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Who is the richest among the list of people according to the data a. Wisconsin senator Herb Kohl, elected to the Senate in 1988 and heir to the Kohl’s depart- ment store fortune. b. Representative Jane Herman from California. c. Treasury secretary Hank Paulson, reporting a net worth of at least 190 million bucks. d. George W. Bush, president of the U.S.A.

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参考答案:A

解析:[听力原文] The Capitol is certainly the center of American politics, but a new website from the Non- partisan Center for Responsive Politics shows that the Capitol is also a center of wealth. Ac- cording to data on the opensecrets.org website, more than a third of members of Congress are millionaires. That’s substantially more than the population at large where about 1% are worth seven figures. The data on the site is called from annual financial disclosures where congress- men and women report a range of assets and liabilities. Who’s the richest Wisconsin senator Herb Kohl, elected to the Senate in 1988 and heir to the Kohl’s department store fortune, he tops the list. He’s worth at least 270 million dollars. Representative Jane Herman from California is the richest of representatives. Herman was first elected in 1992 and reports that she’s worth at least 168 million dollars. Her family co-founded a multi-billion-dollar audio equipment company. Treasury secretary Hank Paulson is the richest member of the executive branch, reporting a net worth of at least 190 million bucks. Money he made running the investment bank Golden Sachs.[难点] 此题比较难,因为它考的是细节问题。在文章中并没有着重地介绍那个名单中最富有的人,而只是非常简略地提了一下。因此,解题的技巧就在于考生在听之前要先审题,有准备地去听。

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