中奖见人心
Jan Flato was playing the slot(老虎机) machine at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Fort Lauderdale. Nothing was coming up, so he asked his friend Marina Navarro to push the button(按钮) to see if she could change his luck.
Navarro pushed the button. Then, suddenly, lights flashed and the screen showed that he had won the $100,000 jackpot...or so he thought. But the managers watched the video, it showed that Navarro pushed the button, which made her the winner of the jackpot.
Navarro was going to leave with the money. “Marina, what are you doing?” Flato asked. But Marina stood up and walked out. Weeks later, she sent Flato a text message asking, “Still hate me?” He replied, “How could you do that to me?” And how did she answer to that? “I miss you.”
From then on, Flato said, she never called him or sent him messages again. Flato is still furious about what happened. But now, he has an important message for other slot players: Don’t ever let others touch the button, because they can do what Marina did to me.
Navarro explained that she was prepared to share some of the winnings with Flato until he sent her text messages saying “Having me as an enemy was not good...”, which made her feel very afraid and heartbroken!
1.How did Flato perform in the game?
A Wonderful.
B Not too bad.
C Terrible.
D Well enough.
解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第一段Nothing was coming up...可知Flato什么都没赢得，即运气很差，故选C。
2.Flato asked Navarro to push the button because __________.
A she is always a lucky dog
B He knew she could get the prize.
C He wanted to change his luck.
D He wanted to share the winnings with her .
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句...so he asked his friend Marina Navarro to push the button(按钮) to see if she could change his luck.可知他之所以让朋友来按是因为他想转运，故选C。
3.Who got the $100,000?
A Flato.
B Navarro.
C The managers.
D Other slot players.
解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句But the managers watched the video, it showed that Navarro pushed the button, which made her the winner of the jackpot.可知经理们看了视频，认定Navarro为该笔头奖的赢家，故选B。
4.What does the underlined word “furious” mean?
A Mad.
B Silent.
C Thankful.
D Afraid.
解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。根据上文Still hate me?和Flato说她再也没有打过电话过来，以及关键词still可知Flato应该是对Flato有着一种讨厌、生气的情绪，A最符合文意，故选A。
5.According to Navarro, what made her give up sharing the prize?
A Her bad health.
B Jan Flato’s shyness.
C The manager’s decision.
D Flato’s hurting words.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据最后一段内容...until he sent her text messages saying “Having me as an enemy was not good...”, which made her feel very afraid and heartbroken可知是因为Flato给Navarro发送了让她感到害怕和心碎的短信，所以她放弃了和Flato分享奖金的想法，故选D。