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[1] Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He became a millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he did not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from oil. He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”

[2]But money _________. He married five times and divorced five times. He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty’s children had very happy lives.

[3]Getty loved to make money and loved to save it. In spite of his great wealth, Getty was miser. Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day. He even put pay telephone in the guest’s bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills.

[4] In 1973, kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return. Getty’s son asked his father for money to save his child. But Getty refused. The kidnappers were merciless and Getty’s son made repeated requests for help from his father. Finally, Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4 percent interest.

[5] Getty started a museum at his home Malibu, California. He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976, the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion. He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size. Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States. Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art.

1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (no more than 8 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 7 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

3.Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph3.

________________________________________________________________________________________

4.What did the kidnappers do to Getty’s family (no more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

5.What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

 

【答案】

1.Getty was a self-made millionaire./ Getty became rich through his own efforts.

2.did not buy happiness for Getty

3.Although he was very rich, Getty hated to spend money.

4.They took Getty’s grandson and asked for money.

5.Getty made a great contribution to the art world.

【解析】

1.主旨概括题。第一段话主要介绍了他通过自己的努力成为百万富翁。文中提示的关键语句有“He became a millionaire…”“Getty made his millions alone”“ The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.””。

2.信息补全题。需补全的这个句子实质上是段落主题句。阅读本段信息:结婚离婚五次;很少与五个孩子一起;他的那些孩子也没幸福的生活。据此可知,空白处应该归纳本段大意,即:钱没有给Getty买来幸福。

3.同义置换题。需要注意短语in spite of的解释,可以将其转换为though或although等表让步的连词;great wealth即rich或wealthy之意;且根据后文的叙述可以推测miser为“舍不得花钱的人;守财奴”等之意。

4.细节理解题。根据第四段话“kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return”可知答案。

5.主旨概括题。本段叙述了他开了博物馆,买了艺术作品;再根据末句“Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art”可知本段主要讲述了Getty将他的财富捐献给了艺术世界。

 

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