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
115
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、down
B、back
C、off
D、out
答案
B
解析
它削减了定息项目。本题测试点为动词短语辨析。根据句意back是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/rq44777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
TravelingtoMarsisusuallya【C1】________business—withasinglespacecrafttakingofffromasinglelaunchpadfortheseven-mon
Amere5%ofthechiefexecutivesoftheworld’sbiggestcompaniesarewomen.Andtheyaremorelikelytobedismissedthanthei
Amere5%ofthechiefexecutivesoftheworld’sbiggestcompaniesarewomen.Andtheyaremorelikelytobedismissedthanthei
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】________collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchas
Economictheorysuggeststhatregionalinequalitiesshoulddiminishaspoorerplacesattractinvestmentandgrowfasterthanric
Fromthepassagewelearnthat______.Thesentence"Thisisnoflashinthepan"(Line5,Paragraph3)meansthat______.
StandardEnglishisthevarietyofEnglishwhichisusuallyusedinprintandwhichisnormallytaughtinschoolsandtonon-nat
Thetitlewhichbestexpressesthecontentofthetextis_____.Itcanbelearnedfromthetextthattheteachersbanharmful
WhyistheinterdependenceoftheU.K.economymentionedinparagraph1?Thetitlewhichbestexpressestheideaofthetextwo
Inoneverylongsentence,theintroductiontotheU.N.Charterexpressestheidealsandthecommonaimsofallthepeoplewhose
随机试题
我某出口公司收到外商发来的电传,“有兴趣蝴蝶牌缝纫机MN一15000架即装请报价”,属于交易磋商环节中的
PowerPoint2010启动后,自动新建一个_______。
女患者,25岁,停经56天,恶心呕吐两周;加重4天,食入即吐,呕吐清涎,口淡无味,神疲思睡,舌淡,苔白润,脉缓滑无力,治疗最佳方剂是
A.内分泌功能正常B.内分泌功能亢进C.内分泌功能减退D.激素受体不敏感E.下丘脑-垂体-靶腺轴的反馈抑制所致功能减退甲状腺功能亢进症
基地拟建年产6亿粒三七通舒胶囊的制药项目。根据可行性研究提供的主厂房工艺设备清单和询价资料,估算出该项目主厂房设备投资约4223万元,主厂房的建筑工程费占设备投资的18%,安装费占设备投资的12%,该厂房投资有关的辅助工程及附属设备投资系数见表1-3。
事业单位购入需要安装的设备,从购入到安装完工交付使用,应编制的会计分录有()。
在数据库系统中,数据的完整性约束的建立需要通过数据库管理系统提供的()语言来实现。
5M1E中的E指()。
如图,点P在以AB为直径的半圆内,连接AP、BP,并延长分别交半圆于点C、D,连接AD、BC并延长交于点F,作直线PF,下列说法一定正确的是()①AC垂直平分BF;②AC平分∠BAF;③FP⊥AB;④BD⊥AF.
Solvetheproblemandindicatethebestoftheanswerchoicesgiven.NUMBERS:Allnumbersusedarerealnumbers.FIGURES:
最新回复
(
0
)