单选题 Many people invest in the stock market hoping to find the next Microsoft and Dell. However, I know (21) personal experience how difficult this really is. For more than a year, I was (22) hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day in investing in the market. It seemed so easy, I dreamed of (23) my job at the end of the year, of buying a small apartment in Paris, of traveling around the world. But these dreams (24) to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I (25) , Texas cellular phone wholesaler, fell by more than 75 percent (26) a one-year period. On the (27) day, it plunged by more than $15 a share. There was a rumor that the company was (28) sales figures. That was when I learned how quickly Wall Street (29) companies that, in one way or another, misrepresent the (30) .
In a (31) , I sold all my stocks in the company, paying (32) margin debt with cash advances from my (33) card. Because I owned so many shares, I (34) a small fortune, half of it from money I borrowed from the brokerage company. One month, I am a (35) , the next, a loser. This one big loss was my first lesson in the market.
My father was a stockbroker, as was my grandfather (36) 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 (37) it for ourselves. The only way to really understand the inner (38) of the stock market is to invest your own hard-earned money. When all your stocks are doing (39) and you feel like a winner, you learn very little. It's when all are losing and everyone is questioning your stock-picking (40) that you find out if you have what it takes to invest in the market.

单选题 A. at B. from C. in D. by
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] (from)。from personal experience意为“凭个人的经验”。
单选题 A. making B. spending C. selling D. buying
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (spending花费)。作者花很多钱投资股市,所以要选spending。
单选题 A. losing B. retiring C. getting D. quitting
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] (quitting放弃)。句意为:我梦想年底辞职,在巴黎买一个小型的豪华寓所,还梦想周游世界。
单选题 A. turned B. came C. went D. seemed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (came)。came to a sudden and dramatic end意为“突然戏剧性地结束”。
单选题 A. owned B. owed C. rented D. sold
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] (owned拥有)。a stock I owned意为“我拥有的一种股票”。
单选题 A. over B. by C. from D. with
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] (over在……期间)。over a one-year period意为“一年以内”。
单选题 A. busy B. slow C. worst D. fast
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] (worst最糟糕的)。句意为:在最糟糕的日子里,每股下跌了15美元。
单选题 A. cheating B. exaggerating C. announcing D. beating
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (exaggerating夸大)。句意为:谣传该公司夸大销售额。
单选题 A. punishes B. defeats C. tells D. shows
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] (punishes惩罚)。句意为:当时,我了解了华尔街很快惩罚歪曲事实的公司的全过程。
单选题 A. trade B. truth C. lie D. lies
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (truth事实)。
单选题 A. despair B. worry C. panic D. moment
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] (panic:惊慌)。In a panic意为“惊恐之中”。
单选题 A. all B. off C. over D. up
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (off)。句意为:我卖掉了在该公司购买的所有股票,用预付款还清了保证金借款。
单选题 A. credit B. identity C. identification D. loan
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] (credit信用)。credit card意为“信用卡”。
单选题 A. won B. lost C. gained D. found
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (lost失去)。句意为:由于拥有许多股份,我失去了小笔财富。
单选题 A. winner B. champagne C. genius D. mentor
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] (winner获胜者)。句意为:本月我成为赢家,下个月我成为输家。
单选题 A. after B. before C. for D. and
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (before在……以前)。句意为:我父亲是股票经纪人,我爷爷在父亲当经纪人之前也干过这一行。
单选题 A. remember B. live C. imagine D. experience
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] (experience体验)。句意为:就像生活中的许多事情那样,我们亲自体验才有收获。
单选题 A. workings B. innings C. price D. shares
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] (workings运作)。句意为:要想了解股市内部的运作情况,唯一的方法就是将你来之不易的钞票投入股市。
单选题 A. more B. great C. much D. up
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] (great很好)。great在此用作副词,属口语用法。句意为:如果你所有的股票都进展顺利,你就觉得像是赢家,你学的东西就少。
单选题 A. facility B. faculty C. ability D. power
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] (ability能力)。句意为:只有当你所有的股票都亏损而且每个人都怀疑你挑选股票的能力时,你才弄清你是否具备投资股市的知识。