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　　RecentlyaprofessorofphilosophyintheUnitedStateshaswrittenabookcalledMoneyandtheMeaningofLife．Hehasdiscoveredthathowwedealwithmoneyinourday-to-daylifehasmoremeaningthanweusuallythink．Oneoftheexercisesheaskedhisstudentstodoistokeeparecordofeverypennytheyspendforaweek．Fromthewaytheyspendtheirmoneytheycanseewhattheyreallyvalueinlife．

　　Hesaysourrelationwithothersoftenbecomeclearlydefinedwhenmoneyentersthepicture．Youmighthavewonderfulfriendshipwithsomebodyandyouthinkthatyouareverygoodfriends．Butyou’llknowhimonlywhenyouasktolendyousomemoney．Ifhedoesitbringssomethingtotherelationshipthatseemsstrangerthaneverbefore．Oritcansuddenlyweakentherelationshipifhedoesn’t．Thispersonmaysaythathehasacertainfeelingbutifitisnotcarriedoutinthemoneyworldthereissomethinglessrealaboutit．

　　Sincemoneyisimportanttousweconsiderthosewhopossessalotofittobeveryimportant．Theauthorinterviewedsomemillionairesinresearchinghisbook．

　　Answer:Themostsurprisingthingiswhypeoplegivemesomuchrespect．I’mnothing．Idon’tknowmuch．AllIamisrich．

　　Peoplejusthaveanideaofmakingmoreandmoremoneybutwhatisitfor?HowmuchdoIneedforanygivenpurposesinmylife?Inthisbooktheprofessoruncoveredanimportantneedinmodernsociety;tobringbacktheideathatmoneyisaninstrumentratherthantheend．Moneyplaysanimportantroleinthemodernworldbutexpectingmoneytogivehappinessmaybemissingthemeaningoflife．

　　1.Accordingtothefirstparagraphpeoplehaven’trealized__________．

　　A．howimportantmoneyisintheirday-to-daylife

　　B．howonespendsmoneyshowswhatisimportanttohim

　　C．thatmoneyismoreimportantthantheirphilosophyoflife

　　D．thattheirunderstandingoflifeismoreimportantthanmoney

　　2.Whatcanwelearnaboutthemillionairefromhisanswerintheinterviewisthat .

　　A．hedoesnotfeelthatheiswell-educated

　　B．hedoesnotconsiderhimselftobeverysuccessful

　　C．hedoesnotthinkthatheisaveryimportantperson

　　D．hedoesnotthinkbeingrichdeservessomuchattention

　　3.WhatdoestheAmeri