Born in sCotlAnD, in 1835,AnDrEwCArnEgiE EntErED thE worlD in povErty.CArnEgiE’s FAthEr CAmE toAmEriCA whEnAnDrEw wAs twElvE, AnD his BrothEr, thomAs, wAs FivE.Arriving in nEw york in 1848, thECArnEgiEs sEttlED inAllEghEnyCity, pEnnsylvAniAAllEghEnyCity proviDEDCArnEgiE’s First joB, As A BoBBin Boy in A Cotton FACtory, working For ＄1.20 A wEEk.At 15,CArnEgiE BECAmE A tElEgrAph mEssEngEr Boy in pittsBurgh.CArnEgiE’s nExt joB wAs As A rAilroAD ClErk, working For thE pEnnsylvAniA rAilroA
D、hE workED his wAy up thE lADDEr, through his DEDiCAtion AnD honEst DEsirE to suCCEED, to BEComE trAin DispAtChEr AnD thEn Division mAnAgEr.At this timE, youngCArnEgiE, AgE 24, hAD AlrEADy mADE somE smAll invEstmEnts thAt lAiD thE FounDAtions oF his whAt woulD BE trEmEnDous FortunE. onE oF thEsE invEstmEnts wAs thE purChAsE oF stoCk in thE wooDruFF slEEpingCArCompAny. in 1864,CArnEgiE EntErED thE iron BusinEss, But DiD not BEgin to mAkE stEEl until yEArs lAtEr. in 1873, hE Built thEEDgAr thomson works inBrADDoCk, pEnnsylvAniA, to mAkEBEssEmEr stEEl. hE EstABlishED mAny othEr stEEl plAnts, AnD in 1892, hE mErgED All oF his intErEsts into thECArnEgiE stEElCompAny. this ACt FromCArnEgiE is Fitting with onE oF his most FAmous quotAtions, "put All oF your Eggs in onE BAskEt, AnD thEn wAtCh thAt BAskEt." this Firm BECAmE onE oF thE grEAtEst inDustriAl EntErprisEs inAmEriC
A、CArnEgiE lAtEr solD it to j. p. morgAn’s unitED stAtEs stEElCorporAtion in 1901 For ＄400 million, whiCh woulD BE A littlE ovEr ＄4 Billion toDAy!AFtEr rEtiring,CArnEgiE’s FortunE wAs EstimAtED to BE As lArgE As hAlF A Billion DollArs. From thAt timE on, with thE philosophy thAt thE riCh hAvE A morAl oBligAtion to givE AwAy thEir monEy, hE DEvotED himsElF to philAnthropy.Although ironiC, this mAn oF grEAt FortunE strongly BEliEvED in thE mErits oF povErty For thE DEvElopmEnt oF ChArACtEr AnD work EthiC, AnD DEtErminED thAt wEAlthy mEn shoulD not lEAvE thEir FortunEs to thEir ChilDrEn, But shoulD givE it AwAy, ClAiming "thE mAn who DiEs thus riCh, DiEs DisgrACE
D、" with thE piCturE oF Community sErviCE,CArnEgiE is quotED As sAying, "pittsBurgh EntErED thE CorE oF my hEArt whEn i wAs A Boy, AnD CAnnot BE torn out. i CAn nEvEr BE onE hAir’s BrEADth lEss loyAl to hEr, or lEss Anxious to hElp hEr in Any wAy, thAn i hAvE BEEn sinCE i CoulD hElp Anything. my trEAsurE is still with you, AnD how BEst to sErvE pittsBurgh is thE quEstion whiCh oCCurs to mE Almost EvEry DAy oF my liFE." whiCh oF thE Following stAtEmEnts is truE, ACCorDing to thE pAssAgE
A、AnDrEwCArnEgiE BEliEvEs thAt povErty hAs An unBEArABlE sin.
B．AnDrEwCArnEgiE BEliEvEs thAt povErty hAs An ADmirABlE virtuE.
C、AnDrEwCArnEgiE BEliEvEs thAt povErty hAs somE DEspiCABlE viCE.
D、AnDrEwCArnEgiE BEliEvEs thAt povErty hAs somE DEsirABlE mErit.