山东省巨野县2016高考英语二轮阅读理解自练（1）阅读理解--------AUSbillionairesarebackontopwithMicrosoftfounderBillGatesagaintheworld'srichestmaninayearwhenevenbillionairesfelttheheatoftheglobalrecession,ForbesmagazinesaidWednesday.Thewealthyfewdidnotescapebigshocksthisyear,withnetworthonthelistof793billionaires--downfrom1,125billionairesin2008--plummetingto2.4trilliondollarsfrom4.4trillion,Forbessaid."Thebiggestnewstodayisthatwearehereandtherestillarebillionaires,"ForbesspokeswomanMonieBegleyjokedatapressconference.Themuch-watchedannualrichlistputGatesbackontopwithanetworthof40billiondollars,althoughhesawhisbankbalancelose18billionoverthelast12months.InsecondcameinvestorWarrenBuffettwith37billiondollars,despitelosing25billiondollarsthisyearinthevalueofhisBerkshireHathawayshares.Alsolosing25billiondollars,MexicantelecomskingCarlosSlimstillmanagedtocomeinthirdwith35billiondollars.NewYorkMayorMichaelBloomberg,atnumber17,wasnotableastheonlytop20membertoseeanetgain.Thatwasnotbecauseofhissalary,whichisasymboliconedollarayear,butthankstore-evaluationofBloombergfinancialnewsagencyafterthemayorboughta20percentstakefromMerrillLynchlastyearfor4.5billiondollars.About64percentofthebillionairesareself-madeandtheiraverageageis63.7,aslightriseresultingfromthelowernumberofrichRussiansandChinese,whoseaverageageslastyearwere46and48.Bycontrastwiththatagingtrend,Gatesisarelativelyyouthful53.TheyoungestbillionaireprizethisyeargoestoAlbertvonThurnundTaxisofGermany,whois25andlistedashaving2.1billiondollars.Butoneoftheyoungsuccessstoriesfromlastyear--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,wasnotableastheonlytop20membertoseeanetgain.”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.thenumberofbillionaresin2009ismuchsmallerthanthatin2008B.thenumberofbillionaresin2009isabitlargerthanthatin2008C.therearemanybillionairesinAmerica,whichisthebiggestnewstoday.D.thebiggestnewsisthatmanybillionairesareatthepressconference答案解析：答案为A。本题为语义理解题。该句话出现在第三段《财富(福布斯)》杂志发言人在记者招待会上的玩笑话，结合第二段的内容“Thewealthyfewdidnotescapebigshocksthisyear,withnetworthonthelistof793billionaires--downfrom1,125billionairesin2008--plummetingto2.4trilliondollarsfrom4.4trillion,Forbessaid.”可知，发言人指出今年（2009年）有793位亿万富翁，2008年却有1,125位，因此该发言人的言外之意就是2009年的亿万富翁比2008年少了，故答案为A。C选项只是文字的表层意思，D选项与文意完全不符合，均不选。3.HowmanybilliondollarsdidtheUSbillionaireslosein2008altogethermentionedintheparagraph4?A.18B.25C.43D.50答案解析：答案为C。本题为数字计算题。题干要求算出第四段中美国的亿万富翁在2008年总共损失多少美元，由第四段可知，Gates损失了18billion，WarrenBuffett损失了25billion，他们都是美国人，总共是43billion，故答案为C。第四段提到的第三位虽然也损失了25billion，但是是墨西哥人，因此他所损失的美元不计入总数。4.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?A.Self-MadeBillionairesB.WhatMadeBillionairesC.BillGatesBackonTopAgainD.BiggestGainteran...
