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A、No, because more people enter the competitions and the chances of winning are less. B、No, because competitions nowadays become
A、No, because more people enter the competitions and the chances of winning are less. B、No, because competitions nowadays become
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2019-11-28
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问题
M: Hello, Linda.
W: Hello, Bob.
M: Now Linda, I have a question for you. Do you think you are a winner?
W: You mean someone who has a lot of success in everything?
M: Well, not exactly. I’m just talking about competitions. Do you have a lot of success or luck in winning them?
W: Competitions? No, not at all. I don’t think I’ve ever won a competition.
M: Ah, bad luck. And Linda, can you guess the biggest cash prize in the USA?
W: I don’t know. Maybe 100 million.
M: No, that’s 590 million!
W: 590 million! Who’s so lucky?
M: An 84-year-old lady in Florida.
W: She’s so lucky! I think I once, about 10 years ago, I won £10 on the British National Lottery.
M: Wow, that’s also a big win! But Linda, have you heard about "compers"?
W: "Compers"? No. What does it mean?
M: That’s an informal name for someone who takes part in competitions on an almost professional basis. They spend a lot of time trying to win something.
W: You mean winning prizes or free gifts?
M: Yes. Some people put a lot of effort into winning something, even if it’s just a box of chocolates or a coffee mug. It’s just the excitement of winning.
W: Just a box of chocolates?
M: But sometimes there are big prizes to win—a new car, a speedboat or a holiday of a lifetime. The only problem is that these prizes are either not easy to win or there are millions of people trying to win them.
W: I’ve certainly never won anything as fantastic as that.
M: But one man called Martin Dove has. He is a retired lecturer and an expert "comper".
W: What has he won?
M: He’s won a yacht, a racehorse and lots of smaller prizes too. Some people have called him the King of Comping. He’s even written books on the subject and offered advice to other compers.
W: But comping has changed, Bob. There are lots of competitions to enter on the Internet now. Every webpage you look at seems to tempt us with a fantastic prize to be won.
M: That’s true. But Martin Dove doesn’t think that is necessarily a good thing. Competitions online are easier to enter—you just have to click. Martin said he could enter about 40 competitions in just 20 minutes! But because it’s so easy, more people enter and so the chances of winning are less. Sometimes, a one in a million chance of winning.
W: No wonder I’ve never won any prize.
This is the end of Conversation One. Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.
1. What is the biggest cash prize in the USA?
2. What prize has Linda won?
3. What does a comper mean?
4. What has Martin Dove won?
5. According to Martin Dove, is it easy to win prizes now?
选项
A、No, because more people enter the competitions and the chances of winning are less.
B、No, because competitions nowadays become more and more difficult.
C、Yes, because it becomes much easier for people to enter competitions on the Internet.
D、Yes, because he can enter 40 competitions in 20 minutes.
答案
A
解析
推断题。访谈最后讨论了现在获奖是变容易了还是难了。虽然“There are lots of competitions to enter on the Internet now.”(选项C),而且“Martin said he could enter about 40 competitions in just 20 minutes.”(选项D),但是有关键词“but”,即“But because it’s so easy,more people enter and so the chances of winning are less.Sometimes,a one in a million chance of winning.”但是因为简单了,参加的人多了,所以赢得竞赛的机会变少了,也就是说获奖更难了,所以选项A为正确答案。而选项B, “because competitions nowadays become more and more difficult”在访谈中没有提到,可以排除A。
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