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Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery ticket(彩票)I want to stop them and ask if they know just where their money is going． 　　The lottery money is supposed to go to charity(慈善团体)－ but it makes me angry to see some of the so – called “good causes” it’s being used to support．Also, Camelot, the organizers, have made a profit of ￡10．8 million in five months． 　　For the past ten years I’ve been helping to raise funds(基金)for a cancer research charity called Tenovus．My husband, Sandy, died from cancer 11 years ago － － － he was only 51．There’s been a long line of deaths in our family through cancer．I’ve also lost two sisters – in－ law, my brother, Michael, my father – in – law and my father．That’s apart from several close friends． 　　The charity is 50 years old now and raised money mainly for breast cancer research．It also runs a support line for the families of cancer sufferers．Our local group raises money through dances, sales and coffee morning, and all the funds go directly to cancer research．In 1993 Tenovus raised ￡3 million － － － and half that money came from sales of our own lottery tickets at supermarkets．But our income has dropped by half since the National Lottery was introduced． 　　I’m not against people playing the National Lottery, but they should think about what they’re doing．The chances of winning the jackpot are so small; they might as well throw their money away．The Government tells us that the money is going to things like the arts and sport, but what about the National Health Service? They should give some cash to that, too．How can they justify spending ridiculous amount of cash on so – called works of art － － － like displays of potatoes － － － or buying up Winston Churchill’s papers at a cost of ￡12 million? 　　So who really are the winners in the National Lottery? When I think of all that money people could be donating(捐献)to cancer research, I could weep．It’s time people realized how charities across the country are suffering because of the National Lottery．It’s disheartening． (1) The writer seems to hope that________ [　　] A． people will donate money to charity B． people will spend more money on the lottery C． most of the lottery money will go to charity D． all of the lottery money will be used for cancer research (2) The writher raises funds for cancer research because________ [　　] A． she is suffering from cancer B． cancer research needs more money C． some of her relatives died of cancer D． cancer is the most frightening disease (3) What does the writer express in the passage? [　　] A． Some ideas of fund – raising． B． Her personal opinions about lottery． C． The public opinions about the cancer． D． Her attitude towards cancer sufferers． (4) What can we conclude from the passage? [　　] A． Lots of people suffer from cancer． B． Tenovus was set up to collect money． C． The writer objects to the National Lottery． D． Government should stop people buying lottery

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．C;3．B;4．C;