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【題目】The world is filled with smart ，educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago ，my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage and the young mechanic fixed it in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine sound. I was amazed. The sad truth is that great talent is not enough.

I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100，000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade told me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant （顧問）who gave me the phrase ，“They are one skill away from great wealth.”

There is an old saying that goes，“JOB means ‘Just Over Broke（破產(chǎn)）”. And unfortunately，I would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because schools do not think financial intelligence is intelligence，most workers “live within their means”. They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend that young people seek work for what they will learn ，more than what they will earn.

When I ask the classes I teach ，“How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's ？ ” almost all the students raise their hands.I then ask ，“So if most of you can cook a better hamburger ，how come McDonald's makes more money than you？” The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems.The world is filled with talented poor people.They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than t he skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.

【1】The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that .

A. he is just one of the talented people B. he is ready to help others

C. he has a sharp sense of hearing D. he knows little about car repairing

【2】The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by“ ”.

A. spend more than they can afford B. do in their own way

C. live in their own circle D. live within what they earn

【3】Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?

A. They don't work hard enough. B. They lack financial intelligence. C. They don't make full use of their talents. D. They have no specialized skills.

【4】The main purpose of the author is to tell us .

A. how young people can find a satisfactory job

B. what schools should teach about finance

C. why so many talented people are poor

D. how McDonald's makes much money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文為夾敘夾議文。作者通過一次修車的經(jīng)歷，聯(lián)想到有天賦的人在實(shí)際生活中的經(jīng)濟(jì)收入其實(shí)是很低的，并分析了原因：這些人都缺少商業(yè)頭腦。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine sound.The sad truth is that great talent is not enough．作者認(rèn)為修車的人很厲害，通過聽發(fā)動機(jī)的聲音就可以知道車子壞的地方，所以他是一個天才，有天賦的人，作者認(rèn)為只有才華是不夠的，那個汽車修理工僅僅是一個有才華的人（但沒有商業(yè)頭腦），故選A。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段劃線部分后的They work and they pay the bills.．可知很多人工作所掙的卻付賬單。等于是說工作賺的錢又花出去了，生活的花費(fèi)沒超過自己所賺的錢的范圍，是在這個以內(nèi)，故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．世界上到處都是有才華的窮人。是因?yàn)樗麄冎粚⒆⒁饬�集中在提高和完善技術(shù)上，卻不注意提高有關(guān)商品的銷售和送貨技能。由此推斷出很多人掙的少不是因?yàn)闆]有工作技術(shù)，而是因?yàn)闆]有金融知識和推銷方面的智慧。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。文章第一段以修車人為例說明只有才華是不夠的。第二段第一主根據(jù)第二段的I am constantly shocked at how little talented people ear我常常吃驚，為什么有才華的人卻只有微薄的收入，接著在下面幾段分析了原因�？芍�全文是圍繞著為什么這么多有天賦的人收入?yún)s很低來展開的．故選C。

本大題以推理判斷試題為主，這種題型包括判斷題和推理題。這兩類題常常相互依存，推理是為了得出正確的判斷，正確的判斷又依賴于合乎邏輯的推理。做好該題型要從整體上把握語篇內(nèi)容，在語篇的表面意義與隱含意義、已知信息與未知信息間架起橋梁，透過字里行間，去體會作者的“弦外之音”。推理題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中某一句話，也可是某幾句話，但做題的指導(dǎo)思想都是以文字信息為依據(jù)，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根據(jù)的推理，也不能根據(jù)表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是說，要做到判斷有據(jù), 推論有理, 忠實(shí)原文。切忌用自己的觀點(diǎn)代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面結(jié)論。如第3小題根據(jù)文中的They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．可知很多人掙的少是因?yàn)闆]有金融知識和推銷能力，從面得出正確答案B