回答{TSE}题: From Ponzi to Madoff The year was l920.The country was the United States of A - 试题答案网问答

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回答{TSE}题： From Ponzi to Madoff The year was 1920．The country was the United States of A

merica．The man’s name was Charles Ponzi．Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account．Instead，they should give it to him to save for them．Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank．For example，a savings account might pay you$5 a year for every$1 00 you deposit．Ponzi，however，would pay you $40 a year for every $1 00 you gave him to hold．Many people thought this was a good plan．They began to give their money to Ponzi． How could Ponzi make so much money for people？ This is what he did with the money people gave him：He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money．However，he also kept a lot of the money for himself．Soon he had $250 million．This was a kind of theft，and it was against the law．The people who gave him their money didn’t think anything was wrong．Ponzi paid them every month，just like a bank．Ponzi continued this way of working for two years．Then one day， he didn’t have enough money to pay all the people．They discovered his crime，and he went to prison for froud． Ninety years later，people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Mad off．People said he gave good advice about money．They said when they gave him their money，he paid them a lot more than the bank．Mad off helped hospitals，schools，and individuals earn money．Over a period of 40 years，people gave him$1 70 billion．However，no one investigated what he did with the money．The people who gave Mad off their money also didn’t think anything was wrong because he paid them every month． One day，Mad off didn’t have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay．That’s when people discovered how Madoff worked：He was taking money from some people to pay other people， just the way Charles Ponzi did．However，this time，instead of losing millions of dollars，people lost billions． Madoff was accused of fraud，and United States government officials arrested him．He didn’t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty．In 2009，a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison．Bernard Madoff’s crime was even bigger than Ponzi’s．It was the biggest fraud in history．The lesson of this story is clear：When something seems too good to be true，it probably is ! {TS}For every$100 Ponzi promises to pay people__________．

A. $5 a year

B. $40 a year

C. $20 a year

D. $100 a year

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回答{TSE}题： {TS}From this passage，it call be inferred that A. the dancing girls are all

回答{TSE}题：回答{TSE}题： {TS}From this passage，it call be inferre {TS}From this passage，it call be inferred that

A. the dancing girls are all very beautiful．

B. the girls come from all over the world．

C. the two tallest girls ale the outstanding dancers．

D. the girls'performance is very successful．

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根据材料回答{TSE}题： {TS} It is estimated that there are ___________ people suffering fr

根据材料回答{TSE}题：根据材料回答{TSE}题： {TS} It is estimated that there are {TS} It is estimated that there are ___________ people suffering from obesity in the world.

A. 250, 000, 000

B. 1, 200, 000, 000

C. 1, 450, 000, 000

D. 950, 000, 000

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回答{TSE}题： {TS}From the beginning of the passage，we learn thatA. Virginius had no fait

回答{TSE}题：回答{TSE}题： {TS}From the beginning of the passage，we {TS}From the beginning of the passage，we learn that

A. Virginius had no faith in Chivalry．

B. Virgim'us Was taught to esteem women．

C. Victoria was bom of an aristocrat family．

D. Victoria’s father was a planter．

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根据以下资料，回答{TSE}题。 Batteries Built by Viruses {TS}According to the first parag

根据以下资料，回答{TSE}题。 Batteries Built by Viruses{TS}According to the first paragraph，people try to__________.

A. kill microorganisms related to chicken pox，the flu，etc

B. keep themselves away from viruses because they are invisible

C. stay away from viruses because they are causes of various diseases

D. cure themselves of virus—related diseases by taking medicines

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根据下面材料，回答{TSE}题. {TS}The main problem people may encounter today arises from the

根据下面材料，回答{TSE}题. 根据下面材料，回答{TSE}题. {TS}The main problem people may e {TS}The main problem people may encounter today arises from the fact that

A. they have to learn new things consciously.

B. they lack the confidence of securing reliable and trustworthy information.

C. they have difficulty obtaining the needed information readily.

D. they can hardly carry out casual communications with an extended family.

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根据下面材料，回答{TSE}题. {TS}Who will benefit most from the estate－tax repeal in practi

根据下面材料，回答{TSE}题. 根据下面材料，回答{TSE}题. {TS}Who will benefit most from th {TS}Who will benefit most from the estate-tax repeal in practice？

A. The businessmen dealing in real estate.

B. The inheritors of some small businesses.

C. A very small number of very, very rich people.

D. The people who struggle to make both ends meet.

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回答{TSE}题： {TS}From the first three paragraphs，we can infer thatA. the author would

回答{TSE}题：回答{TSE}题： {TS}From the first three paragraphs，we c {TS}From the first three paragraphs，we can infer that

A. the author would prefer playing with his three older siblings to staying with his grandpa．

B. they were living in the suburbs where there were not too much traffic Off the road．

C. the grandpa was always the One to babysit for the author and his siblings．

D. the author enjoyed the time也at he spent with his grandpa．

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根据下面的内容，回答{TSE}题. {TS}The primary purpose of the passage is to proposeA. an alt

根据下面的内容，回答{TSE}题. 根据下面的内容，回答{TSE}题. {TS}The primary purpose of the p {TS}The primary purpose of the passage is to propose

A. an alternative to museum display of artifacts.

B. a way to curb illegal digging while benefiting the archaeological profession.

C. a way to distinguish artifacts with scientific value from those that have no such value.

D. the governmental regulation of archaeological sites.

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回答{TSE}题： {TS}According to the passage,A. Mr．Saint Laurent first showed his talent fo

回答{TSE}题：回答{TSE}题： {TS}According to the passage,A. Mr．Saint {TS}According to the passage,

A. Mr．Saint Laurent first showed his talent for fashion in l958 when he worked for Dior．

B. the superlatives having been lavished on Mr．Saint Laurent were meant to exaggerations．

C. Mr．Saint Laurent WaS not free from physical and emodonal sufferings in his life．

D. Mr．Saint Laurent managed to build up his own brand ilame all bV himself in l961．

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回答{TSE}题： From Ponzi to Madoff The year was l920．The country was the United States of A