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　　Ithinkpeopleeverywheredreamabouthavinglotsofmoney.IknowIdo.Iwouldliketoearnlargeamountsofmoney.YoucanwinalargeamountofmoneyintheUnitedStatesthroughlotteries.Peoplepaymoneyforticketswithnumbers.Ifyourco

　　AfewyearsagomyfriendAlwonthelottery.Itchangedhislife.Hewasnot“bornwithasilverspooninhismouth”.Insteadmyfriendwasalwaysshortofmoney.Andthemoneyhedidearnwaschickenfeed.

　　SometimesAlevenhadtoaccepthandouts(施舍物)fromhisfriends.Butdonotgetmewrong.Myfriendwasalwaysverycarefulwiththemoneyhespent.Infacthewasoftenacheapskate.Hedidnotliketospendmoney.Theworsttimeswerewhenhehadnosinglepennyleft.

　　OnedayAlscrapedtogetherafewdollarsforalotteryticket.Hethoughthewouldnevergainlotsofmoneyunexpectedly.Buthiscombinationofnumberswaschosenandhewonthelottery.Alwassoexcited.Thefirstthinghedidwasbuyacostlynewcar—onethingthathenormallywouldnotbuy.Thenhestartedspendingmoneyonunnecessarythings.Itwaslikehehad“moneytoburn”．

　　WhenwegottogetherforamealatarestaurantAlpaideverytime.Hewouldalwaystellmethemoneymadehimfeellikeamillionaire.ButAlspenttoomuchmoney.Soonhewas“downandout”again.Hehadspenthis“bottomdollar”—hisverylastamount.Hedidnotevensaveanyofthemoney.

　　IadmitIdofeelsorryformyfriend.Hehadenoughmoneyto“livelikeaking”.Insteadhewasbackto“livingonashoestring”—averylowbudget.Somemightsayhewaswiseaboutsmallthingsbutnotaboutimportantthings.

　　68．Whatdoestheauthordesiretodolikeothers?

　　A．Tocombinethenumbersperfectly.

　　B．Tomakeahugefortune.

　　C．Tobechosenforsellinglotteries.

　　D．Togetintouchwithmillionaires.

　　69．BeforeAlwonthelottery________.

　　A．hespenttoomuchmoneybuyingchicken

　　B．hedidn'tvaluethemoneyhehadearned

　　C．hehadtroublefeedinghisfamily

　　D．hehatedtogiveahandtohisfriends

　　70．Whatdoesthefourthparagraphimply?

　　A．Alalwayshadgoodluckinlife.