Question

【题目】D

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 (积累奖金) in history .

More than 87 million tickets were bought 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 selling 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 (合法化

的) 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 (恶

习), under the name of social progress . No matter whether you regard

state lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to accept their extreme

popularity with many Americans.

【1】They main idea of the passage is that __________.

A．lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them

B．playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market

C．many people buy lottery tickets , but lotteries cause disagreement

D．lotteries are nothing but legalized vice

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

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

taxes.

B．The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress.

C．Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste

money on them.

D．People love the lottery because it is a stock market.

【3】In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery

sold tickets totaling_______.

A．$ 1.62 million

B．$ 1.82 million

C．$ 9.6 million

D．$ 87million

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】【1】 由全文内容可知有许多人买彩票，但也有人持反对观点。

【2】 由文章最后两段中评论家们的批评意见可知。

【3】 由第二段最后一 句可知每秒钟可卖出500张彩票，则1小时可卖出1 80万张彩票，每张彩票$0.9，故每小时可卖到$1，62 million。