2014年6月份英语六级阅读解析

2014年6月份英语六级阅读解析

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For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income, U.S. gov ernment bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the f inancial backing and full faith and credit of the federal governmen t. Municipal bonds, also secure, are offered by local governments an d often have 36 such as tax-free interest. Some may even be _ _37 . Corporate bonds are a bit more risky.

Two questions often 38 first-time corporate bond investor s. The first is “if I purchase a corporate bond, do I have to ho ld it until the maturity date?”The answer is no. Bonds are bough t and sold daily on 39 securities exchanges. However, if yo

u decide to sell your bond before its maturity date, you’re not gu aranteed to get the face value of the bond. For example, if your b ond does not have 40 that make it attractive to other invest ors, you may be forced to sell your bond at a 41 , i.

e., a price less than the bond’s face value. But if your bond i

s highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sell it a

t a premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bond prices genera lly 42 inversely（相反地）with current market interest rates. As interest rates go u p, bond prices fall, and vice versa（反之亦然）. Thus, like all investments, bonds have a degree o f risk.

The second question is “How can I 43 the investment ris k of a particular bond issue?”Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Inve stors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and governmen t bonds. And 44 , the higher the market risk of a bond, th

e higher the interest rate. Investors will invest in a bond consider ed risky only i

f the 45 return is high enough.

A) advantages

B) assess

C) bother

D) conserved

E) deduction

F) discount

G) embarrass

H) features

I) fluctuate

J) indefinite

K) insured

L) major

M) naturally

N) potential

O) simultaneously

【答案与解析】

36. A) advantages

【解析】这里应该填入名词，such as是举例，例子后面是免税，是政府债券的好处。此处答案应该表示好处。答案为A。

37. K) insured

【解析】be后面应该跟动词的过去分词形式。这里仍然是讲政府债券的好处，因此答案为K)被担保的，体现其低风险的特点。

38. C) bother

【解析】主语是复数，questions，时态often应该是一般现在时，应该是动词原形。结合文意，应该选C) bother（困扰）。

39. H) major

【解析】空后是证券交易市场，前面应该是形容词。major（主要的）为最佳选项。

40. A) features

【解析】这里应该名词，后面的make是原形，应该是复数名词。唯一符合该条件的是features（特征，特点）。

41. F) discount

【解析】i.e.后面说售出价格比债券票面价值低，应该是打折出售，低价出售，at a dis count是固定搭配，表示打折。

42. I) fluctuate

【解析】空中应该是动词原形，表示和市场利率方向变化，选能表示变化的词即可。

43. B) assess

【解析】单词在一个问句中。随后的回答中两家公司为投资的风险评价等级，因此空中应该是评估投资风险。

44. M) naturally

【解析】应该填入一个副词，naturally表示“当然了，那还用说”的意思。