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[originaltext] For a long time, Albert Worboys had a reputation as a miser i
[originaltext] For a long time, Albert Worboys had a reputation as a miser i
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For a long time, Albert Worboys had a reputation as a miser in his village. Yesterday, when his will was announced people found they had completely wronged him.
Mr. Worboys was a farmer who had a very big farm. Apart from this, he also owned a building business, and made money on the stock market. Every year, hundreds of dollars streamed into his purse. Yet, he was known by other residents as the meanest man in the village. A fellow villager, who had known him for more than fifty years, said, "He never spent money on himself. He never bought a new suit and he even mended his shoes with sticky tape rather than buy a new pair." A woman villager added, "He got the greatest pleasure from doing his account books. He worked on them for hours. We thought he was planning to take his money with him."
Mr. Worboys died in October at the age of 85, and yesterday his will became known. He left $175,000 for building houses for his former employees, $3,000 for a new village bus shelter. The rest of his estate, more than $200,000, went to charity.
选项
A、Because he never lent any money to his fellow villagers.
B、Because he never gave his children any money.
C、Because he never spent money on himself.
D、Because he never paid enough to the farmers working for him.
答案
C
解析
作者引用Worboys先生同村村民的话来解释他被冠以“守财奴”称号的原因,他收入颇丰,却舍不得在自己身上花钱,A.B、D三个选项中的内容文中根本没有提到。
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