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阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求 ,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案转填到标号为1-10的相应位置上。

In the United States, there were 222 people ________(report) to be billionaires(亿万富翁) in 2003.The _______(rich) of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, _______made his money ________ starting the company Microsoft.Mr.Gates was only 21 years old _____he first helped to set up the company in 1976.He was a billionaire by the time he was 31 years old.________, there are still some other people who have made lots_______ money at even younger ages.Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple.________ of these child actors made over a million dollars _______ (act) in movies before they were 14.But ______ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18!

 

1.reported

2.richest

3.who

4.by

5.when

6.However

7.of

8.both

9.acting

10.the

【解析】

1.

2.形容词的最高级。

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.money”,所以前面用lots of,表示许多。

8.

9.

10.youngest billionaire最高级,所以填the。

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D.Because it has the second fastest growing GDP in the world.

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