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  3. People say that money cannot buy happiness. This was true for Howard Hughes.

People say that money cannot buy happiness. This was true for Howard Hughes.

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问题     People say that money cannot buy happiness. This was true for Howard Hughes. (76) He was one of the richest and most powerful men of his time. He had everything: good looks, success, power, and a lot of money. But he didn’t have love or friendship because he couldn’t buy them. All his life he used his money to control everything and everyone around him. In the end, he lost control of everything, even himself.   
    Howard Hughes was born in 1905 in Houston, Texas. His father started the Hughes Tool Company. He was a workaholic (工作狂) and made a lot of money. He bought everything he wanted. He even gave money to schools so Howard could get into them. From his father, Howard learned to be a successful but merciless businessman. Hughes’ s mother, Allene also had a big influence on his life. Howard was her only child. She protected him and gave him everything. Unfortunately, Allene had mental problems. (77) She was afraid of germs and diseases. She was obsessed with Howard’ s health, and he became obsessed with it too.
    Allene died when Howard was 16 years old. Two years later his father died. Hughes inherited the Hughes Tool Company. Then he married Ella Rice. He and Ella moved to Los Angeles, California. It was there that Howard Hughes began to become a legend (传奇人物). Hughes began to invest his money in movies. He became an important producer soon after he moved to California. He worked hard, but he also played hard. He became obsessed with power and control. When he couldn’t get something legally, he gave money to politicians and businessmen so they would help him. He owned a lot of businesses, including airplane companies, a movie studio(制片厂), Las Vegas hotels, gold and silver mines, and radio and television stations. Once he bought a television studio so he could watch movies all night. He also bought a hotel because he wanted to stay in his favorite room for one weekend. [br] The word obsessed in Paragraph 2 probably means______.
选项 A、troubled
B、reduced
C、related
D、informed
答案 A
解析 词汇题。题干问的是“第二段中的obsessed是什么含义?”定位句“她…极度关注霍华德的健康。逐渐地，霍华德也变得过度关注起健康来。”be obsessed with本意指“痴迷于…”，此处可以理解为“对于某事的过度关注、在意”。A项“焦虑的，担忧的”；B项“减少的”；C项“相关的，有联系的”；D项“见多识广的”。句意中的“过度在意”也可以理解为“很焦虑、担忧”，故选A。
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