首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Alan "Ace" Greenberg chose his nickname to improve his chances with girls at the University of Missouri. But it is an apt (1)___
Alan "Ace" Greenberg chose his nickname to improve his chances with girls at the University of Missouri. But it is an apt (1)___
admin
2010-06-17
57
问题
Alan "Ace" Greenberg chose his nickname to improve his chances with girls at the University of Missouri. But it is an apt (1)_____ of his wading skills on Wall Street. This week, as the 73-year-old (2)_____ down (3)_____ chairman of Bear Stearns, the investment bank where he has worked since 1949 is in a high. It (4)_____ an increase in post-tax profits in the second quarter of 43% on a year earlier, (5)_____ a time when many of its Wall Street rivals have (6)_____. On June 26th Merrill Lynch (7)_____ a warning that its profits in the second quarter would fall by half, far (8)_____ of expectations. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have also reported lower profits.
Strange that this surprised. (9)_____ Alan Greenspan’s frenetic cuts (10)_____ interest rates, times are good for underwriters and waders of bonds, core activities for Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, (11)_____ also recorded a sharp increase in profits. It has been a terrible (12)_____ for equity underwriters and for advisers on the small amounts of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) this year.
Merrill, Goldman and Morgan Stanley are three of the investment banks that gained (13)_____ during the boom in equity and M&A business, and they are now (14)_____ the most. Of the three, Merrill is weakest in bonds. It cut (15)_____ its fixed-income activities after the collapse of Lung-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998. As it happens, both Bear Stearns and Lehman have long been criticised for their weakness in equities.
Mr. Greenberg is famous for worrying about even the price of a paper-clip at Bear Stearns. This used to seem terribly (16)_____,but these days other Wall Street firms are (17)_____ about costs. Lay-offs are (18)_____ though not yet alarmingly—not least, because banks saw how Merrill Lynch lost (19)_____ when the markets rebounded quickly after the LTCM crisis. Still, if few (20)_____ of improvement show soon, expect real blood-letting on Wall Street.
选项
A、recorded
B、logged
C、chronicled
D、noted
答案
A
解析
记栽了一次税后利率增长。本题测试点为名词词义辨析。record"记载";log"将…记载于航海日志";chronicle"将…记入编年史";note"记下"。根据句意,应选record。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/j4RRFFFM
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
TravelingtoMarsisusuallya【C1】________business—withasinglespacecrafttakingofffromasinglelaunchpadfortheseven-mon
Thoughleftandrightalikedeclarethatbirthshouldn’tdeterminewhereyougotouniversity,afiercedebatestillragesabout
InJune1956aTWAConstellationcollidedwithaUnitedAirLinesDC-7overtheGrandCanyoninArizona,killingall128people
WhentheislandofSingaporebecameanindependentcountryin1965,ithadfewfriendsandevenfewernaturalresources.Howdid
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】________collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchas
It’sanexcitingtimeintheautomotiveindustry.Justastechnologyhasintegratedthoroughlyintoourpersonalandbusinessli
InanarticlesomeChinesescholarsaredescribedasbeing"tantalizedbythemysteriousdragonbonehieroglyphics."Tantalized
Writeanessaybasedonthefollowingchart.Inyourwriting,youshould1)interpretthechart,and2)giveyourcomments.You
Fromthepassagewelearnthat______.Thepassageshowsthattheauthoris______thepresentsituation
Whatdoesthewriteractuallysayaboutpronouncingforeignlanguages?Accordingtothetext,inrelationtosomeoneteachingh
随机试题
临床以相对值来表示基础代谢率时,其正常变动范围是()
A.甲状腺B.甲状旁腺C.肾上腺D.垂体E.胸腺位于颅中窝内的是
女,45岁。右上腹痛2天。2天前聚餐后突发右上腹疼痛,伴恶心,呕吐胃内容物1次。查体:T37℃,BP130/80mmHg,右上腹压痛(+),Murphy征阳性。血WBC14.1×109/L,N0.82。进一步检查首选()
入睡汗出,醒后汗止,称为
某2500m3高炉工程,总投资约9.3亿元。业主拟自行组织工程施工招标,采取邀请招标方式。招标文件规定向投标人收取投标保证金50万元。问题:①在什么情况下可采取邀请招标方式?②建设工程施工招标必须具备哪些条件?③招标文件应当包括哪些主要内容?④对
根据有关资料对北极的描绘而想象出北极冰天雪地的风光,这属于()
胡锦涛曾说,随着经济全球化不断深入,各国利益相百交织、命运彼此依存。促进普遍发展、实现共同繁荣,符合各国人民的根本利益。现在,摆在我们面前最紧迫的任务是:加强国际发展合作,缩小南北差距,确保实现千年发展目标。胡锦涛就此提出以下几点建议:进一步深化改革,使国
研究显示,一般人随着年龄的增长,用于运动的时间将逐渐减少,而用于看电视的时间将逐渐增多。而且在今后20年,城市人口老年人的比例将有明显的增长。因此木公司应当及时售出“腾达运动鞋”公司的股份,并增加对电视公司的投资。以下哪项不是作出以上推理所必要的前提?
甲、乙两人轮流投篮,游戏规则规定为甲先开始,且甲每轮只投一次,而乙每轮连续投两次,先投中者为胜,设甲、乙每次投篮的命中率分别是p与0.5,则p=________时,甲、乙胜负概率相同。
Theirresponsibleteacherknewthestudentwascheatingbutdecidedtolook______.
最新回复
(
0
)