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单选题The author takes Thoreau as an example to illustrate that being rich does not necessarily mean success and being poor does not necessarily mean failure.

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解析：题干意为，作者举梭罗的例子是为了阐明富有并不一定意味着成功，贫穷也不一定意味着失败。注意抓住题干中的关键词Thoreau。关于梭罗的例子出现在I段。该段第五句提到，想想亨利-戴维·梭罗清贫的生活和对自然及写作的热爱。这句话的出现是为了论证前一句提到的“当下人们的价值观未必是正确的”。由此可见，题干是对原文内容的概括，故选l。

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