The world’s wealthiest working actress is a former kindergarten teacher with such keen investing acumen that she’s been nicknamed “China’s show-business Buffett” by her country’s media.

Combining brains and beauty with a Midas touch, Zhao Wei has got her TV and movie acting salaries and her smart investment moves into a personal fortune that recently zoomed past the billion dollar mark.

As one of China’s biggest stars, Zhao has earned millions from her acting roles, and even more from an extraordinary range of brand endorsements. 

Zhao’s biggest and most lucrative score has been her December, 2014 investment in close friend Jack Ma’s Alibaba Pictures Group. Back in June, 2014, Ma had got a 61 percent stake in a money losing movie operation, then called ChinaVision, at a valuation of $10.4 billion Hong Kong dollars. To boost the stock market value of his investment, Ma, a novice in the film business, asked Zhao Wei to bring a touch of celebrity to the film unit.

According to a Hong Kong stock exchange filing, Zhao purchased a 9.18 percent stake in Alibaba Pictures for HKD 3.1 billion through Gold Ocean Media, an investment company she owns with her husband. Six months later, making Zhao’s stake worth $880 million. 

Born in eastern China’s mountainous Anhui province, Zhao has claimed that she never planned to become famous, explaining, “I thought actresses had to be beautiful, and I thought I was ordinary.” 

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1.What does Zhao Wei do?

A A teacher

B An actress

C A film maker

D A director

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第1段第1句“The world’s wealthiest working actress”可知。

2.When did Zhao Wei invest ChinaVision?

A In June

B In October

C In December

D In November

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第4段第2句“Back in June, 2014, Ma had got a 61 percent stake in a money losing movie operation, then called ChinaVision,”可知。

3.Where was Zhao Wei born?

A In Shanghai

B In Beijing

C In Nanjing

D In Anhui

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章最后1段“Born in eastern China’s mountainous Anhui province,”可知是安徽。

4.The underlined word boost means_______ in Chinese.

A 提高

B 宣泄

C 削减

D 吹捧

解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。根据文章第4段“the stock market value of his investment,”可知。

5.Where can you see the passage?

A In a fashion magazine.

B In a postcard

C In an advertisement

D In a scientist book

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。全文都在讲赵薇的事，而她是一个演员，故可能从流行杂志上看到。