Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s greatest post-war prime minister, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke (a disease related to blood vessels in the brain), her family announced on 8 April 2013. Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed her death that morning.
Margaret Thatcher, daughter of a businessman and mayor of Grantham, was educated at the local grammar school, and at Oxford, where she got a degree in chemistry, and upon graduation she worked for four years as a research chemist. She then qualified as a lawyer in 1954.
As Miss Margaret Roberts, she stood twice in parliamentary (国会的) elections for the Conservative Party (保守党), before being elected (after her marriage) to the House of Commons in 1959.
When the Conservatives returned to office in June 1970, she was appointed secretary of state for education and science. After the Conservatives lost power in 1974, she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet (内阁), and was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975.
Baroness Thatcher became prime minister on 4 May 1979 and went on to earn the nickname “the Iron Lady”, becoming known for her strong responses to the political and economic crisis, which Thatcher’s supporters think are good for Britain, while her opposers argue that her policies destroyed British manufacturing.
Lady Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990. She will go down in history not only as Britain’s first female prime minister, but as the woman who changed Britain’s economy in addition to being an awesome rival on the international stage.
Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations try to copy and apply.
小题1:How old was Lady Thatcher when she became prime minister?小题2:Why did Lady Thatcher get the nickname “the Iron Lady”?| A．Because she was the first female prime minister in Britain. | | B．Because she took strong measures to deal with the crisis. | | C．Because she was strong enough to live a long life. | | D．Because her supporters credited (归功于) her with developing the British economy. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true about Lady Thatcher?| A．She died of a heart attack on 8 April 2013. | | B．She left behind many ideas about the role of the state. | | C．Not all the people are in favor of her policies. | | D．She governed Britain for 11 years. |
小题4:Which is the correct order of what happened in Thatcher’s life?
a. She became prime minister.
b. She was appointed secretary of state for education and science.
c. She was educated at a local grammar school.
d. She was elected leader of the Conservative Party.
e. She qualified as a lawyer.| A．e-c-b-d-a | B．c-e-d-b-a | | C．b-c-e-d-a | D．c-e-b-d-a |
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小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D |
试题分析：文章介绍了撒切尔夫人去世的消息，然后给读者讲述了撒切尔夫人的生平，包括收到的教育和政治生涯。
小题1:计算题：从第一段的句子：Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s greatest post-war prime minister, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke (a disease related to blood vessels in the brain), her family announced on 8 April 2013.可知撒切尔夫人出生于1926年，再由第五段的句子;Baroness Thatcher became prime minister on 4 May 1979 可知她是53岁当选英国首相的，选B
小题2:细节题：从第五段的句子：went on to earn the nickname “the Iron Lady”, becoming known for her strong responses to the political and economic crisis, which Thatcher’s supporters think are good for Britain, 可知因为对于危机的强硬的态度，她被人称为“铁娘子”，选B
小题3:细节题：从第一段的句子：Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s greatest post-war prime minister, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke (a disease related to blood vessels in the brain),可知撒切尔夫人不是死于心脏病，选A
小题4:排序题：从第二段的内容；可知撒切尔夫人先是在一个语法学校学习，然后做律师的，可以排除AC，再从第四段的内容，可知她先当了教育科学部的秘书长，然后做了保守党的领导。选D |
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I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and got into a game. I went to all the and showed up even when it was so that your ‘breath froze’ and when the otherplayers had decided to stay home. I felt I had enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise , so think about yourself in a way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my .
Once in a match, we our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little . But my mom’s words out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my work was paying off. I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the to score. The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had
gone home had me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I myself.
| 小题1: | | A．once | B．seldom | C．usually | D．even |
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| 小题2: | | A．meetings | B．shows | C．matches | D．practices |
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| 小题3: | | A．cloudy | B．wet | C．cold | D．windy |
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| 小题4: | | A．suffered | B．explained | C．planned | D．escaped |
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| 小题5: | | A．write | B．break | C．read | D．speak |
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| 小题6: | | A．noticing | B．gathering | C．hearing | D．analyzing |
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| 小题7: | | A．talkers | B．dreamers | C．attackers | D．losers |
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| 小题8: | | A．positive | B．familiar | C．brief | D．convenient |
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| 小题9: | | A．testing | B．improving | C．questioning | D．affecting |
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| 小题10: | | A．aim | B．taste | C．habit | D．attitude |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．controlled | C．practiced | D．continued |
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| 小题12: | | A．usual | B．safe | C．secret | D．private |
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| 小题14: | | A．annoyed | B．awkward | C．scared | D．bitter |
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| 小题15: | | A．put | B．rang | C．gave | D． stood |
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| 小题16: | | A．exact | B．extra | C．creative | D．casual |
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| 小题17: | | A．chance | B．message | C．order | D．note |
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| 小题18: | | A．spared | B．requested | C．prepared | D．sent |
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| 小题19: | | A．actions | B．reasons | C．words | D．promises |
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| 小题20: | | A．judge | B．express | C．comfort | D．doubt |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying something. The sorrow of my husband of 37 years was still too painful. And this grocery store held so many sweet . Bob often came with me and almost every time he"d to go off and look for something special. I"d always see him walking down the walkway the three yellow roses in his hands. Bob knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart with pain, I came to the meat shelf, I searched for the small steak and remembered how Bob had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was in a soft green dress. I as she picked up a large pack of T-bones, them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but , at these prices, I don"t know."
