WhatwasPonzi’scrime?

问题：

回答下面的题目：
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Theyearwas1920．ThecountrywastheUnitedStatesofAmerica．Theman’snamewasCharlesPonzi．Ponzitoldpeopletostopdepositingmoneyinasavingsaccount．Instead，theyshouldgiveittohimtosaveforthem．Ponzipromisedtopaythemmorethanthebank．Forexample，asavingsaccountmightpayyou$5ayearforevery$100youdeposit．Ponzi，however，wouldpayyou$40ayearforevery$100yougavehimtohold．Manypeoplethoughtthiswasagoodplan．TheybegantogivetheirmoneytoPonzi．
HowcouldPonzimakesomuchmoneyforpeople?Thisiswhathedidwiththemoneypeoplegavehim：Heusedsomeofthatmoneytopayotherpeoplewhogavehimmoney．However，healsokeptalotofthemoneyforhimself．Soonhehad$250million．Thiswasakindoftheft，anditwasagainstthelaw．Thepeoplewhogavehimtheirmoneydidn’tthinkanythingwaswrong．Ponzipaidthemeverymonth，justlikeabank．Ponzicontinuedthiswayofworkingfortwoyears．Thenoneday，
hedidn’thaveenoughmoneytopayallthepeople．Theydiscoveredhiscrime，andhewenttoprisonforfroud．
Ninetyyearslater，peoplebegantohearaboutabusinessmaninNewYorknamedBernardMadoff．Peoplesaidhegavegoodadviceaboutmoney．Theysaidwhentheygavehimtheirmoney，hepaidthemalotmorethanthebank．Madoffhelpedhospitals，schools，andindividualsearnmoney．Overaperiodof40years，peoplegavehim$170billion．However，nooneinvestigatedwhathedidwiththe
money．ThepeoplewhogaveMadofftheirmoneyalsodidn’tthinkanythingwaswrongbecausehepaidthemeverymonth．
Oneday，Madoffdidn’thaveenoughmoneytopayallthepeopleheneededtopay．That’swhenpeoplediscoveredhowMadoffworked：Hewastakingmoneyfromsomepeopletopayotherpeople，justthewayCharlesPonzidid．However，thistime，insteadoflosingmillionsofdollars，peoplelostbillions．
Madoffwasaccusedoffraud，andUnitedStatesgovernmentofficialsarrestedhim．Hedidn’thavetogoontrialbecausehesaidhewasguilty．In2009，ajudgesentencedhimto150yearsinprison．BernardMadoff’scrimewasevenbiggerthanPonzi’s．Itwasthebiggestfraudinhistory．Thelessonofthisstoryisclear：Whensomethingseemstoogoodtobetrue，itprobablyis!
Forevery$100Ponzipromisestopaypeople__________．

A.Hekeptalotofotherpeoples’moneyforhimself__________．
B.Herobbedthebanksofmillionsofdollars．
C.Hegavepeoplemorethanbankallowed．
D.Hedidn’tpaypeopletheinterests．

参考答案：D

参考解析：

句意：庞齐犯了什么罪?
本题的关键字是crime，在文章第二段找到相关句为本段最后一句Theydiscoveredhiscrime，andhewenttoprisonforfraud从中我们可以看到，他是因为诈骗入狱的。四个选项中D项他没有给人们支付利息属于诈骗，所以本题选D。