Question

【题目】 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为余选项。

Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒). 【1】 Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.

Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. 【2】Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.

【3】 . But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.

“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”

【4】 They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. 【5】 It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.

A. This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain.

B. The one who owns most money in the end is the winner.

C. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.”

D. It is not true that British people are born jealous of others` success.

E. Some were given a little, others a great deal.

F. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them.

G. Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】A

【4】G

【5】F

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过数据，事例，实验证明英国人的仇富心理，但作者指出归根结底是这些富人的趾高气昂的态度才让人们这么对待他们的。

【1】C 根据本段的前几句可知是在做调查，只有C选项说了这个关键词，而且给出的调查的结果符合前后句的意思，故答案为C。

【2】E 根据后一句Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others可知答案为E。

【3】A 根据上一段的意思可知仇富心里的存在，再结合后一句But there is also opposite evidence.可知答案为A。

【4】G 根据上一段的意思可知英国人对成功的看法，再结合后一句They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours.可知问题出在企业家身上。答案为G。

【5】F 根据前后句By their own efforts they become millionaires. 40 It hardly seems worth following their example.可知中间存在意思的转折，虽然成功，有钱，但是没人爱他们，故选F。