A、 He was the owner of a grocery store.
B、 He was a convict laboring at a junkyard.
C、 He struggled under the strain of poverty.
D、 He lived happily with his wife and three kids.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：细节题。文中讲到他在废品站和杂货铺工作来支持家庭生活，因此本题正确答案为C。

A、 He is a stockbroker.
B、 He is an investment advisor.
C、 He is the manager of a mutual fund.
D、 He is a teacher at local community college.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：细节题。文中讲到现在他是一个49岁的investment advisor，正确答案为B。

A、 Indecision.
B、 Arrogance.
C、 Ignorance.
D、 Fear.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：细节题。文中讲到获取财富最大的障碍是fear，故本题正确答案为D。

A、 He began teaching on investment at college.
B、 He began reading investment books and then began practicing.
C、 He began learning how to become a successful stockbroker.
D、 He began investing big money in a mutual fund each month.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：细节题。他首先在杂货店里开始阅读投资类书籍，并每月往共同基金里存钱。本题正确答案为B。

A、 Man errs as long as he strives.
B、 Failure is the mother of success.
C、 Where there is a will, there is a way.
D、 The good seaman is known in bad weather.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：主旨题。通过全文可推理得知，Jeff最开始贫困潦倒，通过不懈努力获得成功，C项最符合题意。