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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解月练（5）高考英语冲刺阅读理解。USbillionairesarebackontopwithMicrosoftfounderBillGatesagaintheworld'srichestmaninayearwhenevenbillionairesfelttheheatoftheglobalrecession,ForbesmagazinesaidWednesday.Thewealthyfewdidnotescapebigshocksthisyear,withnetworthonthelistof793billionaires--downfrom1,
2、125billionairesinxx--plummetingto2.4trilliondollarsfrom4.4trillion,Forbessaid."Thebiggestnewstodayisthatwearehereandtherestillarebillionaires,"ForbesspokeswomanMonieBegleyjokedatapressconference.Themuch-watchedannualrichlistputGatesbackontopwithanetworthof40billiondollars,althoughhesawhisbankbalan
3、celose18billionoverthelast12months.InsecondcameinvestorWarrenBuffettwith37billiondollars,despitelosing25billiondollarsthisyearinthevalueofhisBerkshireHathawayshares.Alsolosing25billiondollars,MexicanteleskingCarlosSlimstillmanagedtoeinthirdwith35billiondollars.NewYorkMayorMichaelBloomberg,atnumber
4、17,wasnotableastheonlytop20membertoseeanetgain.Thatwasnotbecauseofhissalary,whichisasymboliconedollarayear,butthankstore-evaluationofBloombergfinancialnewsagencyafterthemayorboughta20percentstakefromMerrillLynchlastyearfor4.5billiondollars.About64percentofthebillionairesareself-madeandtheiraverage
5、ageis63.7,aslightriseresultingfromthelowernumberofrichRussiansandChinese,whoseaverageageslastyearwere46and48.Bycontrastwiththatagingtrend,Gatesisarelativelyyouthful53.TheyoungestbillionaireprizethisyeargoestoAlbertvonThurnundTaxisofGermany,whois25andlistedashaving2.1billiondollars.Butoneoftheyoung
6、successstoriesfromlastyear--FacebookfounderMarkZuckerberg--droppedoffthelistaltogether.1.Ofallthebillionairesmentionedabove,whodidn’tloseintheglobalrecession?A.BillGates.B.WarrenBuffet.C.CarlosSlim.D.MichaelBloomberg.答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由第五段“NewYorkMayorMichaelBloomberg,atnumber17,wasnotableastheonly
7、top20membertoseeanetgain.”可知，排名第十七的MichaelBloomberg是唯一一位前20名富翁中获得净利的，因此他就是在全球经济萧条中没有输的人，故答案为D。2.Thesentence“Thebiggestnewstodayisthatwearehereandtherestillarebillionaires”mayprobablymeans______A.thenumberofbillio
