In the USA Forbes magazine has published its annual list of the richest people i
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In the USA Forbes 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 fortyfour billion dollars.
There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultrarich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in fortyseven 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 （变成四倍）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 its usually spread 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.
小题1: Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year’s Forbes magazine?| A．Laksmi Mittal. | B．Ingvar Kamprad. | | C．JK Rowling. | D．Silvio Berlusconi. |
小题2:There are about _____ persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world.小题3: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 has been included in the list. | | D．There are more billionaires（亿万富翁） in New York than any other city in the world. |
小题4: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 profitmaking industry. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C |
解析
小题1:推断题。根据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，故这四人中他最富。
小题2:推断题。根据有两个，一是：There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine.根据本句可知，财产超过亿万的富豪有691人。二是：JK Rowling ，author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.根据本句可知罗琳财产为5亿1千9百万美元，排在富豪榜第620位，故财产在她之下的亿万富豪为70人左右。
小题3:细节题。根据though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong可知中国大陆无人进入富豪榜前60名，但香港有人进入，故A项陈述是错误的。
小题4:推断题。根据among them is JK Rowling，author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.可知JK罗琳主要是因为她写的小说《哈利波特》而位居排行榜第620位，故可断定她写的书一定很畅销。 |
举一反三
Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning,a middle,and an endwith commercials （商业广告） thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.""Drink Good Wet Root Beer.""Fill up with Pacific Gas."Only if you sleep,which is equal to turning the television set off,are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changednew houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless （鲁莽的） or daring,the ride can be as thrilling （惊心动魄的） as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the rightor the lefthand lane? After a while,of course,the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course,has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the armrestseven with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.
小题1:According to the passage,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?| A．Buses on the road. | B．Films on television. | | C．Advertisements on the billboards. | D．Gas stations. |
小题2:What is the purpose of this passage?| A．To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips. | | B．To persuade you to take a long bus trip. | | C．To explain how bus trips and television shows differ. | | D．To describe the billboards along the road. |
小题3:The writer of this passage would probably favor .| A．bus drivers who aren’t reckless | B．driving alone | | C．a television set on the bus | D．no billboards along the road |
小题4:The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because .| A．the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun | | B．they both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in between | | C．the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses | | D．both traveling and watching TV are not exciting. |
小题5:The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .| A．exciting | B．comfortable | C．tiring | D．boring |
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Having finished her homework, Ma Li wants some music for relaxation①. As usual, she starts her computer and goes to Baidu.com to download music files. But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs’ copyright bursts onto the screen. The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright. Lawsuits② have been filed against four websites offering free downloads. In September 2005, a Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push compensation for their losses. Baidu was also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website. This caused a heated discussion on Interact file sharing.
“Baidu’s defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying. Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official.
Like many teens, Huang Ruoru, an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province, doesn’t think that getting music from websites is wrong. She always shares her favourite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends. When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others’ work without paying.
However, other teenagers have different ideas. Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers. “If I download a song and really like it, I will buy the CD,” she said. “So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuing③ file-sharers.”
Notes:
① relaxation n. 娱乐
② lawsuit n. 诉讼
③ pursue vt. 追赶，追击
Choose the best answers according to the above:
小题1:Which of the following best describes the passage?| A．Music on the Internet is of better quality. | B．Downloading material can be illegal. | | C．It’s good to get free music on the Internet. | D．Baidu is a popular web company. |
小题2:The four web companies were put to court because _________.| A．they got copyrighted songs without paying | | B．they downloaded copyrighted music for people | | C．they make copyrighted files for free downloads | | D．they offer free music on line |
小题3: How do some of the teenagers feel while downloading free music after the lawsuit?| A．A bit guilty. | B．A little sad. | C．Extremely angry. | D．Awfully sorry. |
小题4:What’s the advantage of tile sharing for recording companies?| A．Getting more money from web companies. | | B．Enabling people to download favorite songs. | | C．Helping to improve the music. | | D．Making pop singers more popular. |
小题5:It can be inferred from the text that _________.| A．Web companies are still ignoring the copyright laws. | | B．Teenagers haven’t got money to buy CDs. | | C．Teenagers are probably still downloading free music. | | D．Teenagers prefer CDs with copyright to pirated music. |
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Rumour（谣言）is the most primitive way of spreading stories--- by passing them on from mouth to mouth. but civilized countries in normal times have better sources of news than rumour. They have radio, television, and newspapers. In times of confusion（混乱）, however, rumour appears and becomes widespread. At such times the different kinds of news are in competition: the press, television, and radio against the grapevine.
