单选题 In the USA, Forbes magazine has published its annual fist 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 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 Francisco 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 (巨头) enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled (变成四位) 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 underrepresented as it usually spreads 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.
单选题 Which of the following countries entered the list for the first time?
  • A. Russia.
  • B. Poland.
  • C. India.
  • D. China.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文中第二段最后一句话得知，哈萨克斯坦和波兰都是第一次被列入名单。
单选题 Which of the following persons is the richest according to this year's Forbes magazine?
  • A. Laksmi Mittal.
  • B. Ingvar Kamprad.
  • C. JK Rowling.
  • D. Silvio Berlusconi.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 由文中第三段得知，Laksmi Mittal是世界上排名第三的富豪，其他三个人在他之后，所以四个人之中他最富。
单选题 There are about persons with a fortune less than 519 million dollars in the fist.
  • A. 300
  • B. 180
  • C. 70
  • D. 150
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 文中第二段指出，财产超过亿万的富豪有691人，第三段又指出JK Rowling拥有财产5亿1千9百万美元，排在第620位，故财产在她之下的人有70人左右。
单选题 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 have been included in the list.
  • D. There are more billionaires in New York than any other city in the world.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文中第三段可知中国大陆无人进入富豪榜前60名，但香港有人进入，故选项A是错误的。
单选题 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
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 文中第三段指出，JK Rowling主要是因为她写的《哈利·波特》而位居第620位，故可以判断她的书很畅销。