单选题
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Many people dream of making it big, buying a bigger house, designer clothes and a nicer car, but with a record number of millionaires now living right here in the United States, an age-old question is now front and center—can money really buy happiness? Best-selling author David Bach is a psychiatrist and a money advisor on CNBC"s The Millionaire Inside. Going from rags to riches, he says he found happiness but it wasn"t just about dollars and cents. Morning, David.
M: Good morning, Maggie.
W: What do you think that makes people happy then, if they have no money?
M: Well, I think what most Americans really want is freedom. We are in the land of the free, but when three out of four people are living paycheck to paycheck, they don"t feel free.
So I think there are a lot of opportunities for the average American to become what I call an automatic millionaire, which means paying yourself first, saving one hour a day of your income and spending less.
W: Do you mean that the people having different levels of life all have the same feeling?
M: Absolutely. You may have different levels of life. You have the survival level, or someone really is living paycheck to paycheck. Then you have security, where someone as you might basically need to cover. Maybe they"ve got six months to a year with the expenses put aside. Once you gel passed a year of expenses, you"ll start to become free.
W: You also say that happiness is not as simple as making more money.
M: Yes. The more money you have, the more you need to spend anyway. People don"t know how to keep their money. And people don"t know how to spend it wisely.
W: We spend so much time in our lives trying to make money. We must believe it"s going to bring us happiness. But the research you have ever done about it is kind of mixed, isn"t it?

Which of the following is INCORRECT about David Bach?

本题设题点在身份地位处。根据听力原文可知,大卫·贝驰的身份中没有心理学家,他是一名精神病学家,因此A为正确答案。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
What do most Americans want according to David Bach?

本题设题点在对话问答处。根据听力原文可知,大卫认为大多数美国人真正想要的是自由,因此B为正确答案。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
What percentage of people in the US are living under the pressure of money?

本题设题点在转折处。根据听力原文可知,美国人中大约75%的人会以每月的工资作为本月的全部支出来源,所以他们会因为有经济方面的压力而感到不自由,因此B为正确答案。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Which of the following is NOT the way for average Americans to become automatic millionaires?

本题设题点在定义概念处。根据听力原文可知,有许多机会可以让普通的美国人变成百万富翁,这意味着要优先支付给自己,每天将一个小时的收入存起来,并且还要少花钱,因此D为正确答案。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
What kind of people is living paycheck to paycheck?

[解析]本题考查重要细节。根据听力原文可知,有些人在温饱线上挣扎,因此A为正确答案。