2013年宁波大学考博英语真题及详解(A卷)【圣才出品】
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2013年宁波大学考博英语真题及详解(A卷)
SectionⅠUse of English
Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10points)
Many people invest in the stock market hoping to find the next Microsoft and Dell.However,
I know(1)_____personal experience how difficult this really is.For more than a year,I was
(2)_____hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day in investing in the market.It seemed so easy.I dreamed of(3)_____my job at the end of the year,of buying a small apartment in Paris,of traveling around the world.But these dreams(4)_____to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I(5)_____,Texas cellular phone wholesaler,fell by more than75 percent(6)_____a one year period.On the(7)_____day,it plunged by more than$15a share. There was a rumor that the company was(8)_____sales figures.That was when l learned how quickly Wall Street(9)_____companies that,in one way or another,misinterpret(10)_____.
In a(11)_____,I sold all my stocks in the company,(12)_____margin debt with cash advances from(13)_____card.Because I owned so many shares.I(14)_____a small fortune,half of it from money I borrowed from the brokerage company.One month,I am a(15)_____,the next,a loser.This one big loss was my first lesson in the market.
My father was a stockbroker,as was my grandfather(16)_____him.(In fact,he founded one of Chicago’s earliest brokerage firms.)But like so many things in life.We don’t learn anything until we(17)_____it for ourselves.The only way to really understand the inner(18)_____of the stock market is to invest your own hard—earned money.When all your stocks are doing(19)_____and you feel like a winner,you learn very little.It’s when all are losing and everyone is questioning your stock picking(20)_____that you find out if you have what it takes to invest in the market.
1.[A]at
[B]in
[C]from
[D]by
2.[A]making
[B]spending
[C]selling
[D]buying
3.[A]forsaking
[B]retiring
[C]retreating
[D]quitting
4.[A]turned
[B]came
[C]went
[D]seemed
5.[A]owned
[B]owed
[D]embraced
6.[A]over
[B]by
[C]from
[D]with
7.[A]busy
[B]slow
[C]worst
[D]fast
8.[A]cheating
[B]exaggerating
[C]announcing
[D]boasting
9.[A]punishes
[B]defeats
[C]fines
[D]collapses
10.[A]trade
[B]truth
[C]substance
[D]coverage
11.[A]despair
[B]worry
[C]panic
[D]impulse
12.[A]giving away
[B]paying off
[C]handing over
[D]making up
13.[A]credit
[B]identity
[C]identification
[D]loan
14.[A]won
[B]lost
[C]gained
[D]suffered
15.[A]winner
[B]champion
[C]successor
[D]supervisor
16.[A]after
[B]before