高中一年级阅读分级训练7高中一年级阅读分级训练7.docx

Reading A词数194 类别时事新闻难度★★建议用时3’ 实际用时 President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle，millionaires from his best—selling books, made$2.7 million last year and paid just under one-third of their adjusted income in federal taxes. While the income，mostly his，was far more than the US median household income of about$50,000，it was quite a decrease from the $4.2 million the Obamas made in 2007． Both years, nearly all of the earnings came from Obama’s best-selling books—Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope brought in about$2.5 million in royalties last year according to copies of the returns released by the White House on Wednesday, the federal filing deadline． Obama earned$139,204 as a Democratic senator from Illinois last year before leaving his seat after winning the November election．Michelle Obama received a salary of$62,709 from the University of Chicago Hospitals．where she was an executive． The couples total federal tax came to$855，323．That was 32 percent of their adjusted gross income of$2,656,902． The Obamas overpaid by$26,014，and elected to apply that amount to their 2009 taxes．WordBankmillionaire n．百万富翁adjust v．调整royalty n．版税best-selling adj．畅销的median adj．中等的( )1. The 0bamas_________．A．made less money in 2008 than in 2007 B．made more money in 2008 than in 2007C．underpaid their taxes by about$20,000D．paid over one-third of their adjusted income in federal taxes( )2. What did Michelle 0bama do last year?A．She earned over$60,000．B．She worked as an executive for the University of Chicago Hospitals.C．She was her husband’s campaign manager. D. She earned from her best-selling books both years. ( )3．Most of the money the Obamas made came from________.A．Barack’s job as an Illinois senator B．Barack’s job as PresidentMichelle’s job D．book royalties( )4．Who released this information?A．The Federal Tax Administration． B．A newspaper. C．The University of Chicago Hospitals．D．The White House．Reading B词数278 类别家庭生活难度★★★建议用时5’30’’实际用时Televi