题目内容
A.French billionaire used to have a rough time when he was young. Later he 21 himself in the field of drawing sales. Within ten years, he had 22 a young media tycoon(大亨) in France. He died of cancer in 1998.
A French newspaper published his 23 after his death, in which he claimed: “I was a poor guy. Before I reach the threshold(门槛) of heaven, I leave my secret of how to become 24 to the world. Anyone who can answer the question ‘What do the poor 25 most?’ will have discovered my 26 of becoming rich. He will have my 27 . My deposit(存款) of one million francs in the private safe of my bank will be the prize for his 28 in uncovering the riddle(难解之谜) of 29 .”Many people 30 to the publicized will. The answers, as one might imagine, were 31 . The majority of them thought the poor were missing money most. Some stated that what the poor most 32 was opportunity. Still others thought that the poor needed skills to make money. The rest of the answers claimed that poverty could be attributed to the 33 of help, love, attractiveness, name-brand clothes, and 34 who is in government.
On the first anniversary of the billionaire’s passing, his lawyer and representatives 35 his private safe in the bank; the secret of getting rich was 36 . The billionaire believed that the most absent among the poor was the 37 of getting rich.
It was a nine-year-old girl who 38 the nail on the head. Why did she regard “ambition ” as the thing the poor lacked most? The day she was officially 39 the one million francs, she said: “Every time my elder sister brought her boyfriend home, she always 40 me not to be ambitious. So, I thought perhaps ambition was something that brought what you wanted.”
21. A.introduced B.guided C.persuaded D.established
22.A.visited B.assisted C.become D.recognized
23. A.story B. will C.book D.finding
24.A.rich B.positive C.successful D.determined
25.A.save B.expect C.lack D.achieve
26.A.cost B.secret C.reason D.effort
27.A.position B.ideas C.dreams D.congratulations
28.A.wisdom B.skill C.courage D.honesty
29.A.privacy B.adventure C.poverty D.mystery
30.A.applied B.responded C.admitted D.contributed
31.A.various B.incorrect C.creative D.related
32.A.cared B.valued C.needed D.shared
33.A.presence B.absence C.rejection D.dependence
34.A.even B.still C.so D.yet
35.A.collected B.discovered C.locked D.opened
36.A.discussed B.explored C.revealed D.hidden
37.A.idea B.ambition C.luck D.opportunity
38.A.missed B.lost C.hit D.decided
39.A.awarded B.received C.returned D.donated
40.A.agreed B.warned C.promised D.supported
21-25DCBAC 26-30BDACB 31-35ACBAD 36-40CBCAB