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          When Lydia Nash appeared on the TV programme Who wants to be a millionaire? and was fortunate enough to win £16,000,she decided to give all the money away. This wouldn't  have been surprising if she had been rich or famous,but Lydia is a 19-year-old student.

          Lydia gave all the money to a charity which helps orphans in Thailand. ul first visited the orphanage when I was seventeen,and I felt very depressed by what I saw. When I got back to England I felt angry — looking around all I could see were people who were obsessed with money. That persuaded me to return to Thailand the following year."

          After she donated the money some of her friends thought that she had made the wrong decision. “Some people said I should have saved it for a deposit,” Lydia said. aStudents always complain about being poor. But there's  an enormous difference between us and people who have absolutely no money."

          With the help of the money Lydia gave them,the charity has just finished building “Rainbow House”，a new facility that will house 50 young children.

          If Lydia had won a million pounds and not only £16,000,would she still have given away all the money? She said, “Before going on the show I thought a lot about what it would be like to have a lot of money and I realized that I wouldn't  like it at all. And as I had been to the orphanage and had seen all the work that needed to be done,I knew how useful that money could be. I definitely think I got more enjoyment from giving the money away than if I had kept it for myself."

1. Why were people surprised at Lydia's  donation?

   A. She is an orphan.

   B. She isn’t very famous.

   C. She is young and not very wealthy.

   D. She donated a large amount of money.

2. The underlined words “obsessed with” in Paragraph 2

probably mean.

   A. very proud of   B. very careless of

   C. too interested in   D. rather generous with

3. According to the text,the charity used Lydia's  money to.

   A. buy many books   B. buy some clothes

   C. build a playground   D. build a new house

4. How did Lydia feel about her donation?

   A. Regretful. B. Doubtful.

   C. Excited.   D. Hopeful.

1. C 2. C 3. D 4. C

A篇

文章介紹了大學生Lydia將參加節(jié)目獲得的錢捐助給慈善機構的事跡。

1. C. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句可知，如果 Lydia富有或是名人，她捐錢不足為奇，但令人驚訝 的是她僅僅是一名19歲的普通大學生。

2. C. 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段中的I felt very depressed by what I saw. When I got back to England I felt angry可知，Lydia回到英國看到沉迷于金錢的景象和在泰國孤兒院看到的令人悲憫的 景象截然相反。

3. D. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的With the help of the money Lydia gave them,the charity has just finished building “Rainbow House”，a new facility that will house 50 young children可知，慈善機構用Lydia捐助的這筆錢建了一個可容納50名孩子的“彩虹屋”。

4. C. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的I definitely think I got more enjoyment from giving the money away than if I had kept it for myself 可知，Lydia 對自己捐錢一事感到很高興。

題目來源：2016年英語周報高二新課程 > 第36期 2015-2016學年高二新課程

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