[题目译文]

　　人们普遍认为拥有抱负是一件好事，如果 。

　　[A] 其回报很好地补偿了付出

　　[B] 可以得到金钱、名誉和权力等的回报

　　[C] 其目标是精神的，而不是物质的

　　[D] 富人和名人分享共同的抱负

　　69. Some people do not openly admit they have ambition because____ .

　　[A] they think of it as immoral

　　[B] their pursuits are not fame or wealth

　　[C] ambition is not closely related to material benefits

　　[D] they do not want to appear greedy and contemptible

　　[答案] D

　　[解题思路]

　　本题对应于文章的第二段第三句话“What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar.”(现在的情况是人们不能像以前那样轻易地、公开地坦陈自己的梦想，惟恐别人认为自己爱出风头、贪婪、庸俗)，其中D选项的greedy and comtemptible对应于原文的aquisitive and vulgar，因此D是正确选项。

　　[题目译文]

　　一些人不公开承认他们有抱负是因为 。

　　[A] 他们认为这样做是不道德的

　　[B] 他们追求的东西并不是名利

　　[C] 抱负与物质利益之间没有必然联系

　　[D] 他们不想显得贪婪和可鄙