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These days everyone wants to “get rich” overnight. We all __1__ marrying someone from a wealthy family, making a lot of __2__， or winning the lottery (彩票). But do these things really make us happy? Many of the richest celebrities (名人) happen to be some of the most __3__ people. They buy expensive houses and clothes that they __4__ use. They may become __5__ and even become addicted to __6__. They have become so focused on money and material things that they forget about the people and activities they __7__.
Now, more young people have the opportunity for a better education, and better chances of making a high __8__. These are great achievements，__9__ will they make you happy? In the US many young people believe that being rich and being happy are two __10__ things. When attending university, they often choose to study subjects that they are __11__ rather than subjects that will get them __12__ jobs. Instead of majoring in “business” or “management”， many American students today have majors like “theater” or “modern dance”. The __13__ is that making a lot of money doesn't mean that you will be satisfied with your __14__. Nowadays, young people are __15__ careers that they love doing rather than careers that pay well.
I think that as being __16__ becomes more possible, we need to __17__ what the term “fortune” really means. Do we need to have money and material things to be fortunate? Or does __18__ just mean having what we need to be happy? __19__， what things make you happy? Be honest with yourself. It may take __20__ a rich spouse(配偶)or much money to make you happy!
拥有财富和拥有幸福本质上是有区别的。有些有钱人去购买永远不会去用的昂贵的房子、衣服，沉溺于吸毒，其实他们并不幸福。现在更多的年轻人选择了去接受良好的教育，从事自己乐意从事的职业，上大学、接受教育并不仅仅是为了有一份高薪的工作。
1．A.think of B．dream of
C．care about D．insist on
答案：B 根据上一句中的wants和下文可知，这些想法都是“梦想”。
2．A.changes B．friends
C．efforts D．money
答案：D 要快点富起来，当然要赚到一大笔钱。make a lot of money“赚大钱”。
3．A.unhappy B．happy
C．lucky D．unlucky
答案：A 从下文那些有钱人的做法可知他们中有些人不幸福。
4．A.always B．really
C．never D．personally
答案：C 他们去购买永远不会去用的昂贵的房子、衣服。
5．A.annoyed B．depressed
C．satisfied D．injured
答案：B 此空和下文become addicted to... 是并列关系，因此选择depressed“郁闷的，消沉的”。
6．A.work B．games
C．adventures D．drugs
答案：D become addicted to...常用来指“沉迷于”一些不良的嗜好。drug“毒品”。
7．A.love B．hate
C．enjoy D．know
答案：A 前面的先行词是people and activities, 因此只能用love, 而不能用enjoy“喜欢”。
8．A.salary B．goal
C．degree D．fame
答案：A
解析：本文主要讲对财富的追求，故选A。句意：现在更多的年轻人有机会接受更好的教育，有机会赚到高额的“薪水”(salary)。这里和文章开头呼应。goal“目标”；degree“程度”；fame“名誉”。
9．A.so B．and
C．but D．or
答案：C 从上下文来看，这里是转折关系。
10．A.difficult B．different
C．pleasant D．important
答案：B 联系上下文可知，富有和幸福是不同的。
11．A.used to B．familiar with
C．related to D．interested in
答案：D 根据rather than和get them ______ jobs 可知此处指选择他们感兴趣的专业。be used to sth.“习惯于”；be related to“与……有关”；be familiar with“熟悉”。
12．A.highpaying B．prizewinning
C．troublesaving D．longenjoying
答案：A highpaying“报酬高的”。
13．A.point B．purpose
C．result D．question
答案：A point“要点”。其他三个选项均不合题意。
14．A.health B．future
C．life D．major
答案：C 有钱并不意味着对“生活”感到满意。
15．A.creating B．avoiding
C．missing D．choosing
答案：D choose career“择业”。
16．A.independent B．wealthy
C．unselfish D．famous
答案：B 由于致富已不是问题，我们有必要重新思考“富有”的真正含义。
17．A.study B．understand
C．rethink D．recall
答案：C “重新思考”用rethink, 其他选项不合文意。
18．A.fortune B．career
C．success D. peace
答案：A 这里作者以问句的形式提出了本文的观点：富有(fortune)是否就意味着拥有幸福所需要的东西。
19．A.Even if B．If so
C．Only if D．If only
答案：B 这里承接上句，if so“如果这样的话”。
20．A.kind of B．nothing but
C．as much as D．more than
答案：D 真正的幸福不只是拥有一个有钱的配偶或有很多钱。nothing but“只不过，仅仅”。
