单选题
Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery
ticket 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—but it
makes me angry to see some of the socalled "good causes" it's being used to
support. Also, Camelot, the organizers, have made a profit of ￡3 10.8 million in
five months. We hear now that a lot of that money is boosting the pay packets of
the company's bosses. For the past 10 years I've been helping
to raise funds 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 and it's been devastating. 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 raises 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 1￡3 million--and half that money came from
sales of our own lottery tickets at supermarkets. But out 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 proceeds are going to things
like the arts and sports, but what about the National Health Service? They
should give some cash to that, too. How can they justify spending ridiculous
amounts 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 to cancer research, I could weep. It's time people
realized bow charities across the country are suffering because of the National
Lottery. It's disheartening and so infuriating.
单选题
The writer seems to hope that______.
A. people will spend more money on the National Lottery
B. people will give more money to charity
C. most of the lottery money will go to charity
D. most of the lottery money will be used for cancer research
单选题
The reason why the writer raises funds for cancer research is
that______.
A. she herself is suffering from cancer
B. the cancer is the most frightening diseas
C. a number of her relatives died of cancer
D. some cancer research needs more money than other research
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】答案在第三段中。第三段说作者周围有很多人死于癌症，这正是“The reason why the writer raises funds for cancer research”。A项、B项和D项在文中均没有提及。故选C。
单选题
In this text the writer is expressing______.
A. her personal opinions
B. the opinions of the general public
C. her feelings about cancer sufferers
D. some ideas of fund-raising
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】考查对全文的整体把握。文中作者一直都是以第一口吻的新方式来阐述个人观点，表露情绪的，如提到“Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery ticket I want to stop them and ask if they know just where their money is going”，“I'm not against people playing the National Lottery，but they should think about what they're doing”，这些都不是在客观的论证基金积累的问题。故选A。
单选题
The organisation “Tenovus” is______.
A. run by a group of people in the writer's town
B. a charity organisation which has some local groups
C. set up to collect money for people who lose their relatives