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It’ s no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day-to-day involvement with Microsoft, and use his ful

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问题     It’ s no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day-to-day involvement with Microsoft, and use his full attention to oversee how the Bill Gates Foundation spends its $ 16 billion on philanthropy, or charity. But Gates is not the first one to follow the path. Ever since the industrial revolution, wealthy self-made businessmen and businesswomen have felt a calling to create a legacy that goes beyond a profit and loss sheet. The saying " He who dies rich, dies disgraced" runs deeply through the business community.
    But out of all the great philanthropists, Mr. Gates’ career path appears to be closest to the oil millionaire John Rockefeller. Both were self-made men and both became the richest men on the planet. Rockefeller was in his late fifties when he turned his attention full time to philanthropy— creating vast charitable foundations to promote health and education. Now Gates says he will do the same in his early fifties. " With great wealth comes great responsibility," he adds.
    Like Gates, many philanthropists do not want to pass on too much wealth to their children. They want them to be comfortable, with a nice house and some money in trust for their grandchildren. But they don’ t want to leave them millions and millions because they know how important it is for them to make their own way. In Britain, for instance, the newspaper’ s rich lists are increasingly dominated by self-made millionaires, rather than inherited wealth. New money is less likely to be tied up in assets, making it ripe for philanthropy.
    The appearance of the welfare state also had a great impact on attitudes to philanthropy. The state was saying it would take over much of the role of what was once regarded as the responsibility of private philanthropists.  
The saying "He who dies rich, dies disgraced"(Para. 1)probably means that______.
选项 A、the wealthy people should give away their fortunes after death
B、the wealthy people should feel ashamed for their assets
C、the wealthy people should abandon their careers for charities
D、it is shameful for the wealthy people to keep their wealth till death
答案D
解析 词语理解题。根据上下文可知，“He who dies rich，dies disgraced”的意 思为“有钱人到死都留着财产，是件羞耻的事”。只有选项D意思与之相近。
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