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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 forty four 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 ultra-rich is in New York followed by
Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in forty seven
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 under represented 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.
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.
2. There are about _____ persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world.
A. 300
B. 180
C. 70
D. 150
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.
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 profit making industry.
