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．a(chǎn)n unpleasant idea                          B．a(chǎn) terrible dream

C．a(chǎn) wonderful fact                                   D．a(chǎn) 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 (推論) 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

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