Especially do rumours spread when war requires control on many important matters. The normal news sources no longer give out enough information. Since the people can not learn through legal channels all that they are anxious to learn, they pick up "news" wherever they can and when this happens, rumour grows.
Rumours are often repeated even by those who do not believe the tales. There is an interest about them. The reason is that the cleverly designed rumour gives expression to something deep in the hearts of the victims --- the fears, doubts, forbidden hopes, or daydreams which they hesitate to voice directly. Pessimistic（悲观的）rumours about defeat and disasters show that the people who repeat them are worried and anxious .Optimistic rumours about record production or peace soon coming point to self- satisfaction or confidence---and often to over- confidence.
小题1:The author suggests that, in times of confusion, man often __________.| A．stops regular news services | | B．turns to primitive ways for support | | C．distrusts his fellow man | | D．loses complete control of himself |
小题2:The underlined word "grapevine" in Paragraph 1 probably means "__________”.| A．rumour | B．newspaper | C．information | D．time |
小题3:The author states that during wartime the regular sources of news provide only __________ .| A．false information | B．optimistic reports | | C．limited information | D．pessimistic reports |
小题4:Which of the following statements is mentioned as a reason for people to repeat a rumour?| A．They are too willing to believe. | | B．They take an interest in rumour. | | C．They have a strong desire to make a fool of other people. | | D．They find some rumours reflect their own unexpressed beliefs. |
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A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “Last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising ,but didn’t get it back ”
“How did you write your advertisement ?”asked one of the listeners ,a merchant .
“Here it is,” said the man ,taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening a black silk umbrella .The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No 10 Broad Street .”
“Now ,”said the merchant, “I often advertise ,and find that it pays me well .But by the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance .let us try your umbrella again ,and if it fails ,I will buy you a new one. ”
The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote :“If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street .He is well known .”
This appeared in the paper ,and on the following morning ,the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter
小题1:This is a story about ________. | A．how a man lost and found his umbrella. | | B．how to make an effective advertisement. | | C．how to find lost things. | | D．how to put an advertisement in the newspaper. |
小题2:“If it fails, I will buy you a new one ” suggested that _______. | A．he was rich enough to afford an umbrella | | B．he was not sure he would get the umbrella back | | C．he was quite sure of his success . | | D．he was ready to help others . |
小题3:The result of the first advertisement was that ________. | A．the man got his umbrella back . | | B．the man wasted some money advertising . | | C．the man found his umbrella | | D．someone found his umbrella . |
小题4:According to the first advertisement ,anyone who ___would receive ten shillings.| A．left the umbrella in the City Church | | B．found the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street | | C．gave the message to the man | | D．left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street |
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The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card (信用卡) fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal web site(非法网站).
Web sites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care.
On-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought. The thieves then go shopping with your card number — or sell the information over the Internet. Computers hackers(黑客) have broken down security(安全) systems, raising questions about the safety of cardholder information. Several months ago, 25, 000 customers of CD Universe, an on-line music retailer(零售商), were not lucky. Their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Web site after the retailer refused to pay US $157, 828 to get back the information.
Credit-card firms are now fighting against on-line fraud. Mastercard is working on plans for Web — only credit card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping on-line. However, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated(欺骗).
Ask about your credit-card firm’s on-line rules: Under British law, cardholders have to pay the first US $78 of any fraudulent(欺骗性的) spending.
And shop only at secure sites; Send your credit-card information only if the Web site offers advanced secure system.
If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The Website address may also start https: //—the extra “s” stands for secure. If in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.
Keep your password(密码) safe: Most on-line sites require a user name and password before placing an order. Treat your passwords with care.
小题1:What do most people worry about the Internet according to this passage?| A．A lot of stolen credit-cards were sold on the Internet. | B．Fraud on the Internet. | | C．Many Web sites are destroyed. | D．Many illegal Web sites are on the Internet. |
小题2:What is the meaning of “fraud”?| A．Cheating. | B．Sale. | C．Payment. | D．Safety. |
小题3: How can the thieves get the information of the credit card?| A．The customers give them the information. | | B．The thieves steal the information from Web sites. | | C．The customers sell the information to them. | | D．The thieves buy the information from credit-card firms. |
小题4:How many pieces of advice does the passage give to you?| A．Four. | B．Three. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
小题5:You are shopping on the site: http: // www. Shopping. com, and you want to buy a TV set, what does this article suggest to do?| A．Order the TV set at once. | B．Do not buy the TV set on this site. | | C．E-mail the site your credit-card information. | | D．Tell the site your password and buy the TV set for you. |
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