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1、初二英语阅读电子讲义（上）UNIT1SocialFocus(社会热点)Article1☆☆WealthypeopleTherearereallytwoclassesofwealthypeople.Millionairesarerich.Billionairesaresuperrich!However,itisnotalwayseasytodetermineaperson'swealth.Thewealthofakingorqueen,forexample,isbasedonthewealthandpropertyofthenationinsteadoftheperso

2、nalwealthandpropertyofthekingorqueen.Forsomekingsandqueens,itisdifficulttotellthesetwokindsofwealthapart.Itcanonlybeguessed,butmanypeoplebelievethatHisMajestytheSultanofBruneiisthewealthiestmanintheworld.In1993,amagazinereportedthathewasworth$37billion.HerMajestyQueenElizabethIIisthesec

3、ondwealthiestpersonwith$11.7billion.However,whenthenationalwealthofEnglandisruledoutofHerMajesty'swealth,thequeen'spersonalmoneyseemsverylittle.QueenElizabethII'spersonalwealthisguessedtobeonlybetween$270to$900million.IntheUnitedStates,therewere101billionairesin1996.Theyoungestofthesebi

4、llionaireswasBillGates.HeisoneofthetwomenwhohadthebrightideatocreatethecompanyMicrosoft.Mr.Gateswasonly20yearsoldwhenhefirsthelpedtosetupthecompanyin1976.Hewasabillionairebythetimehewas31.Mr.Gatesmayseemyoungtobesorich,butotherpeoplehavemadealotofmoneyatevenyoungerages.Otheryoungpeoplew

5、hobecamerichincludeJackieCoogan(1914-1984)andShirleyTemple(1928-).Bothofthesechildactorsmadeoveramilliondollarsactinginmoviesbeforetheywere14yearsold.JackieCooganactedinthemovieTheKidwithCharlieChaplin,andShirleyTemplestarredinadozenmoviesinthe1930s.(297words)KeySentences:1Forsomekingsa

6、ndqueens,itisdifficulttotellthesetwokindsofwealthapart.2However,whenthenationalwealthofEnglandisruledoutofHerMajesty'swealth,thequeen'spersonalmoneyseemsverylittle.1.Whoistherichestpersonintheworldaccordingtothepassage?A.HerMajestyQueenElizabethIIB.HisMajestytheSultanofBruneiC.BillGates

7、D.ShirleyTemple2.Whichofthefollowingsisnottrue?A.Akingoraqueenmaynotbeveryrich.B.Billionairesarericherthanmillionaires.C.BillGatesistheyoungestpersontomakealotofmoney.D.IntheUnitedStates,therewere101billionairesin1996.3.Whichofthefollowingstatementssupportsthepassage?A.BillGate