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What’s hot for 2007 among the very rich A $7.3 million diamond ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals. Oh, and income inequality.
Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality and the fate of the middle class.
In December, Mortimer Zuekerman wrote a column in U. S. News & World Report, which he owns. "Our nation’s core bargain with the middle class is disintegrating," lamented(哀叹)the ll7th-richest man in America. "Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder. Average income for a household of people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row." He noted that "tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy."
Wilbur Ross Jr. has echoed Zueker
A. The fate of the ultrawealthy people.
B. The disintegration of the middle class.
C. The inequality in the distribution of wealth.
D. The conflict between the left and the right wing.

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What’s hot for 2007 among the very rich A $7.3 million diamond ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals. Oh, and income inequality.
Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality and the fate of the middle class.
In December, Mortimer Zuekerman wrote a column in U. S. News & World Report, which he owns. "Our nation’s core bargain with the middle class is disintegrating," lamented(哀叹)the ll7th-richest man in America. "Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder. Average income for a household of people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row." He noted that "tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy."
Wilbur Ross Jr. has echoed Zueker
A. Many middle-income families have failed to make a bargain for better welfare.
B. The American economic system has caused many companies to go bankrupt.
C. The American nation is becoming more and more divided despite its wealth.
D. The majority of Americans benefit little from the nation’s growing wealth.

[单项选择]We are happy（）we are not very rich.
A. however
B. though
C. but
D. even if

[填空题]______ Canada is also very rich in forests, which spread across the country from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

[填空题]______ Canada is very rich in fresh water and its world--famous river is called the Mississippi.

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Passage Two
What’s hot for 2007 among the very rich A ＄ 7.3 million diamond ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals. Oh, and income inequality,
Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality and the fate of the middle class.
In December, Mortimer Zuckerman wrote a column in U.S. News & World Report, which he owns. "Our nation’s core bargain with the middle class is disintegrating," lamented (哀叹) the 117th-riehest main in America. "Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder. Average income for a household of people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row." He noted that "Tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy."A. The fate of the ultrawealthy people.
B. The disintegration of the middle class.
C. The inequality in the distribution of wealth.
D. The conflict between the left and the right wing.

[单项选择]The following are very common among ancient Egyptians EXCEPT______.
A. abscess
B. intestinal parasites
C. anaemia
D. drug addiction

[单项选择]The British are among the world’s greatest readers of newspapers. It’s been the custom ever since most people could read.
But why do people want to do nothing but read while traveling to work in a train
Perhaps they are tired, or else they sit behind a newspaper to shut themselves off from the world. All the same, most men would notice a woman struggling with a heavy case and jump up to help her and a pretty girl sitting opposite wouldn’t escape their attention, either. In this case a paper is useful because they can have a good look at her from behind it without her knowing. Perhaps they do not all do nothing but read. There are stories of girls and young men who met in the rush hour, got married, and went on traveling on the same train, hand in hand.
Reading newspapers______.
A. is a custom just among men who can read
B. is a daily activity most British people enjoy
C. is something the British do only when traveling on a train
D. can help people in many ways

[单项选择]As people in rich countries know very well, eating too much food and burning too few calories is why a substantial number of us are overweight or obese. Now, however, a remarkable change in perspective has come from the discovery that obesity actually provides people with temporary protection from the harmful effects of fat.
The insight has come from re-examining the common assumption that fatness itself drives the development of metabolic syndrome, which is what causes so much of the actual damage. The syndrome comes with a mixture of life-threatening effects, with cardiovascular disease (diseases relating to the heart and blood vessels) and type 2 diabetes being among the most serious. In fact, it now seems that body fat may be a barrier that stops millions of Americans and fatty citizens elsewhere from going on to develop the syndrome. And the real damage is caused by the inflammatory effect of high levels of fat in the bloodstream. And ironically, it’s fat cells that protect u
A. develop more anti-inflammatory drugs.
B. ask people to keep away from fatty food.
C. strengthen the awareness of the harms of fatty food.
D. protect pregnant women from tobacco and win