6．Winning the lottery （彩票） Is not the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for many past winners．Sad stories do exist in large numbers for the past lottery winners and that's why some financial experts say"70 percent of lottery winners will squander away （亂花） winning within a few years．"Some end up losing all within two years，family relationships destroyed or even worse．
Wayne Schenk was an old soldier diagnosed with lung cancer．When he won a million dollars in a lottery he thought his troubles were over and he would get the advanced medical treatment that might save his life．But Lottery officials refused to pay him the total sum in a single payment and they said they could not make an exception to the regulations．When Schenk died in 2007，he'd only received one payment of $34，000．
Another lottery winner，Billy Bob Harrell，Jr．killed himself two years after winning 31 million dollars in the Texas lottery in 1997．He'd spent large amounts of money and given large amounts away，but he didn't End me expected peace that should have come with the freedom of money．
Other lottery winners have ended up in prison for crimes．Many suffer bankruptcy （破產） after the big jackpot （頭獎） is spent and given away，including some of the eight people who won the 365 million Powerball in 2006．
The examples given paint a sad picture of what can happen if you win a big lottery jackpot，but fortunately，these examples don't tell the stories of all jackpot winners．
67．What is the main idea of the first paragraph？B
A．Most lottery winners use up me money quickly．
B．Most lottery winners don't really end up well．
C．Winning lottery means relationships destroyed．
D．Financial experts are against the lottery indusiry．
68．Why did lottery officials refuse to give Wayne Schenk the million dollars in one payment？C
A．He was diagnosed with lung cancer．
B．He was unwilling to give away his money．
C．They had to observe the official rules．
D．They didn't want to disturb his peace．
69．The author supports his main idea byA
A．giving examples B．making comparisons
C．listing numbers D．staling reasons
70．In the following paragraph，the author will probably talk aboutB．
A．advice given by financial experts
B．happy stories of the lottery winners
C．conclusion drawn by the author
D．regulations about lottery winning．
分析 本文通過舉例論證了彩票大贏家的最終結果都并不是真正的好，并通過文章論述了其原因．他們有的揮霍無度，兩年內就花光了所有的積蓄，有的家庭關系破裂或者更糟．
解答 67．B．細節理解題．根據文章第一段"Some end up losing all within two years，family relationships destroyed or even worse"可知，大多數彩票的贏家結果都并不是真正的好．故選B．
68．C．細節理解題．根據文章第二段"But Lottery officials refused to pay him the total sum in a single payment and they said they could not make an exception to the regulations．"可知，官員拒絕給Wayne Schenk支付是因為不想違反條例規定． 故選C．
69．A．推理預測題．文章列舉了Wayne Schenk，Billy Bob Harrell 等例子，結合最后一段"The examples given paint a sad picture of what can happen if you win a big lottery jackpot，but fortunately，these examples don't tell the stories of all jackpot winners"可知，文章主要是通過舉例子來論證他的觀點，故選A．
70．B．推理預測題．根據文章最后一段"but fortunately，these examples don't tell the stories of all jackpot winners，"可知，作者要談論的是彩票大贏家的開心愉快的故事，故選B．
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