题目内容
Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle（抽奖）when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery 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（变量）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
Finally, Sam flipped（掷）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 $109,000. And the insurance company for the little sports car’s owner charged Sam for $10,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn’t play the state lottery any more. He says it’s better to be unlucky.
60. According to the passage, “the Big Cube” is ________.
A. a TV program B. a lottery game
C. a quiz show D. a real-life show
61. In order to win “the Big Cube”, a person must ______________.
A. guess the correct number on the cube B. guess two selected variables
C. accomplish two tasks assigned to him D. select between two variables
62. What is true about Sam?
A. He was a sixty-year-old man with a job to tune pianos for others.
B. He picked the first number by using a coin to help him make the decision.
C. He was hit by a little sports car when he was going out of the lottery studio.
D. His big prize was hardly enough to cover all the expenses after his accident.
63. Which is the most suitable title of this story?
A. Sam and the Lottery Game B. How to Win a Lottery Game
C. It’s Better to Be Unlucky D. Good Luck Doesn’t Come Easy
―That depends on you work hard enough or not. 
I have never met a successful person who wasn’t 100% prepared. Once you realize the advantage that exceptional __66___ gives, it becomes a lifelong habit.
Ivan Lendl is a typical example. He has thought about every side to his game, _67___ it is playing plan against an opponent, or his diet, or fitness program. But what really __68____ me was when he told me he also knew the airline and flight number he was taking to the city in question. That is the way he __69___ everything. It is one element that has made him a champion.
One reason many of us aren’t prepared is that we rarely appreciate it. And if anyone does find out we have prepared carefully to make certain we __70___ our goal, we may well be laughed at. In fact, many people are afraid to be prepared: if they are, they lose an excellent _71____when they fail.
In sport, you meet athletes who let it be known they are not in top condition for a competition. It __72___ the pressure. If they lose, they were not at their best. If they win, they go beyond everyone’s __73___. This is a classic 50% solution: you win some, you lose some. Then there are the people who do their preparation in public. They constantly tell you how hard they are working. That way, if they fail, it is not because they did not try. This is the 75% solution: prepare well, give it your best, let things turn out as they will.
The very best performers, __74___, spend hidden hours to make sure that they are No. 1. They don’t need or want the world to see them sweat. This is the 110% solution: First determine the __75.__ result. Then calculate your effort.
66. | A. chance | B. possibility | C. preparation | D. ambition |
| A. whether | B. when | C. whatever | D. if |
| A. amused | B. delighted | C. astonished | D. confused |
| A. works out | B. deals with | C. gets to | D. acts as |
| A. acquire | B. achieve | C. possess | D. have |
| A. reason | B. explanation | C. prediction | D. excuse |
| A. relieves | B. releases | C. rejects | D. regulates |
| A. expectations | B. wishes | C. ideas | D. opinions |
| A. yet | B. however | C. besides | D. furthermore |
| A. desired | B. acquired | C. admired | D. prepared |
A. proves B. promises C. considers D. keeps
A. Because B. As C. With D. Since
－How________this________?
--Oh, nothing much. As a matter of fact, I _______ of my friends back home.
A. looking B. look C. to look D. looks