首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery ticket I want to stop them and ask if they know just where their money is going.
Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery ticket I want to stop them and ask if they know just where their money is going.
admin
2008-08-04
54
问题
Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery ticket I want to stop them and ask if they know just where their money is going.
The lottery money is supposed to go to charity—but it makes me angry to see some of the socalled "good causes" it’s being used to support. Also, Camelot, the organizers, have made a profit of £3 10.8 million in five months. We hear now that a lot of that money is boosting the pay packets of the company’s bosses.
For the past 10 years I’ve been helping to raise funds for a cancer research charity called Tenovus. My husband, Sandy, died from cancer 11 years ago—he was only 51. There’s been a long line of deaths in our family through cancer and it’s been devastating. I’ve also lost two sisters-in-law, my brother, Michael, my father-in-law and my father. That’s apart from several close friends.
The charity is 50 years old now and raises money mainly for breast cancer research. It also runs a support line for the families of cancer sufferers. Our local group raises money through dances, sales and coffee morning, and all the funds go directly to cancer research. In 1993 Tenovus raised 1£3 million--and half that money came from sales of our own lottery tickets at supermarkets. But out income has dropped by half since the National Lottery was introduced.
I’m not against people playing the National Lottery, but they should think about what they’re doing. The chances of winning the jackpot are so small; they might as well throw their money away. The Government tells us that the proceeds are going to things like the arts and sports, but what about the National Health Service? They should give some cash to that, too. How can they justify spending ridiculous amounts of cash on so-called works of art—like displays of potatoes—or buying up Winston Churchill’s papers at a cost of £12 million?
So who really are the winners in the National Lottery? When I think of all that money people could be donating to cancer research, I could weep. It’s time people realized bow charities across the country are suffering because of the National Lottery. It’s disheartening and so infuriating.
The reason why the writer raises funds for cancer research is that______.
选项
A、she herself is suffering from cancer
B、the cancer is the most frightening diseas
C、a number of her relatives died of cancer
D、some cancer research needs more money than other research
答案
C
解析
答案在第三段中。第三段说作者周围有很多人死于癌症,这正是“The reason why the writer raises funds for cancer research”。A项、B项和D项在文中均没有提及。故选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/SNCd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Standardusageincludesthosewordsandexpressionsunderstood,used,andacceptedbyamajorityofthespeakersofalanguagei
Althoughmanygovernmentstrytoconvincetheirrespectivesubjectsthatatomicenergyisanacceptablealternative【21】______
Althoughmanygovernmentstrytoconvincetheirrespectivesubjectsthatatomicenergyisanacceptablealternative【21】______
Althoughmanygovernmentstrytoconvincetheirrespectivesubjectsthatatomicenergyisanacceptablealternative【21】______
JillKerConway,presidentofSmith,echoestheprevailingviewofcontemporarytechnologywhenshesaysthat"anyoneintoday’
JillKerConway,presidentofSmith,echoestheprevailingviewofcontemporarytechnologywhenshesaysthat"anyoneintoday’
Althoughtherehadbeenvarioussmallcamerasdeveloped,itwasnotuntilGeorgeEastmanintroducedtheKodakin1888thatthem
Educationisprimarilytheresponsibilityofthestates.Stateconstitutionssetupcertainstandardsandrulesfortheestablis
Fifteenyearsago,IenteredtheBostonGlobe,whichwasatempletomethen.Itwasn’teasygettinghired.Ihadtofightmywa
随机试题
与人际关系理论(或人群关系理论)相应的人性假设是()
一次完整的谈判过程包括()
A.亚红斑量B.弱红斑量C.中红斑量D.强红斑量E.超红斑量照射剂量小于1MED,照射后无肉眼可见的红斑反应发生属于
某证券经营机构被中国证监会以欺诈客户为由,罚款20万元。该机构不服,向人民法院提起行政诉讼。一审法院经过审理,判决维持。判决书于2000年6月10日送达该证券机构。该机构依法上诉,二审法院于6月26日收到上诉状,经审查后于2000年9月5日作出并宣告判决,
在生产资料所有制所包含的诸方面经济有关系中,决定生产资料所有制性质的最基本的经济关系是生产资料的( )。
(2013年真题)下列选项中,由冼星海作曲的歌曲是()。
按照个体活动的独立性程度,可把人的性格分为()
某大学在学校内进行道路整修,施工中忘记设置道路整修警示标志,致过路学生受伤。对此,由()承担责任。
2013年政府工作报告指出,继续实施稳健的货币政策。把握好促进经济增长、稳定物价和防范金融风险之间的平衡。一是健全宏观审慎政策框架,发挥货币政策逆周期调节作用。广义货币M2预期增长目标拟定为13%左右。综合运用多种货币政策工具,调节市场流动性,保
Ontheleftaretwoshapeswithanarrowbetweenthem.Decidedhowthesecondisrelatedtothefirst.Afterthisthereisathi
最新回复
(
0
)