Have you ever dreamt of winning the lottery (彩票)? Most people will dream of cars, large houses, and not having to work any more. But in real life, that does not always happen.

Dr, H Van Haan, a writer of several books on lottery winners says, “Winning the lottery doesn’t change people’s lives as much as we imagine. Most lottery winners keep their jobs, but we often find that they lost their friends. Their friends will often ask them for money and these friends very often get angry if they don’t share the money.”

Most lottery winners spend most of their first one million dollars on travel. However, when the early excitement of traveling around the world has disappeared, the happiness that the money brings also disappears. In less than a year after winning, most winners say that they are not happier than before.

Too much money can make people unhappy, especially for those who are not used to it. It is true. One study shows that more than 30% of lottery winners lost most of their money in the first five years and many of them had money problems. Another report shows that a lot of people had a happy marriage before they won the lottery, but they had problems after winning the money.

So, you see, although most people dream of winning the lottery, the dream can sometimes turn into a nightmare.

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1．People usually dream of            when they win a lot of money.

A．buying a car                                 B．finding a new job

C．buying a lottery ticket                     D．making some new friends

2．Dr. H Van Haan says that most people who win the lottery            .

      A．don’t change their lives

      B．lose their jobs but keep their friends

      C．keep their jobs but lose their friends

      D．get angry when their friends ask for money

3．The underlined word “nightmare” means            .

A．an unpleasant idea                          B．a terrible dream

C．a wonderful fact                                   D．a terrible accident

4．Which of the following is not true in the passage?

A．Winning the lottery can make people very rich but sometimes quite unhappy.

B．People who win a lot of money always have no money.

C．About one third of lottery winners lose most of their money in five years.

D．The excitement and happiness that winning the lottery brings usually disappear in one year.

5．We can infer (推论) that          from the passage.

A．Dr. H Van Haan probably interviewed some lottery winners

B．traveling makes all lottery winners unhappy

C．nobody dream of winning the lottery

D．many people don’t understand why the lottery winners are unhappy

Books about how to do things are very popular in America today.There are about four to five thousand kinds of books with the name“How to…”.One book may tell you how to make more money.Another may tell you how to save or spend it.And another may tell you how to give your money away.

Some“How to…”books tell you how to choose a way of making a riving and how to succeed in it.If you fail，you can buy a book called“How to Turn Failure(失败)into Success”.If you never make any money at all，you may need a book called“How to Live on Nothing”.If you're unhappy with your life，you can read“How to Love Every Minute of Life”.

(1)“How to…”books are popular because they________.

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A．are interesting

B．can help people

C．are strange(奇怪)

D．can make people rich

(2)If you want to have much money，you can buy

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A．“How to Live on Nothing”

B．“How to Love Every Minute of Life”

C．“How to Make a Million”

D．“How to Turn Failure into Success”

(3)Which of the following is the best litle for the passage?

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A．How to Make More Money.

B．“How to...”Books.

C．Another Kind of American books.

D．Interesting Books.

(4)The underlined word“spend''means________.

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Do you have any plans for the Project Hope? Why not spend your time helping others? Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It is not true at all. More and more young people in China volunteer(志愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Li Ping, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths(山间小路) in the mountains. I’ll spend the whole summer living in a tent(帐篷) and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time!

Wu Dong, 18

This summer, I’m going to take part in the Spring House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. I’ll help them and they will teach me what to do. I also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Liu Hui, 16

I’m going to teach children who have difficulties in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help children choose and read books that they like. I love children and reading, and I want to be a teacher. So this is going to be a great experience for me.

1. More and more young people in China ___________.

A. like to help others on school holiday　　　 B. want to make more money by helping others

C. only think of themselves　　　　　　　　 D. have no plans for the Project Hope

2. Li Ping’s plan for this summer holidays is to ___________.

A. living in a tent　　　　　　　　　 B. helping to build hiking paths

C. sleeping under the stars D. breathing the clean mountain air

3. Which of the following about Wu Dong is WRONG?

A. Wu Dong likes reading very much.　　 B. Wu Dong’s family isn’t very rich.

C. Wu Dong is the oldest of the three. D. Wu Dong is kind.

4. Liu Hui will work for Reading for Life because he can _____________ there.

A. play with children　　　　 B. read more books　

C. can help children read D. look after the poor children

5. Which is the best title (题目)for this passage?

A. The Forest Center　 B. Reading for Life　 C. Young Chinese Volunteer D. A Special House Program