Could we look back some day and say that Warren Buffett's greatest genius(天才) was finding two talented people to replace(代替)him? These two people are Ted Weschler, aged 56,and Todd Combs,aged 46,who have been chosen by Buffett as money managers to begin to ______

the key investment(投資)operations of Berkshire Hathaway.

But how did Ted and Todd catch Buffett's ______ ? "These are the only two persons I could find. who read as ______ as I did, " Buffett says with a laugh. Actually he's not really kidding. Both Ted and Todd spend lots of time ______ .

Ted spends half a day reading many materials like ______ and trade periodicals(期刊). In a recent interview,Ted ______ that to become a successful investor, one needs to be hungry, curious and read all the time. Different kinds of reading will allow you to ______ things that might give you an insight(洞察力)to where a business is going in five years.

And Todd describes himself as a book with legs. He gets up at around 7 or 8 a.m. and reads

______ about 7 or 8 p. m. . After dinner; he also leads for ______ hour or two in bed.

What's the secret for financial success? It seems that _____ a habit of reading really matters.

1.A. take off B. take over C. take in D. take down

2.A. leg B. hand C. eye D. breath

3.A. many B. little C. few D. much

4.A. working B. reading C. sleeping D. thinking

5.A. newspapers B. films C. TV series D. cartoons

6.A. turned out B. pointed to C. pointed out D. turned to

7.A. connect B. contact C. communicate D. complete

8.A. at B. for C. until D. during

9.A. the other B. another C. other D. the others

10.A. developing B. growing C. raising D. planting

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.A 【解析】試題本文通過講述泰德和托德的成功事例,說明了“養(yǎng)成讀書的習(xí)慣很重要”的道理。 1.句意:…被巴菲特選為基金經(jīng)理,開始接管伯克希爾哈撒韋公司的投資業(yè)務(wù)。A. take off脫下、起飛;B. take over接管、接收;C. take in吸收...
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