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【題目】Sam, an unemployed man, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was a blanket at a church raffle(抽獎(jiǎng)) when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube(骰子), a state lottery(彩票) game. To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X. If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables(變量) is going to be greater. So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money. Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period. This was a tough decision.

Finally, Sam flipped(翻轉(zhuǎn)) a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000. Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.

Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $110,000. And the insurance company for the little sports car's owner sued(起訴) Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn't play the state lottery any more. He says it's better to be unlucky.

【1】Sam won the blanket ________ years ago.

A. 25 B. 60 C. 35 D. 76

【2】Sam won the lottery because ______.

A. he was lucky B. he was good at math

C. he was smart D. he was tough

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The lottery game was a complete lie.

B. Sam was quite familiar with the boy.

C. The owner of the car is now in hospital.

D. Sam will have none of the prize money left.

【4】Sam’s experience shows that ______

A. everything has its time and that time must be watched.

B. he who risks nothing, gains nothing.

C. everything comes to him who waits.

D. he who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個(gè)叫Sam的人的故事。六十歲的Sam共獲得過(guò)兩次獎(jiǎng)，第一次只是一條毛毯，第二次憑借運(yùn)氣，Sam獲得了12萬(wàn)大獎(jiǎng)。然而，Sam興奮過(guò)度，過(guò)十字路口時(shí)被車(chē)撞了。他不僅要負(fù)擔(dān)醫(yī)療費(fèi)，還得支付撞車(chē)的賠償和獲獎(jiǎng)的所得稅。真是樂(lè)極生悲啊！

【1】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Sixty-year-old Sam”可知，第二次獲獎(jiǎng)時(shí)，Sam60歲；第一次獲獎(jiǎng)是在25歲的時(shí)候，這期間過(guò)了35年，因此，獲得毛毯是35年前的事，故選C。

【2】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“He says it's better to be unlucky.”可知，Sam寧愿自己的運(yùn)氣不要那么好，說(shuō)明他贏得彩票大獎(jiǎng)是靠運(yùn)氣，故選A。

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“His hospital bill was $110,000...sued(起訴) Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs”可知，Sam贏得的12萬(wàn)全部花在了醫(yī)藥費(fèi)和賠償上，除此之外，他還要支付所得稅，由此可知，Sam贏得的錢(qián)到了最后入不敷出，故選D。

【4】D俚語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)題。A萬(wàn)物皆有時(shí)，時(shí)來(lái)不可失；B收獲與風(fēng)險(xiǎn)并存；C功夫不負(fù)有心人；D樂(lè)極必生悲。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.”可知，Sam一時(shí)間太激動(dòng)了，以至于在過(guò)十字路口時(shí)被車(chē)撞了，說(shuō)明了“樂(lè)極生悲”的道理，故選D。