【Sam，anunemployedpianotuner，saiditwasonlythesecondthinghehadeverwoninhislife．ThefirstthingwasanAfghanblanketatachurchraffle（抽奖）whenhewas25yearsold．Butthiswasmuchbigger：itwas﹩120，000!Hehadwon】
Sam，anunemployedpianotuner，saiditwasonlythesecondthinghehadeverwoninhislife．ThefirstthingwasanAfghanblanketatachurchraffle（抽奖）whenhewas25yearsold．Butthiswasmuchbigger：itwas﹩120，000!HehadwontheBigCube，astatelottery（彩票）game．Towin，acontestantmustfirstguesswhichnumberaspinningcubewillstopon．Thecubehassixnumbersonit：1X，10X，50X，100X，500X，and1000X．Ifheiscorrect，thecontestantmustthenguesswhichoftwoselectedvariables（变量）isgoingtobegreater．So，justguessingwhichnumberappearsonthecubedoesnotguaranteethatyouwillwinanymoney．
Samcorrectlyguessed1000X，buthestillhadtochoosebetweentwovariables．OnevariablewasthenumberofcarsthatwouldrunthestopsignatHillStreetandLakeAvenueinsixhours．TheothervariablewasthenumberoftimesthatateenageboywouldchangeTVchannelsinathree-hourperiod．Thiswasatoughdecision．
Finally，Samflippedacoin．Itcameupheads，soSampickedtheteenager．Hepickedright．Thestopsignwasrunonly76times，buttheteenclicked120times．Sixty-year-oldSamjumpedforjoy，forhehadjustwon1000times120，or﹩120，000．Samdreamilyleftthelotterystudio．Talkingexcitedlyonhiscellphonewhilecrossingthestreet，hegothitbyalittlesportscar．
Samisslowlygettingbetter．Hewasinthehospitalforamonth．Hishospitalbillwas﹩110，000．Andtheinsurancecompanyforthelittlesportscar'sownersued（起诉）Samfor﹩9，000worthofrepairs．Also，Samstillhastopayfederaltaxesonhiswinnings．Samdoesn'tplaythestatelotteryanymore．Hesaysit'sbettertobeunlucky．
56．WhatcanbeinferredaboutSamfromthepassage？___
A．Healwayshasbadluck．
B．Heseldomgoestoaraffle．
C．Heisaverycarefulpersoninlife．
D．Heusedtobecrazyaboutlotterytickets．
57．WhichofthefollowingplayedavitalroleinSam'swinningthebigprize？___
A．Thecube．B．Thecoin．C．Theblanket．D．Thestopsign．
58．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？___
A．Thelotterygamewasacompletelie．
B．Samwasquitefamiliarwiththeboy．
C．Theownerofthecarisnowinhospital．
D．Samwillhavenoneoftheprizemoneyleft．
59．Wh