[单项选择]The richest agricultural region of America is ______.
A. the Middle West
B. the North East
C. the Middle East
D. the South West

[单项选择]The richest agricultural region of America is ________.
A. the Middle West
B. the North East
C. the Middle East
D. the South West

[单项选择]The Agricultural Adjustment Act encouraged American farmers to______.
A. reduce their scale of production
B. make full use of their land
C. adjust the prices of their farm products
D. be self-sufficient in agricultural production

[单项选择]The most densely populated region of America is ______.
A. the southeastern part
B. the northeastern part
C. the northwestern part
D. the Middle Plains

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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 an- num 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 ac- cording to Dr Philip Beresfod, Britain’s acknowledged expert on personal wealth who compiles the Sun- day Times Rich List. The millennium boom exceeds anything in Britain&rs
A. more and more people start hi-teach business to a mass fortune.
B. people are becoming rich at younger ages.
C. most of the richest make their fortune by inheritance.
D. all the richest millionaires are aged 30 or above.

[单项选择]Bill Gates is the richest private citizen in the world, there is nothing he can't afford.
A. 比尔·盖茨是世界上最富裕的公民，什么东西他都不用买。
B. 比尔·盖茨是世界上最富有的人，天下没有他买不起的东西。
C. 比尔·盖茨是世界上最富有的人，什么东西他都不用买。
D. 比尔·盖茨是世界上最富有的私人，他能买得起天下的东西。

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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. more and more people start hi-tech business to amass fortune.
B. most of the richest make their fortune by inheritance.
C. all the richest millionaires are aged 30 or above.
D. people are becoming rich at younger age.