Compared with other age groups, why should older investors be more cautious about their in

The retired crafts designer Carol Potts sounds to be ______.

A．very analytical

B．quite shrewd

C．kind of seasoned

D．rather confident

The elderly investors no longer employed the stock brokers mainly because ______.

A．the brokers can't give the investors advice useful enough

B．the brokers charge too high a fee for their service

C．the brokers are not so analytical as the investors

D．the brokers are not as helpful as the Internet

People generally believe that on-line trading is a practice of ______.

A．senior investors

B．people in a specific province

C．relatively young people

D．groups made up of 20 or 30 traders

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

NEW YORK—Every so often, late at night, David Woodland steals away to the den of his home in Aberdeen, Washington, so that he can check stock prices on the Internet.

Mr. Woodland, a 78-year-old retired insurance salesman, delights at how with the click of a mouse, he can tap into the facts and fortunes of Wall Street. "If I get a bright idea late at night," Mr. Woodland said, "I go into the office, fire up the computer and put a buy or sell order in."

While on-line trading is popularly regarded as the province of any traders in their 20s and 30s, jumping in and out of the market to make quick profits, it is now being invaded by millions of people like Mr. Woodland—senior investors who bring much larger accounts and more stability to this fast-growing comer of the markets.

The low cost of doing business on-line—now as little as $7 a trade—and the excitement of riding a bull market are the lures(诱惑)for many older investors—just as they are for the young. They are dismissing their full-service brokers, who offer research and advice but often charge more than $100 a trade, and instead are picking their own stocks, after downloading companies' annual reports and other research basics.

"These things are incredible tools, now in the hands of an individual investor," said Carol Potts, 56, a retired crafts designer in Santa Barbara, California. "There's no reason for me to have financial advisers. I am very analytical, and I like to get involved in research."

According to a survey this fall of 630 people over 50 by Charles Schwab & Co., many older investors say the Internet has made them more confident about their investments and more willing to trust their own judgment. But such confidence may also cause some to gamble away their retirement nest eggs, financial experts warn. "If stocks enter a bear market, it could prove disastrous for retirees, who are so dependent on their savings."

The main idea of the passage is that ______.

A．on-line trading attracts more and more retirees to get involved

B．on-line trading is more suitable for the old than for the young now

C．on-line trading enables the retirees to get rid of their advisers

D．on-line trading offers incredible tools and high profits to investors

A．His father pulled him out in time.

B．He left the area before the earthquake.

C．He stayed in an icebox.

D．Their house escaped the earthquake.

A．About four days.

B．Around eight days.

C．A day and a half.

D．More than six days.

听力原文： A six - year - old boy has been round alive spending four days and five nights in an icebox that was buried under tons of ruins in Thurs day' s big earthquake. The boy Tom was found early yesterday in the village of Sem as rescuers were working to pull his father out of the ruins of their home. Hearing a faint cry of "Get me out. Get me out', rescuers dug down another one point five meters and found the boy in the icebox. He was pronounced in a good condition, suffering only four or five slight wounds. Tom' s eight brothers and sisters died in the earth quake which officials say may have killed as many as 50,000 people. By Sunday foreign doctors were leaving the earthquake areas as hope faded out finding any more survivors.

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A．He lost consciousness.

B．He was slightly wounded.

C．He was seriously injured.

D．He was buried under an icebox.

A．The trip didn't do any good to his health.

B．The trip was a complete disappointment.

C．The trip was enjoyable but not fruitful in terms of business.

D．The trip made it possible for him to meet many interesting people.

A．It is not easy to see the shortage of experts in the villages.

B．Many doctors and engineers are sent to the villages to make up for the shortage of experts.

C．Expert medical systems are widely used in developing countries.

D．Expert systems are owned by wealthy farmers and businessmen.

A．A system which trains doctors.

B．A group of experts who can provide professional advice.

C．A computer program which can provide professional advice.

D．A system which trains computer experts.