Ithinkpeopleeverywheredreamabouthavinglotsofmoney.IknowIdo.Iwouldliketoearnlargeamountsofmoney.YoucanwinalargeamountofmoneyintheUnitedStatesthroughlotteries.Peoplepaymoneyforticketswithnumbers.Ifyourco
Ithinkpeopleeverywheredreamabouthavinglotsofmoney.IknowIdo.Iwouldliketoearnlargeamountsofmoney.YoucanwinalargeamountofmoneyintheUnitedStatesthroughlotteries.Peoplepaymoneyforticketswithnumbers.Ifyourcombinationofnumbersischosenyouwillwinahugeamountofmoney—ofteninthemillions.
AfewyearsagomyfriendAlwonthelottery.Itchangedhislife.Hewasnot“bornwithasilverspooninhismouth”.Insteadmyfriendwasalwaysshortofmoney.Andthemoneyhedidearnwaschickenfeed.
SometimesAlevenhadtoaccepthandouts(施舍物)fromhisfriends.Butdonotgetmewrong.Myfriendwasalwaysverycarefulwiththemoneyhespent.Infacthewasoftenacheapskate.Hedidnotliketospendmoney.Theworsttimeswerewhenhehadnosinglepennyleft.
OnedayAlscrapedtogetherafewdollarsforalotteryticket.Hethoughthewouldnevergainlotsofmoneyunexpectedly.Buthiscombinationofnumberswaschosenandhewonthelottery.Alwassoexcited.Thefirstthinghedidwasbuyacostlynewcar—onethingthathenormallywouldnotbuy.Thenhestartedspendingmoneyonunnecessarythings.Itwaslikehehad“moneytoburn”．
WhenwegottogetherforamealatarestaurantAlpaideverytime.Hewouldalwaystellmethemoneymadehimfeellikeamillionaire.ButAlspenttoomuchmoney.Soonhewas“downandout”again.Hehadspenthis“bottomdollar”—hisverylastamount.Hedidnotevensaveanyofthemoney.
IadmitIdofeelsorryformyfriend.Hehadenoughmoneyto“livelikeaking”.Insteadhewasbackto“livingonashoestring”—averylowbudget.Somemightsayhewaswiseaboutsmallthingsbutnotaboutimportantthings.
68．Whatdoestheauthordesiretodolikeothers?
A．Tocombinethenumbersperfectly.
B．Tomakeahugefortune.
C．Tobechosenforsellinglotteries.
D．Togetintouchwithmillionaires.
69．BeforeAlwonthelottery________.
A．hespenttoomuchmoneybuyingchicken
B．hedidn'tvaluethemoneyhehadearned
C．hehadtroublefeedinghisfamily
D．hehatedtogiveahandtohisfriends
70．Whatdoesthefourthparagraphimply?
A．Alalwayshadgoodluckinlife.
B．Alvaluedhismoneyabovehislife.