David Rockefeller died in his sleep at his New York home on March 20, 2017. According to Forbes, he was 101, the ______ billionaire on 2017 world's richest list.

The Rockefeller family is an American industrial and banking family. It was one of the world's largest fortunes in the oil business during the early 20th century. They are one of the most _______families in the history of the United States.

David Rockefeller, the grandson of America's first billionaire John D. Rockefeller, was born in New York City on June 12, 1915. He ______ his studies of Science from Harvard University in 1936, and then furthered his education in the University of Chicago, where he received a Ph.D. in economics in 1940.

He ______ in North Africa and France in military intelligence during World War II. After returning to the United States, Rockefeller began a great

___ in banking. During the 1970s Rockefeller was chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and helped solve New York City's financial problems in the middle of the 1970s.

By the time he retired in 1981, David Rockefeller was ______ as 'RULER OF THE WORLD' in banking, education, foreign relations and public service. He developed good _____with world leaders, _____ South African President Nelson Mandela and China's Deng Xiaoping.

David Rockefeller, along with The Rockefeller family, developed close generational ties with China over the past 100 years. His life witnessed (見(jiàn)證) the century-long connection with China. The Rockefeller foundation (基金會(huì)) put money in China's science, medicine, and higher education. They bought the Union Medical School and renamed it the "Peking Union Medical College." The foundation_____a first-class school of medicine in China. They also introduced the US Johns Hopkins model to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京協(xié)和醫(yī)院) which remains one of the_______hospitals in China today.

1.A. youngest B. oldest C. strongest

2.A. traditional B. valuable C. powerful

3.A. completed B. graduated C. prepared

4.A. ordered B. offered C. served

5.A. invention B. career C. discovery

6.A. considered B. promised C. reminded

7.A. conversations B. development C. relationships

8.A. instead of B. including C. besides

9.A. built up B. put up C. gave up

10.A. cleanest B. cheapest C. finest

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