完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分， 满分30分）
Last year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the 36 of a survey showing that only a small percentage of wealthy men believed their wives spent too much.
“What?” 37 one participant, “Those guys have to be lying.”
There is no reliable 38 of who spends more among the rich: men or women. Both will say the other is the 39 spender.
A recent survey by Wilmington Trust, Campden Research and Relative Solutions proves the 40 . The companies polled 40 women (I know, that is more like a show of hands than “survey”), each with a net worth of $25 million or more.
About half the respondents（受调查者） inherited（继承） their 41 , a quarter 42 it from their husbands and the other quarter earned it 43 . That is roughly in line with other surveys of 44 women and the source of their money. One interesting note: among the self-made women, 90% got their money from owning a business, rather than 45 a salary.
As for 46 , almost all the women (90%) described their spending habits as “below their means.” The report on the survey said that is possibly 47 they do not view their extreme wealth as defining their success.
“Women tend not to spend as much as 48 and splash（泼洒得使到处是） their names all over the place,” said one woman in the survey, describing her spending as conservative and her lifestyle as “below the radar.”
Many women also worried about wealth having 49 effects on their children and didn’t want to spend lavishly（挥霍） to 50 a bad example.
At the same time, 70% of the women said they “buy nice things when 51 .” And 93.5% of the women said they were responsible for making 52 on major purchases, which 53 that they do a lot of the big spending.
Of course, for truly major purchases a house in Aspen, Colo., a Gulfstream, a Feadship the couple probably makes the decision 54 .
But what about other 55 ? Do you think men or women do most of the high-end spending?
36. A. directions B. reasons C. times D. consequences
37. A. cried B. sighed C. shouted D. laughed
38. A. data B. measure C. division D. news
39. A. better B. bigger C. smaller D. worse
40. A. affairs B. message C. point D. report
41. A. spirit B. money C. habit D. cost
42. A. bought B. robbed C. got D. earned
43. A. itself B. herself C. ourselves D. themselves
44. A. wealthy B. poor C. ordinary D. honest
45. A. making B. earning C. taking D. spending
46. A. buying B. wasting C. spending D. saving
47. A. when B. if C. whether D. because
48. A. women B. youth C. adults D. men
49. A. serious B. good C. bad D. various
50. A. send B. set C. do D. give
51. A. necessary B. possible C. pleased D. anxious
52. A. plans B. decisions C. appointments D. suggestions
53. A. notices B. stresses C. implies D. intends
54. A. away B. together C. as well D. out
55. A. purchases B. effects C. differences D. examples