2018-2019学年外研版选修六Module1Small-talk-单元综合测试英语试卷(含有解析).docxVIP

2018-2019学年度外研版选修六Module1Small talk 单元综合测试英语试卷 第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分） 第二部分　阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 A Jack Mas net worth increased by $2.8bn overnight as Alibaba forecast sales growth that topped every analysts estimate on June 8,2017, despite the fact that Chinas economy is slowing down. Mr Ma, aged 52 this year, is now the richest person in Asia and the 14th wealthiest in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His net worth has climbed $8.5bn this year to $41.8bn. The latest surge came after Chinas largest e-commerce company forecast 45 to 49 per cent revenue (收入) growth in the year ending March, demonstrating how investments in online shopping are paying off. Shares in Alibaba, where Mr. Ma is chairman, rose 13 per cent to a record high. Alibaba and Tencent, which dominate online shopping and social media respectively, have ventured (冒险) deeper into new areas from cloud computing services to streaming music and video as the countrys economy slows. Alibaba is capturing more digital advertising spending by incorporating (吸收) social elements such as video in its shopping sites. Alibaba is holding meetings with investors this week. On Friday, the former English teacher said he wasnt going to discuss corporate forecasts. He took the stage instead to describe how his company had become effectively the worlds 22nd largest economy — just after Argentina — in terms of transactions (交易) by never fearing to think big. Mr Ma, who said Alibaba revised 10-year plans annually, foresaw the company becoming the fifth-largest eventually by 2036 by serving burgeoning (迅速发展) Chinese middle classes, taking advantage of global trade and making use of its valuable data. Mas comments about the evolution of data-driven technology echoed those of Masayoshi Son, chairman of Japans SoftBank. SoftBank — Alibabas largest shareholder — has invested billions in companies such as ARM with the inte