Winning the lottery (彩票) is not the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for many past winners. Sad stories do exist in large numbers for the past lottery winners and that's why some financial experts say "70 percent of lottery winners will squander away (亂花) winning within a few years." Some end up losing all within two years, family relationships destroyed or even worse.
Wayne Schenk was an old soldier diagnosed with lung cancer. When he won a million dollars in a lottery he thought his troubles were over and he would get the advanced medical treatment that might save his life. But Lottery officials refused to pay him the total sum in a single payment and they said they could not make an exception to the regulations. When Schenk died in 2007, he'd only received one payment of $34,000.
Another lottery winner, Billy Bob Harrell, Jr. killed himself two years after winning 31 million dollars in the Texas lottery in 1997.He'd spent large amounts of money and given large amounts away, but he didn't end me expected peace that should have come with the freedom of money.
Other lottery winners have ended up in prison for crimes. Many suffer bankruptcy (破產(chǎn)) after the big jackpot (頭獎(jiǎng)) is spent and given away, including some of the eight people who won the 365 million Powerball in 2006.
The examples given paint a sad picture of what can happen if you win a big lottery jackpot, but fortunately, these examples don't tell the stories of all jackpot winners.
小題1:What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A．Most lottery winners use up money quickly.
B．Most lottery winners don't really end up well.
C．Winning lottery means relationships destroyed.
D．Financial experts are against the lottery industry.
小題2:Why did lottery officials refuse to give Wayne Schenk the million dollars in one payment?
A．He was diagnosed with lung cancer.
B．He was unwilling to give away his money.
C．They had to observe the official rules.
D．They didn't want to disturb his peace.
小題3:The author supports his main idea by ____.
A．giving examples B．making comparisons
C．listing numbers D．listing reasons
小題4:In the following paragraph, the author will probably talk about_____.
A．a(chǎn)dvice given by financial experts
B．happy stories of the lottery winners
C．conclusion drawn by the author
D．regulations about lottery winning

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：本文通過(guò)舉例論證了彩票大贏家的最終結(jié)果都并不是真正的好，他們有的揮霍無(wú)度，兩年內(nèi)就花光了所有的積蓄，有的家庭關(guān)系破裂或者更糟。
小題1:從第一段Some end up losing all within two years, family relationships destroyed or even worse可知大多數(shù)彩票的贏家結(jié)果都并不是真正的好。故選B。
小題2:題干信息在第二段第三行Lottery officials refused to pay him the total sum....，故后面緊接著解釋了原因：they could not make an exception to the regulations，分析此句的意思可得知答案C， regulations與選項(xiàng)中的rules對(duì)應(yīng)，同近義詞替代。
小題3:文章列舉了Wayne Schenk，Billy Bob Harrell 等例子，結(jié)合最后一段The examples given paint a sad picture of what can happen if you win a big lottery jackpot, but fortunately, these examples don't tell the stories of all jackpot winners可以得知文章主要是通過(guò)舉例子來(lái)論證他的觀點(diǎn)，故選A。
小題4:從短文的最后一段but fortunately, these examples don't tell the stories of all jackpot winners，說(shuō)明接下來(lái)，作者要談?wù)摰氖遣势贝筅A家的開(kāi)心愉快的故事，故選答案B。
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