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1、旧州中学高二英语上学期第二次月考试题第I卷（共70分）第一部分：阅读理解,共两节（共20题；每题2分；满分40分）AMicrosoft founder bill Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the US money heap, taking the place of investor Warren Buffett as Americas richest person, Forbes magazines latest list reveals. With 57 billion dollars net worth Gates again l
2、eads the list of 400 richest individuals in the worlds wealthiest country. He displaced Buffett who briefly held the position this year but who has seen his Berkshire Hathaway investment groups shares slip 15 percent since February and is now worth 50 billion.According to Forbes, whose list was publ
3、ished late Wednesday, the golden 400 have 1.3 billion dollars net worth or more. However, their combined net worth rose only 30 billion dollars, or two percent, to 1.57 trillion dollars.Forbes said that rising oil and dizzy art prices fuelled the entry of 31 new members into the ultra-rich club and
4、the return of eight previous members.A notable arrival was Mark Zuckerberg, 24, founder of the social networking site Face book (脸谱网). Forbes estimates his worth at 1.5 billion dollars.Meanwhile, turmoil(动荡)on the stock and housing markets saw 33 others drop off the list. including the former head o
5、f the troubled insurance giant AIG, Maurice Greenberg, and a former head of the online auction site eBay, Margaret Whitman.Biggest gainers were led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who took eighth place with 20 billion dollars worth after a transaction(交易)put a new value on his Bloomberg media an
6、d financial data network.The biggest loser was casino(赌场，娱乐场)tycoon Sheldon Abelson, whose fortune fell 13Billion dollars over 12 months the equivalent to 1.5million dollars an houralthough he still has 15 billion dollars and occupies 15th place.About two thirds of the list are selfmade billionaires
7、 and just over 10 percent are women, led by television star Oprah Winfrey whose fortune rose 200 million dollars to 2.7 billion dollars.1. According to Forbes, Warren Buffet is worth .A. 57 billion dollars B. 50 billion dollars C. 1.5 billion dollars D. 20 billion dollars2.31 new members entered the
8、 ultra-rich club as a result of .A. turmoil on the stock and housing marketB. media and financial data networkC. rising oil and dizzy art prices D. investment3. The purpose of the author using the television star Oprah. Winfrey as an example is toA. tell the readers that television stars make money
9、easilyB. prove that a millionaire can become a billionaireC. women can also be billionairesD. tell the readers that most of the billionaires are self-made4. What is the best title of the passage?A. Bill Gates Leading Worlds Richest People Again B. What Made BillionairesC. Self-Made Billionaires D. B
10、iggest Gainer and Biggest LoserBLondoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books - especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed
11、 on good paper and bound（装订）between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which
12、 boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philos
13、ophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand book
14、s, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some pro
15、fessionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.5. “Londoners are great readers” means that _.A. Londoners are great because they read a lot.B. There are a great number of rea
16、ders in LondonC. Londoners are readers who read only great booksD. Londoners read a lot6. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road _.A. is in the suburbs of London B. is famous for its bookshopsC. contains various kinds of shops D. is the busiest street in London7. In this passage, what does the underlined part “v
