When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a high tech job — but he couldn’t balance his checkbook. “I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip,” says the 45-year-old father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. “I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement.”
One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don’t get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. “It bothered me that I didn’t understand this stuff,” says Steve, “so I read books and magazines about money management and investing, and I asked every financial whiz (能手) I knew to explain things to me.”
He and his wife started applying the lessons: They made a point to live below their means. They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars，cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they went for an expensive vacation. They also put 20 percent of their annual salary into investments.
Within ten years, they were millionaires, and people were coming to Steve for advice. “Someone would say, ‘I need to refinance my house — what should I do? ‘A lot of times, I wouldn’t know the answer, but I’d go to find it and learn something in the process,” he says.
In 2003, Steve quit his job to become part owner of a company that holds personal finance seminars for employees of corporations like Wal Mart. He also started going to real estate investment seminars, and it’s paid off: He now owns $ 30 million worth of investment properties, including apartment complexes, a shopping mall and a quarry.
“I was an engineer who never thought this life was possible, but all it truly takes is a little self education,” says Steve. “You can do anything once you understand the basics.”
1.The underlined part “live below their means” (in Paragraph 3) probably means “______”.
A．take effective measures B．live a miserable life
C．spend more money than they had D．spend less money than they had
2.Since Steve Maxwell became a millionaire, he ______.
A．has been unwilling to help others
B．hasn’t stopped learning from practice
C．has been willing to follow others’ advice
D．has stopped to invest in houses
3.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．A self made engineer
B．How to balance your checkbook
C．Don’t avoid investing
D．Educate yourself to become a millionaire
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A．self education is very important to one’s life
B．everyone should learn how to invest in their life
C．Steve Maxwell was quite interested in finance classes in college
D．Steve became rich because he saved every penny he had earned
1.D
2.B
3.D
4.A
【解析】
试题分析：本文讲述了Steve从自己的经历中取得经验，开始的时候他也不会理财，后来经过学习，合理花钱有节制，最终成为了百万富翁，通过这个情况告诉我们如何理财。
1.D 推理题。根据该句的下一句They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars，cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they went for an expensive vacation.说明他们量入为出，有节制，不乱花钱。故D的说法正确。
2.B 推理题。根据倒数1,2行‘A lot of times, I wouldn’t know the answer, but I’d go to find it and learn something in the process,” he says.说明他一直在学习，故B正确。
3.D 主旨大意题。本文讲述了Steve从自己的经历中取得经验，开始的时候他也不会理财，后来经过学习，合理花钱有节制，最终成为了百万富翁，通过这个情况告诉我们如何理财。故D正确。
4.A 推断题。Steve从自己的经历中取得经验，开始的时候他也不会理财，后来经过学习，合理花钱有节制，最终成为了百万富翁，他的所有的成功都是通过自己的个人努力，自我教育实现的。故A正确。
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点评：本文讲述了Steve从自己的经历中取得经验，开始的时候他也不会理财，后来经过学习，合理花钱有节制，最终成为了百万富翁，通过这个情况告诉我们如何理财。考查推理题为主，要求考生仔细审题，认真地考虑题目及选项，结合上下文的语义进行合理的推测和判断。
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When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a high tech job — but he couldn’t balance his checkbook. “I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip,” says the 45-year-old father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. “I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement.”
One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don’t get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. “It bothered me that I didn’t understand this stuff,” says Steve, “so I read books and magazines about money management and investing, and I asked every financial whiz (能手) I knew to explain things to me.”
He and his wife started applying the lessons: They made a point to live below their means. They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars，cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they went for an expensive vacation. They also put 20 percent of their annual salary into investments.
Within ten years, they were millionaires, and people were coming to Steve for advice. “Someone would say, ‘I need to refinance my house — what should I do? ‘A lot of times, I wouldn’t know the answer, but I’d go to find it and learn something in the process,” he says.
In 2003, Steve quit his job to become part owner of a company that holds personal finance seminars for employees of corporations like Wal Mart. He also started going to real estate investment seminars, and it’s paid off: He now owns $ 30 million worth of investment properties, including apartment complexes, a shopping mall and a quarry.
“I was an engineer who never thought this life was possible, but all it truly takes is a little self education,” says Steve. “You can do anything once you understand the basics.”
【小题1】The underlined part “live below their means” (in Paragraph 3) probably means “______”.
| A．take effective measures | B．live a miserable life |
| C．spend more money than they had | D．spend less money than they had |
| A．has been unwilling to help others |
| B．hasn’t stopped learning from practice |
| C．has been willing to follow others’ advice |
| D．has stopped to invest in houses |
| A．A self made engineer |
| B．How to balance your checkbook |
| C．Don’t avoid investing |
| D．Educate yourself to become a millionaire |
| A．self education is very important to one’s life |
| B．everyone should learn how to invest in their life |
| C．Steve Maxwell was quite interested in finance classes in college |
| D．Steve became rich because he saved every penny he had earned |
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