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四 、 篇 章 結 構第 31 至 34 題為題組         Generous billionaires are not hard to come by, but it is definitely a challenge to find a billionaire whospends all his fortune on charity just to end up broke. __31__         Feeney, who grew up in a poor neighborhood of New Jersey, is a genius at finding businessopportunities. Since childhood, he would take any job to make a few cents for his family—jobs likedistributing umbrellas in summer and selling Christmas cards in winter. In his college years at CornellUniversity, he sold home-made sandwiches to other students and is still remembered there as the SandwichMan. Then, in the 1960s, Feeney established airport retailer Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), which helped himreach his billionaire status by the 1980s. __32__ He lived modestly, and often pondered what to do withall the money he made.          Influenced by his upbringing, Feeney decided to give away all his money to those in need in hislifetime. In 1984, the then 53-year-old Feeney signed over everything—his DFS shares and the variousbusinesses and properties he had acquired worldwide—to Atlantic Philanthropies, a charity foundation heestablished. In the following decades, Feeney donated through the organization more than $8 billionanonymously, to charities, universities, human rights campaigns, and foundations worldwide. __33__
         Pioneering the idea of “Giving while Living,” Feeney is a role model for many famous billionairestoday, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. __34__ In September 2020, Feeney’s go-for-brokemission was completed, and he now lives happily with his wife on a pension in a modest apartment in SanFrancisco.
【題組】31.
(A) However, Feeney never felt at ease with the lifestyle of the wealthy.
(B) He encourages people to donate at least half their fortunes before death.
(C) This is exactly what happened to “former” American billionaire Charles Feeney.
(D) Such incredible secret generosity won him the title “James Bond of Philanthropy” from Forbesmagazine.

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Generous billionaires are not hard to come by, but it is definitely a challenge to find a billionaire who spends all his fortune on charity just to end up broke. __31__Feeney, who grew up in a poor neighborhood of New Jersey, is a genius at finding business opportunities.前情提要:第一段提到很少億萬富翁會把他所有的財富花在慈善團體,結果最後破產...空格31...第二段提到在紐澤西的Feeney解題:空格31需選擇上承第一段提到的特殊狀況,下承Feeney這個人。故選C這確實發生在前美國億萬富翁Feeney的身上。補充:hard to come by來之不易fortune財富charity 慈善機構end up結果broke破產