Question

【題目】 "Who wants to be a millionaire (百萬(wàn)富翁)? I don't," says Charles Gray.

Sixteen years ago, Charles was a college teacher with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune (財(cái)富) of $ 2 million. Today he lives in a small house where there is only second-hand furniture【1】 There is a small garden outside with a few fruit trees. Charles also grows some vegetables and a few flowers in it. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity (慈善) shops.

But this is not a sad story. Charles was happy to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. He was tired of being one of the few who had a lot while many other people have nothing at all. He donated (捐贈(zèng)) all his money to charities.【2】

"A few years ago,"says Charles,"I was a millionaire, but I knew there were a lot of hungry people in the world.”【3】When he only had two thousand dollars left, Charles handed out small bank notes in the streets of local poor areas. Did he feel like Father Christmas? "It was a lot of fun helping others, "says Charles.

Charles believes that many people want to make a lot of money so that they will not have any worries.【4】 Charles Gray decided to drop out (退出) and has discovered that having only a little money makes you free. Are there any things he misses? No, I’m much happier now. I wouldn't go back to being rich for anything--no way.

A.People there felt surprised at his kindness.

B.Sometimes money can make people live better.

C.And this, he says, has brought him happiness.

D.However, most people never make much money.

E.So he made the choice to give away all his money.

F.There are no signs that Charles used to be a rich man!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】C

【3】E

【4】D

【解析】

本文主要講述了一位曾經(jīng)的百萬(wàn)富翁捐贈(zèng)了自己的財(cái)富，選擇了清貧的生活，因?yàn)檫@能帶給他幸福與快樂(lè)。

【1】根據(jù)前文“Charles was a college teacher with a huge six-bedroom house…where there is only second-hand furniture”可知，Charles過(guò)去是一位住著大房子的百萬(wàn)富翁，但是現(xiàn)在卻住在一間只有二手家具的小屋子里，此處表明了前后貧富差距的對(duì)比，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知F選項(xiàng)“沒有任何標(biāo)志可以證明Charles過(guò)去曾是一位富人”符合前后文語(yǔ)境。故選F。

【2】根據(jù)“But this is not a sad story…He donated all his money to charities”可知，Charles將自己的財(cái)富全部捐獻(xiàn)給了慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，結(jié)合下文中“It was a lot of fun helping others”可知，對(duì)于Charles來(lái)說(shuō)，幫助他人是一件有趣的事情，因此可推知捐贈(zèng)財(cái)物使他快樂(lè)。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知C選項(xiàng)“他說(shuō)，這給他帶來(lái)了幸福”符合前后文語(yǔ)境。故選C。

【3】根據(jù)后文“When he only had two thousand dollars left, Charles handed out small bank notes in the streets of local poor areas”可知，當(dāng)查爾斯只剩下兩千美元時(shí)，他在當(dāng)?shù)刎毨У貐^(qū)的街道上分發(fā)小鈔票，由此可推知他將自己的錢財(cái)都捐給了別人。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知E選項(xiàng)“所以他決定把錢全部捐贈(zèng)出來(lái)”符合前后文語(yǔ)境。故選E。

【4】根據(jù)前文“many people want to make a lot of money so that they will not have any worries”可知，許多人都想掙很多錢，這樣他們就沒什么可憂慮的了，因此下文應(yīng)與“大多數(shù)人想要掙錢”有關(guān)。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知D選項(xiàng)“然而，大多數(shù)人從來(lái)沒有掙過(guò)多少錢”符合前后文語(yǔ)境。故選D。