_______ why she wasted money on a lottery ticket, the poor mother answered, “ A dollar is not too much to pay for 24 hours of hope”.
A．Asking B．Having asked C．When asking D．When asked
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_______ why she wasted money on a lottery ticket, the poor mother answered, “ A dollar is not too much to pay for 24 hours of hope”.
A．Asking B．Having asked C．When asking D．When asked
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When Callie Rogers won almost 1.9 million pounds on the lottery(彩票) at 16, she hoped it would help her put her troubles behind her. The teenager came from a broken home, had dropped out of school and was living in local authority care.
Rogers, from Cumbria, England, won the National Lottery in 2003. Then she began spending her money wildlly, buying four homes for her family, flash cars and designer clothes, partying and having some cosmetic (整容的) surgery. Two weeks after her win, she married and had two children. But then she spent 250, 000 pounds on cocaine (可卡因) and suffered depression. Earlier this year she lost the right to take care of her children because of her mental state.
She became addicted to drugs and attempted suicide three times as her life unraveled. She says the money brought her only misery. Now she is down to her last 100 000 pounds, but she has never been happier.
Now 22, she said：“Just a few months ago I was taking too many drugs and hated myself. I simply did not want to live any more. But now I have a new man and am finally becoming the woman I want to be. And it's only after I've spent most of my fortune that this has finally happened.”
“I need to get my act together and make my kids proud, and for the first time I really do think that's possible.” She credits her new boyfriend with giving her the stable home life she has always longed for and she now hopes to go to college and eventually become a counselor. “After all I've experienced, I think I have a lot of advice to offer，” she said.
1.Why was Rogers not allowed to look after her children?
A. She was in a bad mental state. B. She was addicted to using drugs.
C. She was not responsible for them. D. She was too poor to support them.
2.What can we learn about Rogers from Paragraph 3?
A. Being addicted to drugs cost her everything.
B. Money didn't bring her happiness as expected.
C. Rogers felt much happier with her money gone.
D. Too much money allowed her to do what she wanted.
3.What caused Rogers to change and start a new life?
A．The loss of money. B．Her bitter past.
C．Her husband and children. D．Her new boyfriend.
4.Why does Rogers hope to go to college?
A．She intends to find a good job. B．She expects to become a professor.
C．She longs to improve her situation. D．She wants to offer advice for others.
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Why does the woman look upset?
A. She experienced a theft. B. She was given a parking ticket.
C. She couldn't find a parking space.
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Why is the woman complaining?
A.She is hungry. B.She is cold. C.She is poor.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Why does Rusty think the new student is poor?
A. She’s not fashionable.
B. Her jeans have holes in them.
C. Her mother gave her old clothes.
2.What does Sally think of Rusty?
A. He is helpful.
B. He is too curious.
C. He is a little behind the times.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Why did the woman get a ticket this morning?
A.She didn”t wear her seat belt.
B.Her kids jumped out of the car.
C.Her kids behaved badly in the car.
2.Who left Jason on the side of the road?
A.His uncle. B.His mother. C.His father.
3.How does the woman feel about what the man said?
A.Interesting. B.Meaningful. C.Hard to believe.
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A thief who dropped a winning lottery ticket(彩票)at the scene of his crime has been given a lesson in honesty. His victim, who picked up the ticket, then claimed the £25000 prize, managed to trace him, and handed over the cash. The robbery happened when maths professor Vinicio Sabbatucci, 58, was changing a tyre on an Italian motorway. Another motorist, who stopped to “to help”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off. The professor found the dropped ticket and put it in his pocket before driving home to Ascoli in eastern Italy.
Next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and, taking out the ticket, realized it was a winner. He claimed the 60 million lire(里拉) prize. Then he began a battle with his conscience. Finally, he decided he could not keep the money despite having been robbed. He advertised in newspapers and on radio, saying: “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have 60 million lire for him--- a lottery win. Please meet me. Anonymity(匿名) guaranteed.”
Professor Sabbatucci received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into handing them the cash. But there was one voice he recognized--- and he arranged to meet the man in a park. The robber, a 35-year-old unemployed father of two, gave back the suitcase and burst into tears. He could not believe what was happening. “Why didn’t you keep the money?” he asked. The professor replied: “I couldn’t because it’s not mine.” Then he walked off, spurning the thief’s offer of a reward.
