1．The world is filled with smart，talented，educated and gifted people．We meet them every day．A few days ago，my car was not running well．I pulled it into a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes．He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is，great talent is not enough．
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn．I heard the other day that less than 5percent of Americans earn more than 100，000ayear．Abusinessconsultantwhospecializesinthemedicaltradewastellingmehowmanydoctorsanddentistsstrugglefinancially．Itwasthisbusinessconsultantwhogavemethephrase，"Theyareoneskillawayfromgreatwealth．"Thereisanoldsayingthatgoes，"Jobmeans"justoverbroke（破產(chǎn)And unfortunately，I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence，most workers"live within their means"．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn，more than what they will earn．
     When I ask the classes I teach，"How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's？"almost all the students raise their hands．I then ask，"So if most of you can cook a better hamburger，how come McDonald's makes more money than you？"The answer is obvious：McDonald's is excellent at business systems．The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on bui1ding a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems．The world is filled with talented poor people．They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．


25．The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show thatC．
A．he has a sharp sense of hearing            
B．he is ready to help others
C．he is just one of the talented people      
D．he knows little about car repairing
26．The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by"D"．
A．spend more than they can afford           
B．do in their own way
C．live in their own circle                            
D．live within what they earn
27．Why do talented people earn so little according to the author？A
A．They lack financial intelligence．
B．They don't work hard enough．
C．They don't make full use of their talents．
D．They have no specialized skills．
28．The main purpose of the author is to tell usD．
A．how young people can find a satisfactory job
B．what schools should teach students
C．how McDonald's makes much money．
D．why so many talented people are poor．

分析 本文敘述了許多有才華的人卻掙的很少很原因．作者通過(guò)汽車修理工很快修好了他的車，感到汽車修理工是有才華的人，但是他掙得少．在美國(guó)很多有才華的人掙得都很少．原因就是他們沒(méi)有金融才干和商業(yè)知識(shí)，不能更好的把自己推銷出去，只會(huì)掙得只夠花的．

解答 25．C  推理判斷題．根據(jù)第一段的The sad truth is that great talent is not enough．可知作者認(rèn)為自己的才能不足，因此覺(jué)得那個(gè)汽車修理工是一個(gè)有才華的人．故選C．
26．D  詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)第三段的They work and they pay the bills．可知很多人工作了，卻需要付賬單，等于是說(shuō)工作賺的錢又花出去了，生活的花費(fèi)不要超過(guò)自己所賺的錢的范圍，要在這個(gè)以內(nèi)．故選D．
27．A  推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段的They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．可知很多人掙的少是因?yàn)闆](méi)有金融知識(shí)和推銷能力．故選A．
28．D  推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段的I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn可知全文是圍繞著為什么這么多有才華的人卻掙的這么少來(lái)展開的．故選D．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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