Question

【题目】

A lot of people are determined to become a millionaire. They spend half their time 【1】ways of getting rich, and the rest of their time thinking about all the enjoyable things they would do once they got rich. Some millionaires continue to 【2】 money when they become millionaires. But Charles Gray is one of the people who have 【3】 their millions. He used to be a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and $ 2 million. However, he 【4】 being a person who had everything in a world where many people had nothing. Therefore, he 【5】 to give all his money away.

Now he appreciates this change and feels much happier.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】dreaming up

【2】be concerned about

【3】turned their backs on

【4】was tired of

【5】made the choice

【解析】本文主要讲许多人梦想成为百万富翁，有些百万富翁有钱之后还是关心钱，而有些则不然。百万富翁查尔斯·格雷散尽家财，发现这样反而让他感到幸福了。

【1】句意：他们的一生中一半时间都在梦想变得富裕的办法，剩下的时间都在幻想如果有钱了该如何去享受。spend time doing sth.表示花时间做某事，本句中指人们花时间想象变得有钱的办法。dream up表示“做梦，向往”，故填dreaming up。

【2】句意：有些富翁在变得有钱后还是关心钱。短语be concerned about表示“关心，挂念；惦记”。根据continue to可知，这里表示“有钱人变得有钱后还是关心钱”，故填be concerned about。

【3】句意：但是查尔斯格雷却是一个不在乎万贯家财的人。turn one’s back on表示“不理睬；背弃”，根据后文中的give all his money away可知，他不重视自己的财产。再分析语境可知who have turned their backs on their millions为定语从句，先行词为people，所以turn one’s back on中的one’s应为their。故答案为turned their backs on。

【4】句意：然而，他厌倦了做一个拥有一切的人，而世界上很多人什么也没有。根据后文中的give all his money away可知，他对自己的万贯家财并不在意。再结合however可知查尔斯格雷对他的财产的态度是不在意的。be tired of表示“对于……感到厌倦”，联系上下文可知时态为一般过去时，故答案为was tired of。

【5】句意：因而他做了一个决定，将他所有的钱都散尽。make the choice表示“做了这个决定”，to give all his money away作定语修饰choice，表示“散尽钱财的决定。”联系上下文可知时态为一般过去时，故答案为made the choice。

选词填空中要注意将短语进行适当的变化。例如本题中的第三小题，题干中给出的短语是turn one’s back on，表示“不理睬，不帮助，背弃”。结合语境But Charles Gray is one of the people who have ___3___ their millions.可知who引导了一个定语从句，先行词为people. people为集合名词，单复同形，根据前面的one of可知这里的people为复数形式。所以定语从句中谓语动词采用复数形式have，并且one’s back改为对应的their backs. 最后注意划线处前的have，说明时态为完成时。综合以上分析，最终答案为turned their backs on.