Question

Recently, professor of philosophy（哲學(xué)）in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our daily life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.
He says our relations with others often become clearly defined（清晰的）when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful relationship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.
Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man?
Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I don’t know much. All I am is rich.
People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.
小題1:According to the first paragraph, people have not realized ______.

A．how important money is in their daily life

B．how one spends money shows what is important to him

C．that money is more important than their philosophy of life

D．that their understanding of life is more important than money

小題2:The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some  money ________.

A．is a good way to test your friendship

B．will do harm to your friendship

C．will strengthen your friendship

D．is a good way to break off your friendship

小題3:What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

A．Money is an end．	B．Money is a means．
C．Money is everything．	D．Money is unimportant

小題4:The underlined phrase “enter the picture” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_________”.

A．is used up	B．is spent on pictures
C．is paid in the right way	D．is paid attention to

小題5:What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?

A．He doesn’t feel that he is well educated.

B．He doesn’t think he is a very important person.

C．He doesn’t consider himself to be very successful.

D．He doesn’t think that being rich deserves so much attention.

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:D

試題分析：文章介紹錢對(duì)人們的意義，錢只是手段，不是我們追求的目標(biāo)，錢不能代表任何東西，人們對(duì)錢應(yīng)該有清楚的認(rèn)識(shí)。
小題1:推理題：從第一段的句子：One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week.From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.從學(xué)生花錢的方式，他們看出可以生活中什么是重要的。這是他讓學(xué)生做的練習(xí)，所以人們?cè)瓉?lái)不知道這點(diǎn)，選B
小題2:推理判斷題。從文章第二段可知，如果朋友借錢給你會(huì)加強(qiáng)你們的友誼，但如果他不借，就會(huì)削弱你們的友誼。所以作者認(rèn)為找朋友借錢是測(cè)試友誼的一種很好的方式。選A
小題3:推理判斷題。從文章最后一段“...money is an instrument rather than the end”可知金錢只是一個(gè)工具，不是我們生活的最終目的。所以B項(xiàng)說(shuō)金錢只是一種方式、手段正確。
小題4:猜詞題：從第二段的句子：He says our relations with others often become clearly defined（清晰的）when money enters the picture. 他說(shuō)當(dāng)錢被關(guān)注的時(shí)候，我們和別人的關(guān)系就更清楚了，所以“enter the picture”的意思是“is paid attention to”，選D。
小題5:推理判斷題。結(jié)合文章The most surprising thing is why people give me so much respect.I am nothing. I do not know much可知他不認(rèn)為有錢應(yīng)該被關(guān)注。答案D。