填空题 .President Obama is not one of the richest presidents. The president receives a salary of $400,000 a year as president, which, while     41    , isn't even close to today's top executives salaries. The president's annual income has actually     42    steadily since he entered office. In 2009, the president's adjusted gross income was $5.5 million. That     43    fell to less than $1 million in 2012. This is primarily due to a drop-off in revenue from his prior book deals. 24/7 Wall St. estimates the president's net worth to be $7.5 million.
    The net worth of the presidents varies widely. George Washington's estate was worth more than half a billion in today's dollars. On the other hand, several presidents went     44    .
    The fortunes of America's presidents are often tied to the     45    of their time. As the focus of the economy has changed, so has the way the presidents made their money.
    It is not     46    then to find that the first few presidents—from Washington's election to about 75 years later—were large landowners. They     47    made money from land, crops, and commodity speculation. Of course, this left them highly vulnerable to poor crop yields, and they could lose most or all of their properties because of a few bad years.
    By 1850, the financial history of the presidency     48    a new era. Beginning with Millard Fillmore, most presidents were lawyers who spent years in public service. They rarely amassed (积累) large fortunes and their incomes often came almost entirely from their     49    .
    These presidents were distinctly middle class and often     50    without the means to support themselves in anyway resembling the presidential lifestyle. Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes and Garfield had modest net worth when they died.
    A. bankrupt          E. salaries          I. economy        M. entered
    B. retired            F. spending          J. generous        N. increased
    C. surprising        G. gorgeous          K. dropped        O. figure
    D. wealth            H. generally          L. average
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