In the USA Forbes magazine has published its annual list of the richest people in the world. Bill Gates of Microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of forty?four billion dollars.
　　There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultra?rich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in forty?seven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan? Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time this year.
　　Laksmi Mittal,an Indian born steel tycoon （巨頭）enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled （變成四倍）to thirteen billion dollars making him the world’s third richest man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to the sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years — there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably under?represented as its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals. Relatively few women feature in the list — among them is JK Rowling,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. New entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page each worth more than seven billion dollars after their company’s recent stock market debut. The richest Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league.
小題1: Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year’s  Forbes magazine?
A．Laksmi Mittal.B．Ingvar Kamprad.
C．JK Rowling.D．Silvio Berlusconi.
小題2:There are about _____ persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world.
A．300B．180 C．70D．150
小題3:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．No Chinese has entered the top sixty richest people in the world.
B．Russia is a developing country.
C．This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list.
D．There are more billionaires（億萬富翁） in New York than any other city in the world.
小題4:We can infer from the passage that ______.
A．There are more billionaires in London than in Moscow.
B．Ukraine is a very rich country in the world.
C．JK Rowling’s novels have sold very well.
D．The IT industry is a profit?making industry.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:推斷題。根據(jù)making him the world’s third richest man可知 Laksmi Mittal是世界上排名第三的富人，其他三人在他之后，故這四人中他最富。
小題2:推斷題。根據(jù)有兩個，一是：There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine.根據(jù)本句可知，財產(chǎn)超過億萬的富豪有691人。二是：JK Rowling ，author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.根據(jù)本句可知羅琳財產(chǎn)為5億1千9百萬美元，排在富豪榜第620位，故財產(chǎn)在她之下的億萬富豪為70人左右。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong可知中國大陸無人進(jìn)入富豪榜前60名，但香港有人進(jìn)入，故A項陳述是錯誤的。
小題4:推斷題。根據(jù)among them is JK Rowling，author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.可知JK羅琳主要是因為她寫的小說《哈利?波特》而位居排行榜第620位，故可斷定她寫的書一定很暢銷。
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