are actually more credible than media in Potter’s world

　　[C] the media are promoting Pottermania more actively than Hollywood

　　[D] businesses involved with Potter are moving along in an unusual way

　　8. The author believes that .

　　[A] Britain’s Sunday Times rich list is not very convincing as it sounds

　　[B] Time Warner’s management of licenses is a bit over commercialised

　　[C] other firms may produce goods using Harry Potter images at will

　　[D] what Ms Rowling got in return for her offering to Warner is a real bargain

　　9. Paragraph 4 intends mainly to show Warner’s .

　　[A] determination to promote Potter

　　[B] consistence in conducting busines

　　[C] high regard for Ms Rowling’s request

　　[D] careful restrictions on licensing to Coco-Cola

　　10. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that .

　　[A] products of Potter films have brought enormous profits to Warner

　　[B] current Hollywood’s marketing of Potter may damage its potential

　　[C] readers could get tired of Ms Rowling’s writings sooner or later

　　[D] Warner will maintain the same strategy with Potter in future

　　1. A 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.C 10.D

　　1.[精解] 第一段提到，投资者几年前的梦想是永远拿到 20%的(股票投资)回报。现在调查显示它降到了“现实的”8%至 10%的范围。第二段作者先提出疑问：但是如果未来几年里这个值低于正常的期望呢?接着以银行信用分析家 Martin Barnes 和标准普尔5000 指数为例指出， 未来股票投资回报率必然是下降的。 二段末句作者指出， 很少有投资者为此作好了准备。 由此可推出， 面对股票投资回报下降的趋势， 投资者的判断是不够现实的， 是幻想的。另外， 第一段的 dreamed of、realistic 的引号、以及第二段 sound impossible 后面的问号也都暗示了这一点。因此[A]项正确。

2[精解] 本题考虑事实细节题。第四段第一句提到，许多投资者(savers)对拥有太多公司股票的危险视而不见。 [D]项是该句的改写，其中 turn a deaf ear 对应原文中的 shuttheir eyes to，the warning 对应 the dangers。第三段作者通过休伊特 (Hewitt) 咨询公司的职员的介绍说明， 投资者仍在不断地投钱(keeping their contributions up) ，但是他们不太愿意把资金转投其他地方了(less inclined toswi