(2020·哈尔滨三中高三第二次调研)Someone sent me an email urging me to acquire a lot more resources, suggesting could do so much more good if I had an 8 or 9 figure net income of 6 like I've been doing for years.He claimed to have acquired a great deal of wealth himself and found it highly beneficial to fueling his path with a heart.
As I consider his suggestion，I find myself not having much clarity (清晰的思维) as to what I'd do with 1 million or 10 million more money flowing through my life.I put so much attention on creativity，fulfillment，exploration，relationships，etc.that I find it difficult to intelligently imagine how more financial resources could provide extra fuel for that，except in small ways or in ways that aren't particularly meaningful to me.
Lately I've been considering what it would be like to deliberately reduce my income for a while and see if I could live on much less，just for the experience.What if I capped my net personal income at $10,000 per year，for instance? That isn't such a big deal to me, though, since I already went through a period of low income like that during the 1990s，and I learned that I could still do what I love regardless of income.
I've never worked in a business environment — the only job I've ever had working for $6/hour in a video game store while I was in college.So I've never seen how larger operations allocate resources.That's probably why I haven't pushed myself to acquire more.As I mentioned in my book.Money and Your Path With a Heart，my main financial goal in life was to make money irrelevant in my life.
I'm not interested in building an empire.What interests me is exploring personal growth and sharing what I learn along the way.In some ways I feel that acquiring and allocating more resources could become a big distraction.I'm already doing what I want to be doing，so why rick distracting myself to acquire more resources，especially when I lack the idea about how I should treat such resources? I like having freedom and flexibility，and I don't really see how more resources would meaningfully improve that.
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12．Why did the man email the author?
A．To ask the author to fuel his path.
B．To lend some money to the author.
C．To share his opinion about wealth.
D．To urge the author to earn more money.
解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段中“Someone sent me an email urging me to acquire a lot more resources, suggesting could do so much more good if I had an 8 or 9 figure net income of 6 like I've been doing for years.”可知，有人给我发了封邮件，力劝我获得更多财富资源，故选D。
13．Which of the following can describe the author's personality?
A．Optimistic and devoted.
B．Independent and cooperative.
C．Unfortunate but positive.
D．Wealthy but hard­hearted.
解析：选A　 推理判断题。第三段谈到最近我一直在考虑，如果有意减少个人收入一段时间，会是什么样子。我只想经历这种体验。看自己能否在收入少的情况下好好生活。比如把个人年收入减少到1万美元，自己将如何生活。不过这对我来说也不算什么问题。因为在20世纪90年代，我有过一段这种低收入生活时期，而且我已经学到，不管收入如何，仍旧可以做自己喜爱的事情。由此可推断出作者是一位乐观且专注的人，故选A。
14．What does the underlined word “capped” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Limited.　　　　　　　　 B．Spent.
C．Increased.  D．Distributed.
解析：选A　词义猜测题。根据第三段中“That isn't such a big deal to me, though, since I already went through a period of low income like that during the 1990s (在20世纪90年代，我有过一段这种低收入生活时期)，由此推断出What if I capped my net personal income at $10,000 per year，for instance？”意思是把个人年收入减少到1万美元。capped意思是限定，故选A。
15．The following are true EXCEPT________.
A．the author might be a professional writer
B．the author is good at designing video games
C．the author is interested in exploring his personal growth
D．the author might be a person who likes sharing his knowledge
解析：选B　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“As I mentioned in my book.”可推知作者可能是一名作家，故A选项正确；根据最后一段中“What interests me is exploring personal growth and sharing what I learn along the way.”可知真正令作者感兴趣的是探索个人成长，并与人一路分享自己所学，由此可知C和D正确，故选B。