Question

The Conservative Party leader David Cameron has been elected British Prime Minister. Labor Party’s Gordon Brown, the   36   Prime Minister, had to   37   the tears as he said his goodbyes outside of 10 Downing St. And Cameron is the youngest UK prime minister in almost 200 years.

According to electoral rules, the leader of the party that wins a majority in Parliament becomes the new prime minister and forms the new government. If no party wins a majority, a coalition (聯(lián)合) government   38   several parties may be formed. The head of the coalition party that   39   most seats in parliament probably becomes the new prime minister.

In Britain’s May 6 parliamentary   40  , Cameron’s Conservative Party won the most seats, but did not get a majority. After negotiations, with an agreement   41   between the Conservatives and the third-placed Liberal Democrats, a governing coalition was formed.

Cameron has grown   42   a shy primary school student with   43   school reports into a famous political   44  . He is reportedly a   45   of King William IV (1765 –1837). Cameron studied at the elite Eton College, for centuries the school   46   the choice for the nation’s wealthiest people to send their male children to. He went   47   to Oxford University, where he graduated with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.

Once at primary school, Cameron had the poorest school report in the class. At Eton, Cameron was a problem boy. In 1983, he was suspected of taking drugs. He was punished, and   48   ordered to copy 500 lines of Latin text. He   49   the incident and worked harder.

Cameron was very   50   at Oxford. He captained the tennis team there. He was a member of a dining society. After graduation, he   51   politics. In 2001 Cameron became a member of Parliament and in 2005, at the age of 38, was elected the leader of the Conservative Party.

Now he has been elected the head of a country   52   deep economic troubles. At least 1.3 million people have been   53   in the serious financial crisis. British voters will be looking to see   54   the program his party has proposed to deal with the problem   55   do anything to help.

36. A. latest                         B. current                    C. former                            D. latter

37. A. hold back                   B. hold off                   C. hold on                    D. hold out

38. A. is made up of             B. consisting of             C. is composed of          D. makes up of

39. A. holds                         B. takes                        C. includes                   D. contains

40. A. selection                    B. election                    C. conference                D. negotiation

41. A. reached                      B. arriving at                C. coming to                 D. establishing

42. A. with                          B. of                            C. from                        D. for

43. A. excellent                    B. poor                        C. average                    D. outstanding

44. A. people                       B. character                  C. image                      D. figure

45. A. son                            B. grandson                  C. relative                    D. descendent

46. A. is                                    B. has been                   C. had been                  D. being

47. A. on                             B. up                           C. down                       D. out

48. A. otherwise                   B. therefore                  C. nevertheless              D. however

49. A. survived from            B. recovered from         C. benefited from          D. changing from

50. A. silent                         B. positive                    C. active                       D. enthusiastic

51. A. took to                      B. toot after                  C. took off                   D. took over

52. A. faced                         B. facing with               C. faced with                D. faces

53. A. laid off                      B. laid down                 C. laid aside                  D. laid out

54. A. that                           B. what                        C. if                             D. how

55. A. can                            B. should                     C. must                        D. need

Answer 1

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