Someone won a lot of money in a lottery(彩票) called Powerball. The Powerball is very popular in the United States.

The winner bought the lottery ticket in a shop in California. The owner of the shop will get one million(百万) dollars. It is for the person who sells the winning ticket.

California has a rule. It says that the name of the winner must be public(公开). The owner said that he didn’t know who won the prize.

Winning numbers are often announced(宣布) on Monday evening. But this week, there was a problem. They were announced on Tuesday morning. It was 10 hours later than usual. The situation never happened before.

1.Powerball is in______________.

A Thailand

B Japan

C China

D America

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“The Powerball is very popular in the United States.”可知，强力球彩票是美国的。故选D。

2.The owner of the shop will get______________dollars.

A 1,000,000

B 100,000

C 10,000

D 1,000

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“The owner of the shop will get one million(百万) dollars.”可知，店主可以得到一百万美元。故选A。

3.What can people know about the winner?

A The job.

B The name.

C The ID card.

D The phone number.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段第一二句“California has a rule. It says that the name of the winner must be public(公开).”可知，中奖者的名字必须公开。故选B。

4.When are the winning numbers usually announced?

A On Tuesday evening.

B On Monday morning.

C On Tuesday morning.

D On Monday evening.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句“Winning numbers are often announced(宣布) on Monday evening.”可知，强力球（PowerBall）彩票通常在周一晚上开奖。故选D。

5.Where can we read the passage?

A In a notebook.

B In a dictionary.

C In a newspaper.

D In a textbook.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要描述了洛杉矶有人中强力球头奖的相关情况，属于新闻报道，因此我们可以在报纸中读到。故选C。