2013年宁波大学考博英语真题及详解(A卷)【圣才出品】

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