"My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. "Buy him the steaks. And value every you have together."
She smiled and I saw the feeling in her as she placed the package in her basket and away. I turned and pushed my cart forward too. Several minutes later I saw first the green suit and then the pretty lady coming to me. In her arms she carried something. On her face was the smile I had ever seen.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and welled down. "These are for you, " she said and placed three beautiful yellow roses in my arms. She placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what the roses , but still unable to speak. I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my . I looked down at the beautiful roses and found it almost . How did she know?
Suddenly the seemed so clear. I wasn"t alone. "Oh, Bob, you haven"t me, have you?" I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
| 小题1: | | A．losing | B．leaving | C．passing | D．failing |
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| 小题2: | | A．flowers | B．roses | C．memories | D．thoughts |
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| 小题3: | | A．decide | B．happen | C．refuse | D．pretend |
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| 小题4: | | A．by | B．with | C．during | D．between |
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| 小题5: | | A．full | B．filled | C．pleased | D．crowded |
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| 小题6: | | A．very | B．beautiful | C．pretty | D．perfect |
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| 小题7: | | A．watched | B．saw | C．found | D．glared |
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| 小题8: | | A．fell | B．carried | C．dropped | D．took |
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| 小题9: | | A．exactly | B．generally | C．usually | D．honestly |
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| 小题10: | | A．moment | B．dinner | C．time | D．year |
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| 小题11: | | A．hands | B．eyes | C．voice | D．basket |
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| 小题12: | | A．left | B．ran | C．slipped | D．wheeled |
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| 小题13: | | A．realized | B．recognized | C．received | D．thought |
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| 小题14: | | A．saddest | B．funniest | C．brightest | D．strangest |
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| 小题15: | | A．words | B．tears | C．feelings | D．sweats |
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| 小题16: | | A．stood | B．described | C．meant | D．designed |
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| 小题17: | | A．sight | B．cart | C．roses | D．package |
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| 小题18: | | A．unknown | B．uncommon | C．unreal | D．unlike |
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| 小题19: | | A．question | B．answer | C．case | D．puzzle |
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| 小题20: | | A．missed | B．disappointed | C．hated | D．forgotten |
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When Russell Lyons volunteered for the first time, he read Goodnight Moon to a class of San Diego preschoolers. And it wasn’t reading－he’d memorized the book and was reciting it out loud. He was 4. Still, he said it felt good up there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. He wanted more of that feeling.
Thirteen years later, he’s getting a lot of it. He’s on a five-month road trip across America－not sightseeing, but volunteering.
The University City resident has spent time at an animal reserve in Utah, a women’s shelter in St. Louis, a soup kitchen in New York, a retirement home in Tucson. This week he’s in Los Angeles, at a program that supports disabled youth.
“I just like helping people and feeling that something I do is making a difference,” he said. He resists the idea that his “Do Good Adventure” is all that unusual. It bothers him that the media often describes young people as lazy, self-centered and materialistic. So he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement, too. “About 55 percent of teens do volunteer work, higher than the rate of adults,” he said, according to a 2002 study. “Not everybody knows that.”
Of course, some teens do volunteer work because it looks impressive on their college applications. Lyons said he mentioned his trip on his submissions. But charity work is a habit with him. Even before the cross country trip, he was volunteering abut 200 hours a year at various places. He’s made sandwiches for homeless families in Washington D.C.. He’s taught math to fifth-graders in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
He gets some of that drive from his mother, Leslye Lyons, who has been involved in nonprofits for much of her life. She was there when her son “read” to the preschoolers－a memory of hers “that will never go away.”
