A. gold market

　　B. real estate

　　C. stock exchange

　　D. venture investment

　　★阅读小贴士：注意路标词即过渡词。路标词或词组，可以帮助考生有效理解作者思想的具体衔接和转折过渡等，从而有效把握前后句之间的关系。最常见的过渡词有：

　　1、此外besides=moreover=furthermore=in addition

　　2、更重要的是more than that; 同样重要的是equally important; 更more/less

　　3、而且/并且and; 而且，也also

　　4、表先后顺序：first, second/next

　　5、同样： likewise; 或者alternatively

　　6、因此，表“因果”so=therefore=thus=consequently=accordingly=as a result=and so

　　7、总而言之，表“结论”as a result=finally=above all=after all=concluding=hence=to sum up=in conclusion

　　8、但是；表“转折”but= yet= however= on the other hand= while= nonetheless= nevertheless= otherwise

　　尽管although= though= despite= instead= in spite of= on the contrary= notwithstanding= rather= in contrast

　　9、表“空间位置”near, far, beside, next to, above, under, behind, in front of, across, on the side of

　　10、表“目的”for this purpose, so that, in order to

　　11、表“强调”in fact, indeed, surely, certainly, to be sure, I am certain

　　12、表“举例”for example= for instance= such as= specifically= to be specific= in particular= to illustrate this= thus

　　13、表“条件”in that case, that being so, in these circumstances, if, unless, otherwise

　　两个注意

　　主要是指，读文章的过程中，有些内容可以一带而过，加快阅读速度。

　　一、注意“放过”

　　考试过程中，如果遇到难词或难句，考生可以稍作停顿进行考虑，如果仍然无法理解，那么就需要迅速放过去。包括在做题的过程中，有些题目本身难度很大，可以先放一放，其他题目做完之后再做该题目还是不错的。

　　二、注意“删除”：就是可以迅速读过去，无需停顿。

　　1、插入语

　　(1)特征：通常情况下主谓之间用两个逗号或者双破折号引起的成分，称为插入语。

　　例如：We should not forget, however, that most New Englanders were less well educated。

　　(2)作用：

　　①突出主语：Defenders of the Corporation—of whom there are many—are fond of quoting the American slogan “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it。”

　　②解释说明：The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC—including ordinary listeners and viewers— to say what was good or bad about the Corporation。

　　2、人名、地名后的修饰成分

　　【例如】Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada。

　　句子中黑体下划线处就可以完全省略不看，加快阅读速度。

　　★ 阅读小贴士：阅读理解中，遇到人名、地名一律简写。

　　【例如】Towns like Bournemouth and Eastbourne sprang up to house large “comfortable” classes who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders’ meeting to dictate their orders to the management。