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In an event comparable to that of Winston Churchill"s funeral in 1965, Thatcher"s coffin will be carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage through streets lined with admirers from parliament to the city"s most famous cathedral.
The bells of London"s symbolic Big Ben clock tower will fall silent for the first time since Churchill"s funeral and more than 700 men and women from Britain"s armed forces will honor a woman who led them to victory in the 1982 Falklands War as foreign politicians from around 170 nations look on.
Surveys have shown that many are unhappy that the estimated l0-million($15 million)pound bill for the funeral is being picked up by the taxpayer, while some left-wing lawmakers say the luxurious funeral is too expensive.
But her admirers, of whom there are many in her party and in southern England, argue that her historical profile deserves such a funeral. She was the country"s first and only woman premier, was Britain"s longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, and won three general elections.
More than 2,300 mourners will attend including 11 serving prime ministers from around the world, the British government"s entire cabinet, two heads of state and 17 foreign ministers.
But there will be notable absences. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is too ill to attend and Nancy Reagan, the widow of Thatcher"s great U·S. ally Ronald Reagan, is also unable to come.
Thatcher struck up a close relationship with Reagan during the Cold War, backed the first President George Bush during the 1991 Gulf War, and was among the first to discover that Gorbachev was a man she could "do business with. ”
Covered in the red, white and blue British flag, Thatcher"s coffin lay overnight in a 13th-century church in Britain"s parliament, a forum she dominated for years.
小题1:From the passage we know that Big Ben clock tower will fall silent to .
| A．get repaired for the first time |
| B．honour the passing away of the great woman |
| C．tell the specific time to the public |
| D．welcome the officials from all over the world |
| A．Mikhail Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan. |
| B．Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan. |
| C．Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan. |
| D．George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| A．strong and smart | B．weak and disappointing |
| C．aggressive and warlike | D．stubborn and luxurious |
| A．The legend of Thatcher, the “Iron Lady". |
| B．Why Big Ben falls silent for the first time? |
| C．Who will pay for such a luxurious funeral? |
| D．London will witness its biggest political funeral. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
解析
试题分析：这是一篇新闻报道，该文报道了伦敦将于当地时间本周三（4月17日）在圣保罗大教堂为前首相撒切尔夫人举办半个世纪以来最盛大的政治葬礼的有关信息。
小题1:B 推理判断题。根据常识我们知道“葬礼进行期间，伦敦大本钟将处于静音状态”是对“这位伟大女性逝世的纪念”。AC选项是“无中生有”；D选项是“张冠李戴”，均可以排除。
小题2:A细节理解题。根据“Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is too ill to attend and Nancy
Reagan, the widow of Thatcher"s great U·S. ally Ronald Reagan, is also unable to come.”我们知道：前苏联***米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫病重不能出席葬礼；前美国总统里根的遗孀南希•里根也无法出席葬礼。故选择答案A。
小题3:A推理判断题。从首段中“Margaret Thatcher, better known as the ‘Iron Lady’ "可知撒切尔夫人被认为是“铁娘子”说明她“strong强硬”；根据第五段中“She was the country"s first and only woman premier, was Britain"s longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, and won three general elections.(她是英国首位也是唯一一位女首相，是20世纪在任时间最长的首相，曾经赢得过三次选举)” 可以推断撒切尔夫人是一个“睿智聪明”的人。其余三个选项“ B. 软弱的和令人失望的、C.具有攻击性的和好战的、D.固执的和生活奢侈的”均不对。
小题4:D 主旨大意题。一般说来新闻报道的第一句话或第一段就已经明确点明了主题。将这个主题浓缩一下就是新闻报道的标题。第一段说：伦敦将于当地时间本周三（4月17日）在圣保罗大教堂为前首相撒切尔夫人举办半个世纪以来最盛大的政治葬礼。将其浓缩一下就是：London will witness its biggest political funeral(伦敦将见证他的最盛大的政治葬礼)。
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试题【London will stage its biggest political funeral in almost half a century on Wedn】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska--The 2004 winner of Alaska’s famous 1,000-mile sled-dog race, the Iditarod, won again at age 53 to become the oldest champion in 2013, a year after his son became the youngest winner.
