Investors soon will be able to own shares of Facebook stock. The world’s biggest social media network presented documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. The documents are required before the pany can make its initial public offering（首次公开募股）or IPO. A date for the stock sale has yet to be announced.
Experts say Facebook could raise about five billion dollars. That would be one of the biggest IPO sales ever. And it would be much bigger than Google’s first public stock sale in 2004. At that time, the Internet search pany raised almost two billion dollars.
Facebook has 800 million users around the world. It is the second most visited website after Google. Now, experts say the social media network is in a position to bee one of the most valuable Internet panies.
Stock expert Anupam Palit at Greencrest Capital says that among social media sites, Facebook is in a class by itself.
“It is the biggest pany in this space and we believe what makes it very unique from every other pany that went public last year in this space is that it is very, very profitable.” said Anupam Palit.
Early estimates place the total value of the social network between 75 and 100 billion dollars. That includes earlier investments by other panies. David Kirkpatrick wrote the book The Facebook Effect. He says Facebook’s IPO will be historic.
The stock sale could also make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg one of the world’s youngest billionaires. He is only 27.
Investment panies are likely to buy Facebook stock first. But investment manager Jim O’Shaugnessy says that is not so bad. He says the prices of some IPO stocks are too high and fall not long after they first go on sale.
Recently, share prices of some Internet businesses have fallen after their stocks were first offered. For example, stocks of Linkedln, Groupon and Zynga, dropped in price by as much as 25% after going public.
There were similar questions eight years ago when Google first sold stock to the public. Today, Google is one of the world’s most valuable technology panies.
【小题1】Which of the following is true about Google?A．Google’s first public stock sale began in 2005.B．Google is the world’s most valuable pany.C．Google’s share price rose after its stock was first offered.D．Google raised almost two billion dollars from its first public stock sale.【小题2】According to the passage, we can know Facebook .A．has 800 million users in the USAB．has announced the date for its first stock saleC．is the most visited website todayD．is the world’s biggest social media network【小题3】We can infer from the passage that .A．Facebook stock is being sold very wellB．Mark Zuckerberg will get much money from the stock saleC．Mark Zuckerberg was only 27 when Facebook was foundedD．investment panies have bought many Facebook shares【小题4】Which would be the best title for this passage?A．Facebook and Its IPOB．The Difference Between Facebook and GoogleC．The Founder of FacebookD．A Book Called The Facebook EffectD
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【小题1】细节理解题，根据文中语句“And it would be much bigger than Google’s first public stock sale in 2004. At that time, the Internet search pany raised almost two billion dollars.”理解可知。
【小题2】细节理解题，根据文中语句“Facebook has 800 million users around the world. It is the second most visited website after Google. Now, experts say the social media network is in a position to bee one of the most valuable Internet panies.”理解可知。
【小题3】细节理解题，根据文中语句“The stock sale could also make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg one of the world’s youngest billionaires. He is only 27.”理解可知。
【小题4】标题理解归纳题，根据文中语句理解归纳可知。