单元检测

　　第一部分　听力(略)

　　第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

　　第一节　(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　Russia's super­rich love to show off their wealth.Soon they will have a magazine called Snob to help them do so.

　　Mikhail Prokhorov，whose wealth is about $22 billion，plans to spend $150 million setting up a magazine called Snob.

　　"It's for people who are successful and those who want to be successful，" said Andrei Shmarov，who will run Snob.

　　Prokhorov，42，made his fortune in the 1990s.The Forbes Rich List(《福布斯》世界富豪排行榜)ranked Prokhorov as the 24th richest person in the world.He is one of the owners of Norilsk Nickel(镍)，the world's biggest nickel producer，and Polyus Gold，Russia's biggest gold producer.

　　Shmarov said Russians have different meaning of the word，"A snob to us means a person who is a'self­made man'，a person who has gained a right to snobbishness."He said that was the main difference from the British meaning which refers to wealth from one's ancestors.

Russia has become rich over the last few years because of energy prices.It's not surprising that the superrich hold luxurious(奢侈的)parties in nightclubs behind fur curtains in Moscow.While some drive luxury European and American cars，about 20%of Russia's population live below the poverty line.