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
公务员
How should one invest a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however hi
How should one invest a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however hi
admin
2010-12-19
82
问题
How should one invest a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate is. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people’s wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves. "
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of day according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout the time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hourglasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antiques should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by the time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?
According to the passage, collecting antique clocks ______.
选项
A、can hardly keep the value of your savings
B、will cost much of your money
C、may increase your wealth
D、needs your bravery
答案
C
解析
根据文章最后why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?与开头的意图知道,作者建议大家收藏古董钟的目的是可以赚钱。所以答案选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/c4Bq777K
本试题收录于:
中学英语题库教师公开招聘分类
0
中学英语
教师公开招聘
相关试题推荐
信息技术是信息的获取、理解、加工、处理、保存、传播过程中所用的方法、手段、工具的统称。中学生学习信息技术的目的是()。
Thepolicemanranafterthemanand______himbythearm.
Howshouldoneinvestasumofmoneyinthesedaysofinflation(通货膨胀)?Leftinabankitwillhardlykeepitsvalue,howeverhi
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningourknowledgeofourselvesandtheworldaboutus.When
Treesshouldonlybepruned(修剪)whenthereisagoodandclearreasonfordoingsoand,fortunately,thenumberofsuchreasons
Recently,IflewtoLasVegastoattendameeting.Aswewereabouttoarrive,thepilotannouncedwithapologythattherewould
RobertMoody,52,isanexperiencedpoliceofficer.Muchofhisworkinvolvesdealingwith【16】andgang(团伙)problemsintheschoo
Writethearticle.Runforclasses.Haven’tfinishedthereadings.Housecleaning.Assignmentto【C1】______intwohours.Outofb
Thedeclineinmoralstandards—whichhaslongconcernedsocialanalysts—hasatlastcapturedtheattentionofaverageAmericans.
Johnrescuedthedrowningchild______(冒着自己生命危险).
随机试题
焊接对焊件加热加压的作用是促使原子扩散,缩小原子间的距离,以实现原子结合。()
初产妇,24岁。第一产程出现不协调性宫缩过强,产妇烦躁不安,不停呻吟,拒绝抚触其腹部,助产士小张考虑先兆子宫破裂。典型的先兆子宫破裂临床表现之一是
在价格领导模型中,贷款利率不包括()。
关于银行客户教育,下列说法正确的是()。
拘传持续的时间最长是()小时。
李某给有关部门写信,反映自己关于推进素质教育的意见。这是公民依法行使()。
一、注意事项请仔细阅读给定的资料内容,然后按照后面提出的“作答要求”作答。二、给定资料1.环境污染问题已经成为严重危害群众健康、影响社会稳定的重要因素,全国3亿多农村人口存在饮水不安全的问题。不少地区符合标准的饮用水水源地呈缩减趋势。据最
InalabinOxfordUniversity’sexperimentalpsychologydepartment,researcherRoiCohenKa-doshistestingarelativelynewbra
小王正在负责为一家水厂开发MIS系统,虽然他没有管理类似项目的经验,但其团队的一名成员做过类似的项目。该成员的这些经历为准确估算项目的成本做出了贡献,这一点对实现盈利很有帮助。上述情况表明(8)。
Iamnotconvincedthatthisargumentisparticularlygoodnewsforelderswhomaybe【51】toenjoythetimeoftheirlives.What
最新回复
(
0
)