2017届贵州思南县中学高考英语一轮复习阅读理解精编：9（含解析）
<p> 贵州思南县中学2017高考英语阅读理解一轮精编（九）及参考答案</p><p> 阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(<span word="A">A</span>、<span word="B">B</span>、<span word="C">C</span>和<span word="D">D</span>)中，选出最佳选项。</p><p> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span> <span word="founder">founder</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="richest">richest</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="recession">recession</span>, <span word="Forbes">Forbes</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="wealthy">wealthy</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="escape">escape</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="shocks">shocks</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="net">net</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="of">of</span> 793 <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span> -- <span word="down">down</span> <span word="from">from</span> 1,125 <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2008 -- <span word="plummeting">plummeting</span> <span word="to">to</span> 2.4 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="from">from</span> 4.4 <span word="trillion">trillion</span>, <span word="Forbes">Forbes</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p> "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span>," <span word="Forbes">Forbes</span> <span word="spokeswoman">spokeswoman</span> <span word="Monie">Monie</span> <span word="Begley">Begley</span> <span word="joked">joked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="much">much</span>-<span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="net">net</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="of">of</span> 40 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>, <span word="although">although</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="balance">balance</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> 18 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> 12 <span word="months">months</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="investor">investor</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="Buffett">Buffett</span> <span word="with">with</span> 37 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>, <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> 25 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Berkshire">Berkshire</span> <span word="Hathaway">Hathaway</span> <span word="shares">shares</span>. <span word="Also">Also</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> 25 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>, <span word="Mexican">Mexican</span> <span word="telecoms">telecoms</span> <span word="king">king</span> <span word="Carlos">Carlos</span> <span word="Slim">Slim</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="with">with</span> 35 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>.</p><p> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Mayor">Mayor</span> <span word="Michael">Michael</span> <span word="Bloomberg">Bloomberg</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="number">number</span> 17, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="notable">notable</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="top">top</span> 20 <span word="member">member</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="net">net</span> <span word="gain">gain</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="salary">salary</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="symbolic">symbolic</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="dollar">dollar</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="re">re</span>-<span word="evaluation">evaluation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Bloomberg">Bloomberg</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mayor">mayor</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="a">a</span> 20 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="stake">stake</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Merrill">Merrill</span> <span word="Lynch">Lynch</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="for">for</span> 4.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>.</p>
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