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Question

 A French billionaire used to have a tough time when he was young. Later he 18     himself in the field of drawing sales. Within ten years he had 19     a young media tycoon(大亨) in France. He died of cancer in1998.

 A French newspaper published his 20     after his death in which he claimed "I was a poor guy. Be?fore I reach the threshold of heaven I leave my secret of how to become 21     to the world. Anyone who can answer the question What do the poor 22     most?' will have discovered my 23     of becoming rich. He will have my 24     . My deposit of one mil?lion francs in the private safe of my bank will be the prize for his 25     in uncovering the riddle of 26    .”

  Many people 27     to the publicized will. The answers as one might imagine were 28     . The ma?jority of them thought the poor were missing money most. Some stated that what the poor most 29     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 30     of help love attractiveness branded clothes and 31     the presidency of state.

  On the first anniversary of the billionaire's pass?ing his lawyer and representative 32     his private safe in the bank;the secret of getting rich was 33     . The billionaire believed that the most absent among the poor was the34 of getting rich.

  It was a nine-year-old girl who 35     the nail on the head. Why did she regard "ambition" as the thing the poor lacked most? The day she was officially 36     the one million francs? she said "Every time my elder sister brought her boyfriend home she always 37     me not to be ambitious. So I thought perhaps ambition was something that brought what you wanted.”

18.A. introduced   B. experienced   C. persuaded   D. established

19.A. considered   B. regarded   C. become   D. recognized

20.A. story   B. will

 C. book   D. finding

21.A. rich   B. positive

 C. successful   D. active

22.A. save   B. gain

 C. lack   D. achieve

23.A. cost   B. secret   C. reason   D. effort

24.A. position   B. ideas

 C. dreams   D. congratulations

25.A. wisdom   B. skill

 C. courage   D. honesty

26.A. privacy   B. adventure   C. poverty   D. mystery

27.A. applied   B. responded   C. admitted   D. contributed

28.A. various   B. incorrect   C. creative   D. related

29.A. cared   B. valued   C. needed   D. shared

30.A. presence   B. absence

 C. confidence   D. independence

31.A. even   B. still   C. so   D. yet

32.A. collected   B. discovered   C. locked   D. opened

33.A. talked   B. explored   C. revealed   D. hidden

34.A. thought   B. ambition

 C. luck   D. opportunity

35.A. missed   B. lost

 C. hit   D. decided

36.A. awarded   B. received   C. returned   D. donated

37.A. agreed   B. warned   C. promised   D. let

Answer 1

文章大意]本文讲述了法国的一位穷人经过自己的奋斗成为了亿万富翁，于1998年去世。在他留下的遗嘱中，他提出了一个问题-——穷人最缺的是什么？回答对的人会得到他的积蓄--- 百万法郎。最后是一位小女孩答对了问题并得到了这个奖励。

18.D考查动词辨析'从下文的"Within ten years he had… a young media tycoon(大亨) in France."看出他在事业 上取得了成功。establish oneself in使某人 在上稳固 使确立... 地位;introduce介绍;experience经历;persuade说服。

19.C考査动词辨析。这个人成了 (become) 法国年轻的传媒大亨。

20.B从下文的"Many people- to the publicized will. 出，是遗嘱(will) 。

21.A考査形容词辨析。由下一空前的poor提示可知，此处指"由穷变富的秘密"。positive和active意为"积极的";successful意为"成功的"。

22. C考査动词辨析。从下文的"有的人认为穷人需要机会，有的人认为穷人需要技能，有的人认为穷人需要帮助、爱、吸引力、名牌衣服等等"看出，此处应该是穷人缺少(lack) 什么。

23.B结合上文的".•• I leave my secret of how to become… to the world."看出答案。

24.D考查名词辨析。结合下文看出答案，这个人给的奖励就是对猜中答案的人的祝贺。

25.A考查名词辨析。从下文的in uncovering the riddle of 看出这里是说一个人的智慧(wisdom) 。

26.C考査名词辨析。发现贫穷(poverty) 的谜底。

27.B考查动词辨析。从下文人们的观点看出是人们对此做出回应。apply申请;respond回应;admit承认！con?tribute贡献。

28.A考查形容词辨析。从下文人们的观点看出答案应该是各种各样的(various：) 。

29.C从下文的the poor needed skills to make money看出答案。

30.B考查名词辨析。剩余的答案认为穷人缺少帮助、爱、吸引力和名牌衣服等。结合下文的"The billionaire be-lieved that the most absent among the poor was the... of getting rich."可知。presence出席;absence缺席，缺少； confidence信心;independence独立。

31.A考査副词辨析。even表示递进关系。

32.D

33.C考査动词辨析。句意：变富的秘诀被揭露出来了。talk谈话;explore探索;reveal揭露，显露；hide隐藏。

34.B考査名词辨析。从下文的"Why did she regard 'am?bition' as the thing the poor lacked most?"看出答案。ambition意为"理想，抱负"，符合语境。

35.C考查固定搭配。hit the nail on the head意为"说得中肯，一针见血"，是固定搭配。

36.A由于小女孩答对了题，那天就奖励给她一百万法郎。award授予;receive收到;return返回;donate捐赠。

37.B考查动词辨析。姐姐总是警告她别太野心勃勃了。warn sb not to do sth警告某人别做某事；用warn符合句意。agree to do sth同意做某事？promise sb to do sth 答应某人做某事；let sb do sth让某人做某事。