As you probably know,  J．Paul Getty was one of the richest and moat successful American industrialists in history．Quite ambitious from an early age, Getty made his first million at age 23 in 1916．He later went on to found the Getty oil company, In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American and in 1966, the Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen．
Although he is highly regarded by vast numbers of people for his financial success, as a younger man, his drive to acquire power and money had a detrimental impact on other aspects of his life, particularly in his relationships with women．He was, at one point quoted assaying "A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure．” He married five times, having children with four of these wives．He couldn’t seem to keep a marriage going for very long．His obsession with having a fortune and power alienated （疏遠） each of his wives, eventually driving them away． His marriage with his first wife Jeanette lasted for only three years, with Allene for two years, Adolphine, four years, Ann, four years, and finally Louise, nineteen years．
Perhaps as a young man, Getty was willing to pay whatever price for financial success．Yet Paul came to feel some regret in regard to his life priorities as he approached his later years when he Wrote: "I hate and regret the failure of my marriages．I would gladly give all of my millions for just one lasting marriage success．"
At the end of Getty's life, all of the wealth that he had got meant very little to him．It was only then that he became wise enough to understand what really mattered most．Despite all of his accomplishments, he died with great regret．
It' s a sad story and a cautionary tale for those of us who may have chosen to make career building our highest priority（優(yōu)先權(quán)）, thereby ignoring our relationships．Like any other living organism, relationships require care and attention in order to grow．Even the strongest relationships will he damaged, if there is not enough care．
小題1:What is Paragraph l mainly about?
A．People' s admiration for J．Paul Getty．
B．How J．Paul Getty led his life．
C．J． Paul Getty's achievements．
D．How J．Paul Getty became rich．
小題2:The underlined word "detrimental" in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to "_         "．
A．harmfulB．interestingC．positiveD．demanding
小題3:J．Paul Getty's marriage that lasted for the longest time was with _         ．
A．AnnB．AdolphineC．AlleneD．Louise
小題4:At the end of his life, what J．Paul Getty cares about most is the success in              ．
A．businessB．politicsC．marriageD．education
小題5:What is the author's conclusion from the passage?
A．Young people should focus an career - building．
B．The strongest relationships between people won't be damaged．
C．We should attend to the needs in relationships．
D．Successful people don't care about relationships with others．

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:C

試題分析：
小題1:段落大意題。在第一段中提及了他的個人成就23歲的時候就掙得第一個100萬，以及后來被吉尼斯認為是當(dāng)時世界上最富有的個人，故C正確。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3行his drive to acquire power and money had a detrimental impact on other aspects of his life, particularly in his relationships with women說明他對金錢的追求傷害了他與妻子的關(guān)系，文章后面敘述了他與幾任妻子都離婚了。說明該詞指傷害的意思。
小題3:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后His marriage with his first wife Jeanette lasted for only three years, with Allene for two years, Adolphine, four years, Ann, four years, and finally Louise, nineteen years．可知他和最后一人妻子Louise的婚姻持續(xù)了19年，是最長的。故D正確。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)At the end of Getty's life, all of the wealth that he had got meant very little to him．It was only then that he became wise enough to understand what really mattered most．說明他已經(jīng)意識到財富對他來說已經(jīng)不算什么了。最重要的是在上一段中提及的"I hate and regret the failure of my marriages．說明他很重視自己的婚姻。故C正確。
小題5:推理題。文章通過富豪Getty的故事告訴我們最重要的是人與人之間的社會關(guān)系，而不是金錢。故C正確。
點評：本文介紹了富豪J．Paul Getty一生的感悟，年輕時總是在追求金錢和物質(zhì)而忽視了與家人妻子孩子的交流，到了晚年才真正意識到什么是真正重要的東西。對于推理題的考查較多，要求考生根據(jù)上上下文語義串聯(lián)來選擇文章相應(yīng)的考查的對應(yīng)點。
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