Recently, a professor of philosophy in the U. S. has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we
41 money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to
42 every penny they spend for a week.
43 they spend their money, they can see what they really
44 in life.
He says our relation with others often becomes clearly
45 when money enters the picture. You might have
46 with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will
47 him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings
48 to the friendship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly
49 the friendship if he doesn’t.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it
50 very important. The author interviewed some millionaires for
51 . Question: What is
52 thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man? Answer: What makes me surprised most is how people give me
53 . I am nothing. I don’t know much. All I
54 money
People just
55 making more and more money, but what is it
56 ? How much do I need for a given purpose in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back
57 that money is an instrument
58 the end．
59 plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be
60 the meaning of life.
| 小题1: | | A．get through | B．deal with | C．give away | D．look after |
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| 小题2: | | A．keep a record of | B．run out of | C．keep up with | D．use up |
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| 小题3: | | A．In this way | B．By this means | C．By the way | D．From the way |
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| 小题4: | | A．insist | B．value | C．dream | D．offer |
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| 小题5: | | A．doubtful | B．uncertain | C．definite | D．distrustful |
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| 小题6: | | A．poor relation | B．a quarrel | C．words | D．wonderful friendship |
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| 小题7: | | A．know | B．recognize | C．respect | D．admire |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．nothing | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题9: | | A．strengthen | B．weaken | C．threaten | D．protect |
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| 小题10: | | A．is | B．to be | C．being | D．is to be |
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| 小题11: | | A．his family | B．his friends | C．much money | D．his book |
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| 小题12: | | A．the most surprising | B．the less surprising | | C．the most surprised | D．a most surprising |
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| 小题13: | | A．so less respect | B．so much respect | | C．so much money | D．so much envy |
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| 小题14: | | A．have is | B．am has | C．have but | D．am to be |
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| 小题15: | | A．pay no attention to | B．make no sense of | | C．have an idea of | D．lose consciousness of |
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| 小题16: | | A．against | B．by | C．beyond | D．for |
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| 小题17: | | A．the design | B．the idea | C．the plan | D．the argument |
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| 小题18: | | A．rather than | B．more than | C．other than | D．less than |
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| 小题19: | | A．Spirit | B．Friendship | C．Money | D．Character |
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| 小题20: | | A．missing | B．getting | C．receiving | D．understanding |
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