单选题The passage mainly wants to tell us ______.A how to buy or sell sharesB ABC of stock marketsC the stock market is like gamblingD investing money in the stock market is not the safest way

I plan to use the media mix to reach our ().

A、 target market

B、 free market

C、 stock market

According to the passage, companies can have different classes of stock mainly because the company wants ______.

A．to keep the financial costs at a certain level

B．to still have the control over the company

C．to keep the stock price from dropping

D．to attract more capital from the public

In face of the current stock market, most stock-holders_____.

［A］ stop injecting more money into the stock market

［B］ react angrily to the devaluing stock

［C］ switch their money around in the market

［D］ turn a deaf ear to the warning

The primary purpose of a stock split is to ( )

A. increase paid-in capital

B. reduce the market price of the stock per share

C. increase the market price of the stock per share

D. increase retained earnings

听力原文：The foreign exchange market operates much like other financial markets, but isn't located in a specific place like a stock exchange.

(9)

A．The foreign exchange market operates like other financial markets in every respect.

B．The foreign exchange market has a specific place like a stock exchange.

C．There's no physical market place such as stock exchanges for the foreign exchange transactions.

D．The foreign exchange market operates quite differently since the former has no physical market place.

When the stock market turns down, holders of common stocks traditionally begin to move some portion of their (61) out of stocks and into (62) to protect themselves against further declines in the market, PI programs attempt to hedge against the possibility of a market decline by (63) stock index futures contracts or stock index options (buying stock index put options). The more the market falls, the more futures and options contracts are sold by PI programs. If the market continues to fall, the rise in the value of the portfolio' futures and option positions cushions the decline in the value of the portfolio' common stocks. PI managers believe that such hedging programs using futures and options involve lower transaction costs and provide greater (64) than the traditional method of actually selling stocks and buying treasury (65)

(46)

A．treasure

B．assets

C．investment

D．capital

A.to increase the number of shares outstanding

B.reduce the market price of the stock per share

C.reduce earnings per share

D.increase the market activity of the shares

E.increase paid-in capital

The marketplace where short-term debt securities are traded is referred to as ______.

A．a mortgage market

B．a stock market

C．a bond market

D．a money market

Which statement below is not a reason for a corporation to buy back its own stock.

A. resale to employees

B. bonus to employees

C. for supporting the market price of the stock

D. to increase the shares outstanding

In the first paragraph, individual borrowing is cited because_____.

[A] it shares similarities with the government’s Social Security policies

[B] there is no guarantee that it will be profitable in the stock market

[C] it is not proper for the brokerage houses to persuade people to borrow money

[D] it is an indication of the Bush administration’s serious concern over the stock market