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,意思相同。 29 A原文中用的是dropped lots of its minor brands,這里說的是abandon這個(gè)動(dòng)詞,和drop同義。 30 B a good bargain便宜貨,文中用的是a better deal;a good deal也有“便宜貨、好買賣”的意思。 第4部分:閱讀理解 3l C答案在第一段里的這個(gè)句子里可以看到:Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you gave him to hold. 32 D Ponzi并沒有把錢都花掉(A),也沒有把錢存入銀行(B),也不為某個(gè)計(jì)劃而存錢(C),他把一部分錢用來支付給一些借錢給他的人。從下面第二段中的這個(gè)句子可以清楚地看到這一:This is what he did with the money people gave him:He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money. 33 A 緊接著上面的那句話作者又說道:However,he also kept a lot of the money for he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the ,他留住了大部分的錢,這有違法律,正是他的罪行所在。 34 C Over a period of 40 years,people gave him $170 billion。從第三段的這旬話里可以找到答案。 35 B最后一段里的He didn’t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty這句話說明了Madoff為什么不用受審,因?yàn)樗呀?jīng)認(rèn)罪了。 36 C文章的第二段里說McCarty在1995年的夏天把l5萬美元捐給了她家鄉(xiāng)的南密落西比大學(xué),用以幫助其他的非洲裔美國人讀完大學(xué)(The money was to help other African Americans through university.)這是她鼓舞了世人的原因。 37 B答案在第三段。這一段的兩句話把她是怎么樣積攢下那么多錢的原因講得很清楚: 努力工作、節(jié)儉生活、小心投資。 38 C第四段里說道,當(dāng)被問及為什么要給大學(xué)捐錢時(shí),她的回答是:“I’m giving it away so that children won’t have to work so hard。like I did.”她不想別的孩子過得像她自己那么苦,換言之就是想讓他們能過得輕松些(to live all easier life)。 39 C答案的依據(jù)就是第四段里的這句話:After news of her donation hit the media,over 600 donations were made to