Question

【题目】语法填空。

In the United States, there were 222 people 【1】（report） to be billionaires（亿万富翁） in 2003．The 【2】（rich） of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, 【3】made his money 【4】 starting the company Microsoft．Mr．Gates was only 21 years old 【5】he first helped to set up the company in 1976．He was a billionaire by the time he was 31 years old．【6】, there are still some other people who have made lots【7】 money at even younger ages．Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple．【8】 of these child actors made over a million dollars 【9】 （act） in movies before they were 14．But _【10】 youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited （继承） a billion dollars when he turned 18!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】reported

【2】richest

【3】who

【4】by

【5】when

【6】However

【7】of

【8】both

【9】acting

【10】the

【解析】

试题分析：

【1】“人”和“报道”之间是被动关系，故用过去分词。

【2】前面有the，所以填形容词的最高级。

【3】这里含有一个非限制性定语从句，关系词在从句中作主语，指人，故用who。

【4】表示通过…，用by。

【5】表示当……时候，用when。

【6】表示“然而”，故用However。

【7】后面有宾语“money”，所以前面用lots of，表示许多。

【8】前面提到了两个人，所以用both。

【9】作宾语，故用名词。

【10】后面有youngest billionaire最高级，所以填the。