15．Sam，an unemployed man，said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life．The first thing was a blanket at a church raffle（抽獎）when he was 25 years old．But this was much bigger：it was 120，000!He had won the Big Cube（骰子），a state lottery（彩票）game．To win，a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on．The cube has six numbers on it：1X，10X，50X，100X，500X，and 1000X．If he is correct，the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables（變量） is going to be greater．So，just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money．Sam correctly guessed 1000X，but he still had to choose between two variables．One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours．The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period．This was a tough decision．
Finally，Sam flipped（翻轉(zhuǎn)）a coin．It came up heads，so Sam picked the teenager．He picked right．The stop sign was run only 76 times，but the teen clicked 120 times．Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy，for he had just won 1000 times 120，or 120，000．Sam dreamily left the lottery studio．Talking excitedly on his cell pho ne while crossing the street，he got hit by a little sports car．
Sam is slowly getting better．He was in the hospital for a month．His hospital bill was 110，000．And the insurance company for the little sports car's owner sued（起訴） Sam for 9，000 worth of repairs．Also，Sam still has to pay taxes on his winnings．Sam doesn't play the state lottery any more．He says it's better to be unlucky．
21．Sam won the blanket  years agoC．
A．25       B．60       C．35         D．76
22．Sam won the lottery becauseA．
A．he was lucky   
B．he was good at math
C．he was smart   
D．he was tough
23．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．The lottery game was a complete lie．
B．Sam was quite familiar with the boy．
C．The owner of the car is now in hospital．
D．Sam will have none of the prize money left．
24．Sam's experience shows thatD
A．everything has its time and that time must be watched．
B．he who risks nothing，gains nothing．
C．everything comes to him who waits．
D．he who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday．

分析 文章講述了一個叫Sam的人的故事．六十歲的Sam共獲得過兩次獎，第一次只是一條毛毯，第二次憑借運氣，Sam獲得了12萬大獎．然而，Sam興奮過度，過十字路口時被車撞了．他不僅要負擔醫(yī)療費，還得支付撞車的賠償和獲獎的所得稅．真是樂極生悲啊！

解答 21．C推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段"Sixty-year-old Sam"可知，第二次獲獎時，Sam60歲；第一次獲獎是在25歲的時候，這期間過了35年，因此，獲得毛毯是35年前的事，故選C．
22．A細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段"He says it's better to be unlucky．"可知，Sam寧愿自己的運氣不要那么好，說明他贏得彩票大獎是靠運氣，故選A．
23．D細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段"His hospital bill was 110，000…sued（起訴） Sam for 9，000 worth of repairs"可知，Sam贏得的12萬全部花在了醫(yī)藥費和賠償上，除此之外，他還要支付所得稅，由此可知，Sam贏得的錢到了最后入不敷出，故選D．
24．D 推理判斷題Sam dreamily left the lottery studio．Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street，he got hit by a little sports car．"可知，Sam一時間太激動了，以至于在過十字路口時被車撞了，說明了"樂極生悲"的道理，故選D．

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