65.The sentence “ Then he began a battle with his conscience.” In paragraph 2 implies all of the following EXCEPT that_______.
A. he knew what he should do as soon as he saw the lottery results
B. he hesitated about keeping the money for some time
C. he thought for a moment of avenging himself on the robber
D. he came to realize that honesty is more important than money
66. Hundreds of people phoned professor Sabbatucci because they ______.
A. wanted to make fun of him B. hoped to get the money
C. knew who the robber was D. lost the lottery ticket
67. The word “spurning” in the last sentence can be replaced by ______.
A. accepting B. claiming C. rejecting D. canceling
68. If the story appears in a newspaper, the best title might be_____.
A. A Thief’s Lucky Day B. A Popular Maths Professor
C. A Magic Lottery D. A Reward of Honesty
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Supposing you _________ the lottery, what would you do with the money?
A. would win B. have won
C. had won D. won
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A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. she loved her parents and her family, she desired(渴望）to live in such a house and all day about how wonderful and exciting must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some skill and sensibility(识别力), she her mother for a bike ride _ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, her keeping close to the house and not too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew where she was heading! the hill and across the valley, she rode to the of the golden house.
she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path _ to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she that all the windows were _ and rather dirty.
So and heart-broken, she didn’t go any further. She , and all of a sudden she saw an amazing . There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she __ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her house.
1.A. might B. should C. must D. would
2.A. Unless B. Since C. Although D. But
3.A. worried B. dreamed C. asked D. shouted
4.A. it B. that C. this D. which
5.A. different B. basic C. musical D. scientific
6.A. blamed B. begged C. invited D. paid
7.A. inside B. along C. through D. outside
8.A. arguing about B. relying on C. insisting on D. wondering about
9.A. traveling B. running C. riding D. walking
10.A. exactly B. rapidly C. madly D. possibly
11.A. Over B. Down C. Around D. Beside
12.A. windows B. steps C. center D. gate
13.A. Until B. As C. While D. Because
14.A. getting B. introducing C. leading D. moving
15.A. felt B. learned C. concluded D. found
16.A. plain B. bright C. transported D. wide
17.A. anxious B. sad C. serious D. angry
18.A. turned down B. cheered up C. settled down D. dropped in
19.A. sight B. valley C. background D. hill
20.A. imagined B. decided C. guessed D. realized
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Deciding to get her money’s worth out of the wedding dress on which she spent over $1,000, an Australian woman has been wearing her wedding dress, a year after her wedding.
43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle—anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. She decided not to buy any new clothes or footwear for a whole year after she returned home to Adelaide, in Southern Australia, and she managed to make it.
But last year, as her wedding day approached, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to look good on the most important day of her life, but how could she spend a small fortune on the wedding dress she would only wear on that day?
“In the end I decided that if I was going to get a wedding dress, I’d make sure I could get my money’s worth,” Hall tells PA Real Life.
“The first time I wore it after the wedding was to vote in the Australian election in early 2019,” the 43-year-old adds. “Since then, it’s been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but I’ve worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym.”
Hall says that she has got some strange looks from people, but no irritating comments. It may have something to do with the fact that the dress is not the fanciest, but she believes people are just too reserved to say anything. Anyway, she doesn’t really care, because she knows she has to hit the goal she has set and wearing the dress multiple times is the most reasonable way she could think of to make the most of her wedding dress.
Hall now plans to wear her wedding dress on a trip to Iceland that she and her partner will take nest summer.
1.Why did Tammy Hall adopt a new lifestyle?
A.To adapt herself to Indian life. B.To save money for her next trip.
C.To cut down her consumption. D.To get prepared for her wedding.
2.What did Tammy Hall do to get her money’s worth out of her wedding dress?
A.She brought fun to people with it B.She wore it repeatedly in daily life.
C.She tried to wear it to earn money. D.She got it exchanged again and again
3.What can we infer about Tammy Hall?
A.She has been struggling to make ends meet.
B.She has influenced people’s lifestyle widely.
C.She values her wedding dress less than her trips.
D.She is determined to turn her ideas into practice.
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