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.

读上面的文章,选择最佳答案。

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

Abuying a car                                 Bfinding a new job

Cbuying a lottery ticket                     Dmaking some new friends

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

      Adon’t change their lives

      Blose their jobs but keep their friends

      Ckeep their jobs but lose their friends

      Dget angry when their friends ask for money

3The underlined word “nightmare” means            .

Aan unpleasant idea                          Ba terrible dream

Ca wonderful fact                                   Da terrible accident

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

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

BPeople who win a lot of money always have no money.

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

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

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

ADr. H Van Haan probably interviewed some lottery winners

Btraveling makes all lottery winners unhappy

Cnobody dream of winning the lottery

Dmany people don’t understand why the lottery winners are unhappy

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