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【題目】Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states. They wanted to buy lottery tickets(彩票). The tickets cost only $ 0.9 each. But that small spending could bring them a reward of $ 90 million .That was the second largest lottery jackpot （積累獎金）in history.

More than 87 million tickets were bough t for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing. Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80．The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million, but that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales. In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were sold at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second.

Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action. Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people. It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have.

But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized gambling. Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets. There are also many addicts who take the game seriously. They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets. Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit.

Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes. The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens. But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice, under the name of social progress. Whether you regard stock lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans.

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

A．Buying lotteries may help people become wealthy overnight.

B. Politicians like lotteries because they don’t have to pay extra taxes.

C．The profits from lotteries are usually used for the public.

D. Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste money on them.

【2】In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling_______.

A．$ 16.2 million B．$ 38.88 million

C．$ 19.6 million D．$ 87 million

【3】 The underlined word in the last paragraph refers to__________.

A. something profiyable

B. something challenging

C. something immoral

D.something easy

【4】 What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce the lotteries in Pennsylvania.

B. To persuade people not to buy lotteries.

C. To show the drawbacks of buying lotteries.

D. To tell us the different opinions on lotteries.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了許多人熱衷于買彩票，但是癡迷于彩票會引發(fā)很多社會問題。所以銷售彩票存在爭議。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes. 政客們喜歡彩票，因為他們將不必提供新稅。故選B。

【2】B根據(jù)But that little chance certainly did not affect tickets sales. 那小機會當(dāng)然不會影響門票銷售。In the last few days before the drawing , tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second .所以答案為B。

【3】C詞義猜測題。根據(jù)最后一段第三句critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice, under the name of social progress. legalize使合法化；under the name of social progress在社會進步的名義下，可知劃線詞的意思應(yīng)該是“惡習(xí)”�！芭�評者說，這種安排只允許這些州合法化”。故選C。

【4】D根據(jù)But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice(惡習(xí)) under the name of social progress . 在社會進步的名義下，批評者說，這種安排只允許這些州合法化。No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not , you can not refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans ，不管你是否認(rèn)為國家彩票是否正確，你不能拒絕接受他們的非常受歡迎的許多美國人。故選D。

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