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温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。 话题语篇专练 8 人物传记(二) (建议用时25分钟) 阅读理解 A Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD Co. , Ltd. , was named China’s richest individual this week by Forbes magazine, which stated his wealth is worth $ 5. 8 billion. Wang grew up in a poor family in Anhui Province and had lost his parents for illness when he was a teenager. He went to college only after the encouragement and support of his older siblings(兄弟姐妹), who also helped him. “I was born on a rice farm very, very poor, ”Wang told The Wall Street Journal in an interview last year. “Both of my parents were farmers and they planted rice. Both passed away when I was still very young. I was about 10 years old when my father died, and I was 15 or so when my mother passed away. ” He developed a fascination with batteries back in his university days in the mid-1980s, when he studied metallurgical(冶金的)physics and chemistry. After receiving a Master’s degree, he found a research position at the General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals in Beijing. It was an easy job, but he grew bored and decided to go out on his own just as China’s experiment with capitalism(资本主义)was going on. He established the company that is now BYD in 1995, borrowing $300, 000 from a cousin, and started out making batteries for cellphones. Today, the company still makes phone batteries but also produces gasoline-fueled cars that have made BYD a top-10 auto brand in China. The company, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2002, is also getting ready to sell electric cars to private buyers and launch an all-electric battery car model soon in China. All this has helped BYD attract investors’ attention, including from one of Warren Buffett’s companies, and has helped enrich Wang as BYD’s share price has increased. Wang’s fast climb shows personal struggle is still working in China even as the country faces widening gaps between the haves and the have-nots. “Because I came from a po