Question

There are stock markets (股票市场) in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris,  London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock, also called stock exchange,  is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or  company. And each share means certain ownership(所有权) of a factory or company.

Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks to try to become rich. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money.

Of course, investing (投资) money in the stock market is not the safest way to make money.

No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. Then the stocks will go down, and the investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory or company does a good job, the stock may still go down.

Going to the stock market is often like gambling (赌博). All want to make money by “gambling’ in the stock market. Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are ready to “gamble”. Indeed, the stock market is an attractive(吸引人的) but complex part of the business world.

1. If you are a good investor, ________ in the stock market.

A. you can always make money

B. you can tell exactly when the stock goes up or down

C. you may sometimes lose money

D. your gambling is always safe

2.The passage mainly wants to tell us________.

A. how to buy or sell shares

B. the stock market is like gambling

C. a general idea of stock market

D. investing money in the stock market is not the safest way

3.Factories and companies are pleased that so many people “gamble” because________.

A. they can make them rich

B. they need their money to do business

C. they need more people to work for them

D. some people win and some lose

4.The word “complex” in the last sentence probably means________.

A.easy           B. not simple         C. complete     D. Modern

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析:文章主要介绍了股票市场，股票市场不稳定，投资股票市场不是最安全的挣钱方式。

1.C考察细节理解题。根据文章第四段可知股票有风险，很多原因导致股票不稳定所以即使你是一位很好的投资者，在股票市场有时也会赔钱，所以答案是C。

2.C考察主旨大意。文章主要介绍了股票市场，所以答案是C。

3.B考察细节理解题。根据文意Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are ready to “gamble”可知工厂和公司希望人们去“赌博”，因为他们需要人们的钱去做生意，所以答案是B。

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考点：经济类阅读