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Text 2 Britain’s richest people have experienced the biggest-ever rise in their wealth, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Driven by the new economy of Internet and computer entrepreneurs, the wealth of those at the top of the financial tree has increased at an unprecedented rate. The 12th annual Rich List will show that the collective worth of the country’s richest 1,000 people reached nearly 146 billion by January, the cut-off point for the survey. They represented an increase of 31 billion, or 27%, in just 12 months. Since the survey was compiled, Britain’s richest have added billions more to their wealth, thanks to the continuing boom in technology shares on the stock market. This has pushed up the total value of the wealth of the richest 1,000 to a probable 160 billion according to Dr. Philip Beresford, Britain’s acknowledged expert on personal wealth who compiles the Sunday Times Rich List. The millennium boom exceeds anything in Britain
A. January -- the deadline for the survey.
B. 31 million --the increase of wealth in just 12 months.
C. 160 million -- the total value of the wealth of the richest 1000.
D. 146 billion -- the collective worth of the country’s richest 1000 people.

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Text 2 Britain’s richest people have experienced the biggest-ever rise in their wealth, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Driven by the new economy of Internet and computer entrepreneurs, the wealth of those at the top of the financial tree has increased at an unprecedented rate. The 12th annual Rich List will show that the collective worth of the country’s richest 1,000 people reached nearly 146 billion by January, the cut-off point for the survey. They represented an increase of 31 billion, or 27%, in just 12 months. Since the survey was compiled, Britain’s richest have added billions more to their wealth, thanks to the continuing boom in technology shares on the stock market. This has pushed up the total value of the wealth of the richest 1,000 to a probable 160 billion according to Dr. Philip Beresford, Britain’s acknowledged expert on personal wealth who compiles the Sunday Times Rich List. The millennium boom exceeds anything in Britain
A. People do not feel guilty about making money.
B. Doing business in Britain is even more challenging than in America.
C. Today’s economic boom cannot surpass Margaret Thatcher’s boom.
D. Three-day week showed British people were more sluggish than they are today.

[单项选择]Today' s young people generally have more purchasing power than their parents, and they are more prepared to use it .
A. 如今年轻人的购买能力一般都超过他们父母，而且更乐意消费。
B. 总体上今天的年轻人赚的钱比父母多，而且他们时刻准备消费掉。
C. 如今年轻人在消费上大都比父母大方，而且他们更做好了花钱的准备。
D. 今天的年轻人大都认为他们需要比父母多买东西，而且时刻准备这么做。

[单项选择]Today's young people generally have more purchasing power than their parents, and they are more pre- pared to use it.
A. 如今年轻人的购买能力一般都超过他们父母，而且更乐意消费。
B. 总体上今天的年轻人赚的钱比父母更多，而且他们时刻准备消费掉。
C. 如今年轻人在消费上大都比父母大方，而且他们更做好了花钱的准备。
D. 今天的年轻人大都认为他们需要比父母多买东西，而且时刻准备这么做。

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Text 3 People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed, h is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive. Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The controversy is often referred to as "nature/nurture". Those who support the "nature" side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior
A. Person's character is greatly influenced by his environment
B. Behaviorist theory is not correct
C. Biologically based instincts are important in how we act
D. Environment has little to do with behavior

[单项选择]According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become ______
A. nervous when faced with difficulties
B. physically and mentally strained
C. more capable of coping with adversity
D. indifferent toward what happens to them

[单项选择]What worries people who have recently completed their military service about the reform
A. A lack of experience that helps build national morale.
B. The injustice arising from voluntary military service.
C. A shortage of recruit.
D. The weakening of national defense.

[单项选择]Some people apparently have an amazing ability to ______ the right answer.
A. come up with
B. look up to
C. put up with
D. clear up

[单项选择]According to the passage people Who have experienced ups and downs may become______ .
A. nervous when faced with difficulties
B. physically and mentally strained
C. more capable of coping with adversity
D. indifferent toward what happens to them