2009年考博英语辅导资料阅读理解

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Largecompaniesneedawaytoreachthesavingsofthepublicatlarge。Thesameproblem，onasmallerscale，facespracticallyeverycompanytryingtodevelopnewproductsandcreatenewjobs。Therecanbelittleprospectofraisingthesortofsumsneededfromfriendsandpeopleweknow，andwhilebanksmayagreetoprovideshort－termfinance，theyaregenerallyunwillingtoprovidemoneyonapermanentbasisforlong－termprojects。Socompaniesturntopublic，invitingpeopletolendthemmoney，ortakeashareinthebusinessinexchangeforashareinfutureprofits。ThistheydobyissuingstocksandsharesinthebusinessthroughTheStockExchange。Bydoingsotheycanputintocirculationthesavingsofindividualsandinstitution，bothathomeandoverseas。Whenthesaverneedshismoneyback，hedoesnothavetogotothecompanywihtwhomheoriginallyplacedit。Instead，hesellshissharesthroughastockbrokertosomeothersaverwhoisseekingtoinvesthismoney。
ManyoftheservicesneededbothbyindustryandbyeachofusareprovidedbytheGovernmentorbylocalauthorities。Withouthospitals，roads，electricity，telephones，railways，thiscountrycouldnotfunction。Alltheserequirecontinuousspendingonnewequipmentandnewdevelopmentiftheyaretoserveusproperly，requiringmoremoneythanisraisedthroughtaxesalone。Thegovernment，localauthorities，andnationalizedindustriesthereforefrequentlyneededtoborrowmoneytofinancemajorcapitalspending，andthey，too，cometoTheStockExchange。
Thereishardlyamanorwomaninthiscountrywhosejoborwhosestandardoflivingdoesnotdependontheabilityofhisorheremplorerstoraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopment。Inonewayoranotherthisnewmoneymustcomefromthesavingsofthecountry。TheStockExchangeexiststoprovideachannelthroughwhichthesesavingscanreachthosewhoneedfinance。

Almostallcompaniesinvolvedinnewproductionanddevelopmentmust_____。
A）relyintheirownfinancialresourses。
B）persuadethebankstoprovidelong－termfinance。
C）borrowlargesumsofmoneyfromfriendsandpeopleweknow。
D）dependonthepopulationasawholeforfinance。

Themoneywhichenablesthesecompaniestogoaheadwiththeirprojectsis_____。
A）repaidtoitsoriginalownersassoonaspossible。
B）raisedbythesellingofsharesinthecompanies。
C）exchangedforpartownershipinTheStockExchange。
D）investedindifferentcompaniesonTheStockExchange。

whenthesaverswanttheirmoneybackthey_____。
A）askanothercompanytoobtaintheirmoneyforthem。
B）lookforotherpeopletoborrowmoneyfrom。
C）puttheirsharesinthecompanybackonthemarket。
D）transfertheirmoneytoamoresuccessfulcompany。

Alltheessentialservicesonwhichwedependare_____。
A）runbytheGovernmentorourlocalauthorities。

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