听力题 Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Hetty Green was a very spoiled only child. She was born in Massachusetts, USA in 1835. Her father was a millionaire businessman. Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares. At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account. Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited 7.5 million dollars. She went to New York and invested on Wall Street. Hetty saved every penny, eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents. She became one of the richest and most hated women in the world. At 33 she married Edward Green, a multi-millionaire, and had two children, Ned and Sylvia. Hetty's meanness was well-known. She always argued about prices in shops. She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog. Once she lost a two-cent stamp and spent the night looking for it. She never bought clothes and always wore the same long, ragged black skirt. Worst of all, when her son, Ned, fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help. In the end Ned lost his leg. When she died in 1916 she left her children 100 million dollars. Her daughter built a hospital with her money. What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child? 由短文中提到的from the age of two her father...taught her about stocks and shares. 及At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account可知, Hetty Green两岁时就跟着父亲学习关于股票和证券的知识,六岁时就开始读每日财经新闻,可见她还是个孩子的时候就对金融产生了强烈的兴趣.故答案为C)。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文] How did Hetty Green become rich overnight? 由短文中提到的Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited 7.5 million dollars. 可知, Hetty Green是从父亲那里继承了一大笔遗产,故答案为D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] Why was Hetty Green much hated? 短文中先是提到Hetty saved every penny(十分节省),然后指出She became one of the richest and most hated women(最富有也最让人憎恨的女人之一),而后面又指出Hetty's meanness was well-known.(Hetty的吝啬是出了名的),并作出了详细的描述,由此可知Hetty Green让人憎恨是因为她极端吝啬,故答案为A)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] What do we learn about Hetty's daughter? 短文最后提到Her daughter built a hospital with her money. ,由此可知Hetty的女儿用她留下的钱建了一所医院,故答案为B。