小题1: What did Russell Lyons think of his first volunteering?| A．Creative. | B．Impressive. | C．Persuasive. | D．Imaginative. |
小题2:The third paragraph is meant to ______.| A．indicate Russell Lyons is working as a volunteer | | B．introduce some tourist attractions across America | | C．appeal to volunteers to offer help to those in need | | D．show volunteers are needed in all parts of America |
小题3: According to Paragraph 4, Russell Lyons is against the idea that ______.| A．what he has done is common | | B．most teens do volunteer work | | C．young people don’t work hard | | D．adults prefer to be volunteers |
小题4:Russell Lyons has been doing volunteer work because ______. | A．it is necessary for college applications | | B．he ought to keep his promise to Momit | | C．he likes the feeling of being praised | | D．has become a natural part of his life |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I will never forget that night, when I pulled into my drivewayafter a busy day of school and baby-sitting. I still to write a physics paper, which must be handed in the next day. There were many things on my mind. At that time I was having many problems with my family and friends, I was in a very bad mood (心情). And I was unhappy with and the way that my life was going. A major I was struggling with was drug (毒品) use. For two years I had been smoking marijuana (大麻) and got used to it, could not stop. I did not let drugs affect my grades or personality, but it made a (n) in how I thought about myself. I had always been a good kid and still tried to be, but drugs brought me . I frequently thought about drugs were not something I wanted as part of my life. I wanted to but I was frightened to make it.
I looked up at the sky as I got out of my . The moon gave off tiny beams of light. The sky was a dark, ink-black colour millions of stars. I stood outside in the cool fall air for what seemed a long time of heaven and . The joy that I had not for ages came upon me. I closed my eyes to decide if this dream could be . I slowly opened my eyes and caught a shooting star (流星) flying over treetops. Tears fell from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks. I had the true beauty of nature. Those few helped me find the to change.
It is not easy to make the decision to stop using drugs. It is even harder to stop . Giving it up has given me hope and a reason to be myself. It has helped me grow and more mature (成熟).
| 小题1: | | A．promised | B．had | C．wished | D．stopped |
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| 小题3: | | A．my family | B．my homework | C．my friends | D．myself |
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| 小题4: | | A．problem | B．situation | C．subject | D．condition |
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| 小题5: | | A．while | B．or | C．but | D．rather |
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| 小题6: | | A．difference | B．effort | C．plan | D．mistake |
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| 小题9: | | A．escape | B．change | C．live | D．forget |
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| 小题10: | | A．way | B．house | C．school | D．car |
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| 小题12: | | A．sadness | B．luck | C．happiness | D．regret |
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| 小题13: | | A．received | B．learned | C．known | D．felt |
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| 小题14: | | A．real | B．surprising | C．useless | D．helpful |
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| 小题15: | | A．recognized | B．seen | C．guessed | D．imagined |
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| 小题16: | | A．minutes | B．stars | C．thoughts | D．nights |
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| 小题17: | | A．fact | B．courage | C．reason | D．chance |
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| 小题18: | | A．actually | B．simply | C．gradually | D．quickly |
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| 小题19: | | A．crazy about | B．afraid of | C．proud of | D．angry with |
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When I was in the seventh grade, I was a candy striper (义工) at a local hospital in my town. I volunteered(自愿做) about 30 to 40 hours a week during the summer.
Most of the time I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any visitors, and nobody seemed to care about his condition. I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, even though he responded with only an occasional squeeze (紧握) of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma (昏迷).
I left for a week for a vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was gone. I didn’t have the courage to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might tell me he had died. So with many questions unanswered, I continued to volunteer there through my eighth-grade year.
Several years later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I realized who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was alive! I got up the nerve to ask him if he was Mr. Gillespie, and if he had been in a coma about five years ago. With an uncertain look on his face, he replied yes. I explained how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking to him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever received.
He began to tell me how, as he lay there comatose (昏睡的), he could hear me talking to him and could feel me holding his hand the whole time. He thought it was an angel(天使), who was there with him. Mr. Gillespie firmly believed that it was my voice and touch that had kept him alive. Then he told me about his life. We exchanged a hug, said our good-byes and went our separate ways.
Although I haven’t seen him since, he fills my heart with joy every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death. As importantly, he has made a great difference in my life. I will never forget him and what he did for me: He made me an angel.
小题1: When the author volunteered at a local hospital, she .| A．mainly helped the nurses with their paper work | | B．made up her mind to become a nurse herself one day | | C．spent most of her time taking care of a man in a coma | | D．became friends with Mr. Gillespie’s visitors |
小题2:The author didn’t ask where Mr. Gillespie had gone because .| A．she knew for sure that he had recovered | | B．she forgot all about him when she returned to the hospital | | C．she had been concerned that he might stay in coma forever | | D．she feared that he might have died |
小题3:Judging from the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．The author continued her volunteer work in the hospital until seventh-grade. | | B．The author met Mr. Gillespie at a gas station several years later. | | C．Mr. Gillespie recognized the author’s voice the moment he met her. | | D．No one in the hospital believed that Mr. Gillespie would recover from his coma. |
小题4:Which of the following statements best summarizes the point of the story?| A．Those with faith in themselves will succeed. | | B．If you spread happiness you will be happy yourself. | | C．Respect people and they will try hard to improve. | | D．Kindness is loving people more than they deserve. |
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