文档介绍:辽宁鞍山市2014高考英语信息匹配、阅读理解训练题(1) 附答案
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Warren Buffett
For someone who is such a essful investor, Warren es off as a pretty ordinary guy. He was born on August 30, 1930. __71__ He used to go door­to­door and sell soda water. When his family moved to Washington, Buffett became a paperboy for The Washington Post. Buffett ran his five paper routes and even added magazines to round out his product offerings. While still in school, he was making$ 175 a month, a full­time wage for many men.
__72__ He spent $ 1,200 on 40 acres of farmland in Nebraska. He and a friend also made $ 50 a week by placing pinball machines in barber shops. They called their venture(企业) Wilson Coin Operated Machine Co.
Already a essful small­time businessman, Buffett wasn't interested in going to college but ended up at the University of Pennsylvania—his father encouraged him to go. __73__ But he was turned down, which had to be one of the worst admission decisions in Harvard history. The e affected Buffett's life, for he ended up attending Columbia Business School, where he studied under Professor Benjamin Graham the father of securities analysis who provided the foundation (基础) for Buffett's investment strategy.
From the beginning, Buffett made his fortune from investing. He started with all the money he had made from selling soda water, delivering papers, and operating pinball machines. Between 1950 and 1956, he grew his $ 9,800 to $ 14,000. __74__ And then he gradually drew in other investors through word of mouth and very attractive terms.
__75__ He doesn't collect houses or cars or works of art, and he disdains(鄙视) companies that waste money on expensive cars, private dining rooms, and high­priced real villas. He is a creature of habit—same house, same office, same city, same soda water.
A. Then Buffett applied to Harvard Business School.
B. Buffett is more likely to be found in a four­star restaurant.
he was 14,