Comprehension 理解
Answer these questions:
1 What kind of portfolio should a serious investor have?
2 How do we know there's no‘right way’to invest money?
3 What's one of the worst things you can do if you're investing money?
4 What arrangements should you have in place before you can think of investing money?
5 What would you probably want to achieve if you were an older investor?
6 What can you afford to do if you are a younger investor?
7 What's the main thing you have to do, whatever your age, when investing money?
Vocabulary词汇
Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using sufficient cash reserves(1.11); personal circumstances(1.12); preserving your capital(1.14); pedestrian(1.20).
Summary摘要
Drawing your information from the whole passage, give advice to a new investor(young or old). Do not write more than 100 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Your answer should be in one paragraph.
Composition作文
Write a composition on one of the following subjects:
1 Saving and spending.
2‘Fear and greed are the driving forces of those who invest in stocks and shares.’Discuss.
3 Many people get hurt in a capitalist system.
Key structures关键句型
A Supply, a or the only where necessary in the following piece. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
There is no shortage of tipsters around offering____‘get-rich-quick’opportunities. But if you are____ serious private investor, leave____ Las Vegas mentality to those with____ money to fritter. _____serious investor needs_____ proper‘portfolio’----,_____well-planned selection of investments with _____definite structure and_____ clear aim. But exactly how does_____ newcomer to_____ stock market go about achieving that?
Well, if you to five reputable stock brokers and ask them what you should do with your money, you're likely to get_____ five different answers,----even if you give all_____ the relevant information about your age,_____ finances and what you want from your investments. Moral? There is no one‘right’way to structure _____portfolio. However, there are undoubtedly some wrong ways, and you can be sure that none of our five advisers would have suggested sinking all(or perhaps any) of your money in Periwigs.(11.1-9)
B Complete these sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise.1 But if you are a serious private investor____(11.1-2)
2 If you go to five reputable stock brokers____(1.5)
3 You're likely to get five different answers----even if____(11.5-6)
4 If you are older____(1.13)
5 If you are younger____(1.17)
6 If you recognize yourself in this description____(11.18-19)
7 If you put all of your money into Periwigs International____(11.21-22)
Special difficulties难点
Supply any, some or no in the following sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
1 There is____ shortage of tipsiers around offering‘get-rich-quick’ opportunities.(1.1)
2 There is____ one‘right’way to structure a portfolio.(11.7-8)
3 There are undoubtedly____ wrong ways(to structure a portfolio)(1.8)
4 If you are older, you have less time to recover from ____major losses.(1.13)
5 You'd probably construct a portfolio with ____shares along with gilts.(11.15-16)
Multiple choice questions多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 The writer distinguishes between serious investors and ____.
a．people who gamble at Las Vegas
b．private investors
c．those who want to make money fast
d．newcomers to the stock market
2 If you want to invest money seriously, you ____.
a．should get at least five opinions
b．should put all your money into a young company
c．won't find it easy to decide, even with good advice
d．should make sure you have sufficient funds after meeting all your other expenses
3 Priorities for investment largely depend on ____.
a．how quickly you want to make a lot of money
b．your age and circumstances
c．how much money you have available for investment
d．how much income you expect from your investments
4 According to the writer, different financial advisers would probably agree that you ____.
a．should select stocks that will grow in value
b．will have sleepless nights whatever you decide
c．shouldn't‘put all your eggs in one basket’
d．should understand your personality very well
Structure句型
5 There are____ tipsters around offering‘get-rich-quick’ opportunities.(1.1)
a．many of
b．a lot
c．plenty of
d．much
6 If you _____ them, none of our five advisers would have suggested sinking all your money into Periwigs.(11.8-9)
a．would ask
b．ask
c．had asked
d．will ask
7 The younger you are _____ time you have to recover…(1.13)
a．the extra
b．more
c．the more
d．the less
8 You might include a couple of heady growth stocks_____ with your more pedestrian investments.(1.20)
a．apart
b．beside
c．as well as
d．side by side
Vocabulary 词汇
9 Leave the Las Vegas mentality to those with money to _____.(1.1)
a．scatter
b．waste
c．invest
d．gamble
10 We'll assume that you've ____of the basics.(1.10)
a．taken care of
b．ordered
c．discharged
d．differentiated
11 You may well wish to____ your pension income.(11.13-14)
a．increase
b．facilitate
c．establish
d．replace
12 If you're blessed with a more ____disposition…(1.18)
a．reckless
b．confident
c．bloody
d．adventurous