Question

Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to from her shock.

One day when she was to at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the of her missing son again. She was mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were her cheeks she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had to do their best to help her find her son. With that she down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as . It was a very scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s love, a that is common to all human race.

Later Mark returned to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, , broke down again and was sobbing for a second time.

1.A. outstandingB. busy C. calm D. considerate

2.A. seem B. talk C. doD. pretend

3.A. construction B. controlC. discussion D. pressure

4.A. respond B. relieve C. reduce D. recover

5.A. arrive B. eat C. speakD. read

6.A. subject B. object C. theme D. message

7.A. hardly B. totally C. partly D. mostly

8.A. putting down B. taking off C. getting off D. rolling down

9.A. because B. thoughC. ifD. as

10.A. permittedB. admittedC. promised D. managed

11.A. fellB. wentC. broke D. brought

12.A. agreedB. planned C. announcedD. explained

13.A. moving B. shocking C. interestingD. serious

14.A. quality B. action C. position D. character

15.A. livelyB. likelyC. lovelyD. motherly

16.A. habit B. hobby C. feeling D. thought

17.A. hungry and tired B. safe and funny C. safe and soundD. tired and sleepy

18.A. as if B. even ifC. so that D. if only

19.A. thereforeB. however C. besides D. thus

20.A. made B. heard C. felt D. seen

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.D

16.C

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個撒切爾夫人和她兒子的故事。撒切爾夫人的兒子馬克在撒哈拉大沙漠參加摩托車競賽時失蹤了，這個消息對這個平時鎮(zhèn)定、從容的總理來說，是很大的一個打擊。在被記者問到這件事時，她竟然感情失控，痛哭了起來。后來，馬克安然無恙的回來時，她又激動的哭了。

1.and unhurried”可知，所填詞與unhurried同義，A突出的；B繁忙的；C冷靜的；D考慮周到的。故選C。

2.as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual”可知，她假裝很鎮(zhèn)定，A似乎；B談論；C做；D假裝。故選D。

3.she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under 她已經(jīng)不再是那個把一切都掌控在內的總理了。have sth under contral在控制之內，A建設；B控制；C討論；D壓力。故選B。

4.Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to from her shock.相反，她已經(jīng)成了一個很傷心的母親，不能從震驚中恢復過來。A反應；B緩解，減輕；C減少；D恢復。故選D。

5.a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the...”可知，在她要發(fā)表談話的午餐聚會上，一個記者趁不注意提出了那個問題，A到達；B吃；C說話；D讀，看。故選C。

6.bringing up the of her missing son again一個記者再次提出了她兒子消失的話題，A主題，話題，學科；B物體，目標，對象；C主題；D信息。故選A。

7.She was mentally unprepared for the question因為是記者突然提出的問題，她完全沒有心理準備，A幾乎不；B完全；C部分地；D大部分，主要地。故選B。

8.Tears were her cheeks眼淚順著她的臉頰流了下來，A放下；B起飛，脫下，成功；C下車；D滾下。故選D。

9. she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark當她哽咽地告訴記者還沒有馬克的消息時，眼淚順著臉頰流下來。A因為；B盡管；C如果；D當，隨著，正如。故選D。

10.She said that all the countries concerned had to do their best to help her find her son.她說，相關國家都答應盡最大努力尋找她的兒子。A允許；B承認；C答應，承諾；D設法做成。故選C。

11.With that she down completely說完這些話之后，她完全失控大哭起來，break down感情失控，A下降；B去；C打破；D帶來。故選C。

12.Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as .慢慢地，她冷靜了下來，并開始按照原先計劃好的說了起來，A同意；B計劃；C宣布；D解釋。故選B。

13.It was a very scene 總理痛哭的場面讓人動容，A令人感動的；B令人震驚的；C有趣的；D嚴重的。故選A。

14.which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s the public do not usually see總理痛哭的場面也向公眾展現(xiàn)了總理性格的另一面，A質量，品質；B行動；C職務；D性格特點。故選D。

15.People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s love人們開始討論堅強女性慈母般的愛，A活潑的；B可能的；C可愛的；D慈愛的。故選D。

16.a that is common to all human race母愛是人類共有的一種感情，A習慣；B愛好；C感覺，感情；D想法。故選C。

17.Later Mark returned to his mother’s side后來，馬克安然無恙地回到了媽媽身邊，A又累又餓；B既安全又有趣；C安然無恙；D又累又困。故選C。

18.good-humored and all smiles as usual nothing unusual had ever happened像往常一樣的幽默感和笑容，就像什么都沒發(fā)生過一樣，A似乎；B即使；C以便于；D要是......就好了。故選A。

19.The Iron Woman, , broke down again但是，這個堅強的女性再次失控了，A因此；B然而；C而且；D因此。故選B。

20.was sobbing for a second time有人看到她再次哽咽，sb be seen doing sth某人被看到正在做某事，A制造，做；B聽見；C感覺；D看見。故選D。

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