RecentlyaprofessorofphilosophyintheUnitedStateshaswrittenabookcalledMoneyandtheMeaningofLife．Hehasdiscoveredthathowwedealwithmoneyinourday-to-daylifehasmoremeaningthanweusuallythink．Oneoftheexercisesheaskedhisstudentstodoistokeeparecordofeverypennytheyspendforaweek．Fromthewaytheyspendtheirmoneytheycanseewhattheyreallyvalueinlife．

Hesaysourrelationwithothersoftenbecomeclearlydefinedwhenmoneyentersthepicture．Youmighthavewonderfulfriendshipwithsomebodyandyouthinkthatyouareverygoodfriends．Butyou’llknowhimonlywhenyouasktolendyousomemoney．Ifhedoesitbringssomethingtotherelationshipthatseemsstrangerthaneverbefore．Oritcansuddenlyweakentherelationshipifhedoesn’t．Thispersonmaysaythathehasacertainfeelingbutifitisnotcarriedoutinthemoneyworldthereissomethinglessrealaboutit．

Sincemoneyisimportanttousweconsiderthosewhopossessalotofittobeveryimportant．Theauthorinterviewedsomemillionairesinresearchinghisbook．

Answer:Themostsurprisingthingiswhypeoplegivemesomuchrespect．I’mnothing．Idon’tknowmuch．AllIamisrich．

Peoplejusthaveanideaofmakingmoreandmoremoneybutwhatisitfor?HowmuchdoIneedforanygivenpurposesinmylife?Inthisbooktheprofessoruncoveredanimportantneedinmodernsociety;tobringbacktheideathatmoneyisaninstrumentratherthantheend．Moneyplaysanimportantroleinthemodernworldbutexpectingmoneytogivehappinessmaybemissingthemeaningoflife．

1.Accordingtothefirstparagraphpeoplehaven’trealized__________．

A．howimportantmoneyisintheirday-to-daylife

B．howonespendsmoneyshowswhatisimportanttohim

C．thatmoneyismoreimportantthantheirphilosophyoflife

D．thattheirunderstandingoflifeismoreimportantthanmoney

2.Whatcanwelearnaboutthemillionairefromhisanswerintheinterviewisthat .

A．hedoesnotfeelthatheiswell-educated

B．hedoesnotconsiderhimselftobeverysuccessful

C．hedoesnotthinkthatheisaveryimportantperson

D．hedoesnotthinkbeingrichdeservessomuchattention

3.WhatdoestheAmeri