Question

A researcher has made a report 1. says having a lot of money makes you a bad person. Professor Paul Piff spent ten years 2. (look) at the personalities of rich people and 3. (find) that their behaviour was very different 4. the behavior of poor people. Rich people are more likely to break 5. (rule), not follow the law, and not care about other people. Wealthy people cheat more at games and are less likely to help other people. Professor Piff told the BBC, “Wealth makes you more 6. (worry) about your own interests, your own desires, your own welfare.” He added that rich people think their own goals and needs are the most 7. (importance) thing in their life.

Professor Piff also found that poor people are more generous than rich people. The poor give a higher percentage of their money 8. (help) others than the rich. The 9. (wealth) you are, the less generous you are. You give significantly smaller portions away to other people. However, he said that rich people could change their behavior and become nicer 10. more generous.

Answer

1.that /which

2.looking

3.found

4.from

5.rules

6.worried

7.important

8.to help

9.wealthier

10.and

【解析】考查学生的文章理解能力以及综合语法运用能力。

1.考查定语从句的关系词。句意：一位研究者做了一个报道，说有很多钱会让你变成坏人。这里report后接定语从句对其修饰限定，用关系代词that /which指代report。

2.句意：Paul Piff教授花十年时间观察富有的人的人格。spend +时间+（in）doing something花时间做某事，故填looking。

3.句意：Paul Piff教授花十年时间观察富有的人的人格，发现他们的行为不同于穷人的行为。并列连词and后接的成分和spent一致，用一般过去时，故填found。

4.固定搭配be different from“不同于”，故填from。

5.句意：富人更可能破坏规章制度，不遵守法律，以及不关心他人。这里rule是可数名词，用复数形式，故填rules。

6.考查形容词。句意：富有让你更担心自己的利益，自己的要求以及自己的福利。worried“担心的”。

7.句意：他补充说富人认为他们自己的目标和需要是他们生活中最重要的事情。这里用形容词的最高级形式the most important。故填important。

8.考查不定式表示目的。句意：穷人比富人给出更大比例的钱来帮助他人。这里表示目的，故用不定式to help。

9.句意：你越富有越吝啬。这里用比较级表示“越来越”，故填wealthier。

10.考查连词。句意：但是，他说富有的人可以改变他们的行为，他们可以变得更善良更慷慨。nicer和 more generous之间是并列关系，故用连词and。

【名师点睛】

spend, take, cost和pay的用法区别

1. spend的主语必须是人，常用于以下结构：

(1) spend time ／money on sth.在……上花费时间（金钱）。例：

I spent two hours on this math problem.这道数学题花了我两个小时。

(2) spend time ／money (in) doing sth.花费时间（金钱）做某事。例：

They spent two years (in) building this bridge.造这座桥花了他们两年时间。

(3) spend money for sth.花钱买……。例：

His money was spent for books.他的钱用来买书了。

2. cost 的主语是物或某种活动，还可以表示“值”，常见用法如下：

(1) sth. costs (sb.) ＋金钱，某物花了（某人）多少钱。例：

A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。

(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间，某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少时间。例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。

注意：cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost，并且不能用于被动句。

3. take后面常跟双宾语， 常见用法有以下几种：

(1) It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。例：

It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。

(2) doing sth. takes sb. ＋时间，做某事花了某人多少时间。例：

Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。

4. pay的基本用法是：

(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买……。例：

I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每个月要付20英磅的房租。

(2) pay for sth. 付……的钱。例：

I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。

(3) pay for sb. 替某人付钱。例：

Don’t worry! I'll pay for you. 别担心， 我会给你付钱的。

(4) pay sb. 付钱给某人。例：

They pay us every month.他们每月给我们报酬。

(5)pay money back 还钱。例：

May I borrow 12 yuan from you? I'll pay it back next week. 你能借给我12块钱吗？下周还你。

(6)pay off one's money还清钱。