,theydohavedifferentapproaches.WhileSamlikestoholdsharesforthelongtermasheissavingmoneyforhisfutureretirement,Stephenlikestobuywithanyprofitshemakes.
Samsays,“WedonotarguebecausewehaveseparateISAs.Itmeansfinallywemakeourowndecisionsaboutwhichsharestoinvestin.Theonlytimewemighthaveadisagreementiswhenwebothwanttousetheloginforthenewsserviceatthesametime.”
1.WhathappenedtoStephenin2000?
A.Hehadtoretirefromtheagency.
B.Hegaveawayallhispensions.
C.Hegotinjuredinanaccident.
D.Hesufferedalossinhisinvestment.
答案 D
解+析 推理判断题。
由第一段最后一句“当他得到他的退休金时,他决定再次开始投资。
”可知,他之前的资金可能蒙受了损失。
thedotcomboom网络泡沫,互联网热潮;
getone’sfingersburned可引申为“蒙受损失”;
thebubbleburst经济泡沫破裂。
故选D。
2.Whatdotheunderlinedwords“flagsup”inParagraph2mean?
A.Marks.B.Abandons.
C.Takesover.D.Setsup.
答案 A
解+析 词义猜测题。
根据第二段最后一句“山姆把那些他认为对他父亲来说看起来很有趣的公司标记出来,然后他父亲再做一些研究。
”可知,划线部分的意思是“做标记”。
故选A。
3.HowdidStephenusuallyconducthisownresearch?
A.Bymeetingdirectorsandotherinvestors.
B.Bypredictingthetrendofthemarket.
C.Byanalyzingsomeresearchdata.
D.Bydoingongoinginterviewsonline.
解+析 细节理解题。
根据第三段最后一句可知,史蒂芬通过会见他投资的公司的董事和其他投资者来做自己的研究。
4.InwhataspectdoSamandhisfathershareininvestment?
A.Thewaytodealwiththereturn.
B.Thepercentageofthesharestheyhold.
C.Theenthusiasmfortheinvestment.
D.Theapproachtostockmarketresearch.
答案 C
由第三段第一句可知B项错误;
由第四段第二句可知D项错误;
由第四段第三句可知A项错误;
由全文可知,山姆和他的父亲在投资方面的共同之处就是对投资的热情。
可知答案为C。
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Stainedglass(彩色玻璃)artistscreatedifferentdesignsbymakingcutsontheglassto“score”itandthenbreakingoffthepatternthattheywanttouseinthefinishedproduct.Themostdifficultcutinstainedglassiscalledaninsidecut.Basically,it’sacurved(弯曲的)linewhereyouthrowawaythepartinsideofthecurve.Theproblemwithinsidecutsisthattheedgesofthecurvetendtobreakoffwhenthepiecesofscoredglassarebrokenapart.
Astheartisttalkedaboutinsidecuts,hesaid,“Theglasswillbreakintopiecesifyoutrytocuttoomuchoffatonce.Thebestwaytodoaninsidecutistosliceoffsmallercurvespiecebypiece.Infact,it’snotjustthebestwaytodoit,butit’stheonlywaytodoit.”
Howmanytimesdoyoutrytomakeabigchangeandcuttheentirepieceatonce?
Weconvinceourselvesthatwecandothisallthetime.We’llcommittotransformingourdietovernightorwegetinspiredtolaunchabusinessinaweekendorwefinallygetmotivatedtoworkoutandpushourselvestotheedgeofburningout.
Whynotapproachyourgoalsanddreamslikeastainedglassartist?
Startingbyslicingashallowcurveandbreakingasmallpieceoff,youcutaslightlydeepercurveandbreakthatoffuntilyouhaveyourfullinsidecut.Byslowlycuttingdeeperanddeepercurves,youpreventtheglassfrombreakingasitchangesshape.
Ofcourse,changeisn’teasy—nomatterhowyoudoit.Slowgainsareboring,butifwekeepmakingsmallimprovements,thenprettysoonwewillendupwithabeautifulmasterpieceonourhandsinsteadofabunchofbrokenpieces.
语篇解读 本文是一篇议论文。
作者通过讲述玻璃艺术家切割玻璃的方式——慢慢地切割不造成玻璃破碎——告诉读者生活中我们也应该一点点取得进步,最后达成目标,获得成功。
5.Whyisaninsidecutbelievedtobemostdifficult?
A.Itneedsaoneandonlydesign.
B.Itcallsfornothingbutinspiration.
C.Theedgesofthecurvebreakeasily.
D.Theglassinsidethecurveiseasilybroken.
根据第一段最后一句可知,内部切割的问题在于,当刻划过的玻璃裂开的时候,曲线的边缘往往会折断。
故选C。
6.WhatmistakesareeasilymadeaccordingtoParagraph3?
A.Beingtooeagertomakeimprovements.
B.Beingtooworriedaboutthefinaloutcome.
C.Trying