About 64 percent of the billionaires are self-made and their average age is 63.7, a slight rise resulting from the lower number of rich Russians and Chinese, whose average ages last year were 46 and 48.

　　By contrast with that aging trend, Gates is a relatively youthful 53. The youngest billionaire prize this year goes to Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who is 25 and listed as having 2.1 billion dollars. But one of the young success stories from last year -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg -- dropped off the list altogether.

　　1. Of all the billionaires mentioned above, who didn’t lose in the global recession?

　　A. Bill Gates.

　　B. Warren Buffet.

　　C. Carlos Slim.

　　D. Michael Bloomberg.

　　2. The sentence “The biggest news today is that we are here and there still are billionaires” may probably means ______

　　A. the number of billionares in 2009 is much smaller than that in 2008

　　B. the number of billionares in 2009 is a bit larger than that in 2008

　　C. there are many billionaires in America, which is the biggest news today.

　　D. the biggest news is that many billionaires are at the press conference

　　3. How many billion dollars did the US billionaires lose in 2008 altogether mentioned in the paragraph 4?

　　A. 18

　　B. 25

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