Question

[1] Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He became a millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he did not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from oil. He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”

[2]But money _________. He married five times and divorced five times. He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty’s children had very happy lives.

[3]Getty loved to make money and loved to save it. In spite of his great wealth, Getty was miser. Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day. He even put pay telephone in the guest’s bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills.

[4] In 1973, kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return. Getty’s son asked his father for money to save his child. But Getty refused. The kidnappers were merciless and Getty’s son made repeated requests for help from his father. Finally, Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4 percent interest.

[5] Getty started a museum at his home Malibu, California. He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976, the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion. He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size. Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States. Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art.

1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (no more than 8 words)

 

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2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 7 words)

 

 

3.Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph3.

 

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4.What did the kidnappers do to Getty’s family (no more than 10 words)

 

 

 

5.What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)

 

 

 

Answer 1

1.Getty made a large fortune himself.

2.didn’t make his family happy / didn’t bring a happy family

3.Although Getty had a lot of money, he was a mean person.

4.They took Getty’s grandson and demanded a lot of money

5.He made a great contribution to the local art.

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述Getty的生平簡介；

1.Getty made a large fortune himself. 主旨概括題。第一段話主要介紹了他通過自己的努力成為百萬富翁。文中提示的關鍵語句有“He became a millionaire…”“Getty made his millions alone”“ The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”

2.didn’t make his family happy / didn’t bring a happy family信息補全題。需補全的這個句子實質上是段落主題句。閱讀本段信息：結婚離婚五次；很少與五個孩子一起；他的那些孩子也沒幸福的生活。據此可知，空白處應該歸納本段大意，即：錢沒有給Getty買來幸福

3.Although Getty had a lot of money, he was a mean person. 需要注意短語in spite of的解釋，可以將其轉換為though或although等表讓步的連詞；great wealth即rich或wealthy之意；且根據后文的敘述可以推測miser為“舍不得花錢的人；守財奴”等之意。

4.They took Getty’s grandson and demanded a lot of money根據第四段話“kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return”可知答案。

5.He made a great contribution to the local art. 。本段敘述了他開了博物館，買了藝術作品；再根據末句“Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art”可知本段主要講述了Getty將他的財富捐獻給了藝術世界。

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