河南省鹤壁市淇县第一中学2015-2016学年高一下学期期中考试 英语试题
第一部分：听力（满分30分）略
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. I know I do. I would
like to earn large amounts of money. You can win a large amount of money in the United States through lotteries. People pay money for tickets with numbers. If your combination of numbers is chosen，you will win a huge amount of money一often in the millions.
A few years ago，my friend Al won the lottery. It changed his life. He was not “born with a silver spoon in his mouth”. My friend was always short of money. And the money he did earn was chicken feed.
Sometimes Al had to accept handouts(施舍物)from his friends. But do not get me wrong. My friend was always very careful with the money he spent. In fact, he was often a cheapskate. He didn’t like to spend money. The worst times were when he had no single penny left.
One day, Al scraped together a few dollars for a lottery ticket. He thought he would never gain lots of money unexpectedly. But his combination of numbers was chosen and he won the lottery. Al was so excited. The first thing he did was to buy a costly new car一one thing that he normally would not buy. Then he started spending money on unnecessary things. It seemed that he had “money to burn”.
When we got together for a meal at a restaurant, AI paid every time. He would always tell me the money made him feel like a millionaire. But Al spent too much money. Soon he was “down and out” again. He had spent his “bottom dollar”一his very last amount. He did not even save any of the money.
1 admit I do feel sorry for my friend. He had enough money to “live like a king". Instead, he was back to "living on a shoestring”一a very low budget. Some might say he was wise about small things, but not about important things.
21 .What does the author desire to do like others?
A. To combine the numbers perfectly.
B. To get in touch with millionaires.
C. To be chosen for selling lotteries.
D. To make a huge fortune.
