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1、2016-2017学年第一学期温州十校联合体高三期末考试第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）AHaveyoueverfanciedsailingaroundtheworldorbuyingaholidayhomeintheCaribbean?Well,beforeyougettooexcited,itmayhelptofindoutifyouhavewhatittakestobecomea billionaire.We’veallheardstorie

2、sof schooldrop-outs whohave madetheirfortune.Dotheytendtobe universitygraduates or self-madesuccessfulpeople?Aretheymarriedorsingle?ThankstoarecentanalysisofpeopleinForbes（福布斯）Top100BillionairesList,wecannowfindoutwhatthey haveincommon.Weknowwhatpercentag

3、ewearglassesandevenhowmanyarebald!Ifyouaredecidingwhetherornottogotouniversity,itmayhelpyoutoknowthat76%oftherichestpeopleintheworldhaveadegree.Accordingtothisstudy,ofthose76%,47%haveabachelor’sdegree,23%haveamaster’sand6%haveadoctorate. Don’tlosehopeifyo

4、uaren’tveryacademic,though.It’sworthnotingthatmanyofthoseonthelistdidnot passalltheirexamswithflyingcolors.Microsoft founder BillGates droppedoutof HarvardUniversityaftertwoyearsofstudy.AndChinesebusiness magnate JackMa,failedhisuniversityentranceexamsthr

5、eetimesbeforegoingontocompletehisdegreeandmakehismillions.Anotherinterestingtrendisthattheworld’s richestpeople aremuchmorelikelytobemarried-only12%ofbillionairesareunmarried.Finally,thepercentageofbillionaireswhoarebaldisquitehigh–sodon’tworryifyou’relos

6、ingyourhair.21.WhatdoBillGatesandJackMahaveincommonaccordingtothepassage?A.Theyhavethesameamountofmoneyatpresent.B.TheybothgraduatedfromthesameuniversityintheU.S.A.C.Theywerebothborninapoorfamilyandhadmuchsufferingwhileyoung.D.Theybecomeverysuccessfulthou

7、ghtheydidn’tdowellintheiracademiclives.22.Whatwasthepurposeofthestudy? A.Totellreaderswhenandhowthesepeoplebecamebillionaires.B.Toadvisereaderstosailaroundtheworldintheirownyachts.C.Toencouragereaderstofindprobablewaystotheirownsuccess.D.Tofindsimilaritie

8、sbetweenthetop100richestpeopleintheworld.23.Whatmaybethebesttitleforthetext?A.TalesofBillGatesandJackMa.B.HowtoBecomeaBillionaire.C.ForbsTop100BillionairesList.C.HowBillGates MadeHisFortune.BSometimesit’snecessaryto