9.In the USA,F(xiàn)orbes 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 is a record of 691dollar 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 Francisco and then London and Los Angeles.But in total the very wealthy live in forty-seven different countries with Iceland,Kazakhstan,Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time this year.
Laksmi Mittal,an Indian born steel tycoon enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune.His net worth has quadrupled 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.Asian wealth is probably underrepresented as it's usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals.Relatively few women feature in the list-among them is J.K.Rowling,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519million 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 Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25in the global wealth league.
54.Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year's Forbes magazine?A
A.Laksmi Mittal.B.Ingvar Kamprad.C.J.K.Rowling.D.Silvio Berlusconi.
55.Which of the following statements is NOT true?B
A.Russia belongs to developing countries.
B.No Italian has entered the top sixty richest people in the world.
C.This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list.
D.There are more billionaires in New York than any other city in the world.
56.We can infer from the passage thatC.
A.there are more billionaires in London than in Moscow
B.Ukraine is a very rich country in the world
C.J.K.Rowling's novels have sold very well
D.Asia has a smaller population of billionaires than that of other continents.
分析 本文主要介紹福布斯雜志公布的每年世界最富有的人的名單.
解答 ABC
54 A 推斷題.根據(jù)文章第三段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.故選A.
55 B 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章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B項(xiàng)陳述是錯(cuò)誤的.
56 C 推斷題.根據(jù)文章第三段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?yàn)樗龑懙男≌f《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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