The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people．We meet them every day A few days ago, my car was not running well．I pulled it in to a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes．He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is that great talent is not enough．

　I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in1 the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth．”

There is an old saying that goes, "Job means 'just over broke（破產(chǎn)）’"．And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because schools do not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers "live within their means"．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn．

When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.

1.The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that       ．

A．he is just one of the talented people

B．he is ready to help others

C．he has a sharp sense of hearing

D．he knows little about car repairing

2.The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by____    ．

A．spend more than they can afford

B．do in their own way

C．1ive in their own circle

D．1ive within what they earn

3.Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?

A．They don’t work hard enough

B．They lack financial intelligence．

C．They don't make full use of their talents

D．They have no specialized skills．

4.The main purpose of the author is to tell us____       ．

A．how young people can find a satisfactory job

B．What schools should teach about finance

C．why so many talented people are poor

D．how McDonald's makes much money

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】文章講解的是作者通過一次修車的經(jīng)歷，聯(lián)想到有天賦的人在實際生活中的經(jīng)濟收入其實是很低的，并分析了原因。

1.推理判斷題。 根據(jù)第一段可知，作者認為修車的人很厲害，就是一個天才，有天賦的人，選A。

2.猜測詞義題。根據(jù)第三段Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn可知很多工人是靠掙的錢生活的，選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on bui1ding a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems.可知有才能的人缺乏商業(yè)頭腦。選B。

4.主旨大意題。文章主要想告訴為什我們有天賦的人收入?yún)s很低。選C。

考點：考查社會現(xiàn)象類短文

 

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