Mitch Seavey got his dogs to the finishing line first in 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes and 56 seconds. His son, Dallas Seavey, now 26, ended up ranking fourth, behind the older competitor, 43-year-old Aliy Zirkle, who followed four-time champion Jeff King, now 57.
Mitch Seavey, who lives in Seward, Alaska, operates a seasonal sled-dog touring business. The race was Mitch Seavey’s 20th Iditarod.
This year’s contest was marked by unusual conditions and unseasonable rain in the northern part of the trail, and conditions that Seavey said helped his team. “It seems like the tougher it is, the better we can do.”
He also thought highly of Zirkle, a New England immigrant（移民）who now lives in Two Rivers, Alaska. “She’s a great musher（赶狗拉雪橇的人）, and she’s going to win the Iditarod sometime, and probably more than once. We just had a little more energy, I think.” Zirkle, one of the most popular mushers, was greeted by shouts of “Aliy, Ally” from the fans as she drove her dog team approaching the finishing line on Nome’s Front Street. “I am pretty happy to be here,” she said. “I was going for it.”
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is one of the few major U. S. sports events in which men and women compete on an equal footing. The name “Iditarod” dates from a local Athabascan term meaning “a far, distant place”. Youthful mushers in the race may have some physical advantages--they can do some things more easily. But more importantly, winning the race needs the experience in dog race.
The year’s event started on Saturday, March 2 with a ceremonial nm in Anchorage. Of the 66 mushers who started the race, 10 had dropped out of competition as of Tuesday night. For his victory, Mitch Seavey will take home $50,400 and a new truck.
小题1:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Mitch Seavey is the oldest competitor in the sled-dog race in 2013. |
| B．Mitch Seavey, who operates a touring business, is a New England immigrant. |
| C．Mitch Seavey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2004 and 2013. |
| D．Mitch Seavey managed to help his son become the youngest winner in 2012. |
| A．On Saturday, March 2. | B．On Monday, March 11. |
| C．On Saturday, March 9. | D．On Tuesday, March 13. |
| A．Aliy Zirkle. | B．Dallas Seavey. |
| C．Mitch Seavey. | D．Jeff King. |
| A．the sled-dog race is the most important sports event in the US |
| B．experience also has a major influence on the result of the race besides age |
| C．men and women can’t compete in the sled-dog race together at the same time |
| D．all the athletes in the sled-dog race are limited by age to win the sled-dog race |
小题1:This news story is mainly about________ .
| A．when the contest started |
| B．how the contest got its name |
| C．the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest |
| D．the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest |
| A．1986 | B．1987 | C．1995 | D．1997 |
| A．felt proud of the gold medal winners |
| B．wondered if the students were honest |
| C．thought that the problems were too difficult for the students |
| D．believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university |
| A．work out | B．add up | C．guess | D．study |
It is not even called time travel; rather the Chinese people refer it as time crossover．Time crossover has been an extremely popular theme for online novels for years(in fact , it is an indispensible part of China’s online culture), and didn’t get picked up by TV and the big screen until recent two years．Most of time-travel dramas and movies are adapted from popular online novels and like in other cases adaptations are never better than the original books．
The main plot of time-travel novels or TV dramas can be very well summarized in one sentence: from nobody to somebody．Time travel in China is more about escaping from the reality than about realizing wild dreams．
In China , there is no need of time machine either．People travel backwards in time via the possession of antiques presence at historical places of interest encounter of life-threatening accidents or simple a look into the mirror．Some time-travel novels even start with “I wanted to go back to history so much that one morning when I opened my eyes I was back．” Technology is not relevant at all．
Though China is not short of histories to go back to, people have their own preferences and it is pretty much a gender （性别）thing．If the main character is male then he usually goes back to special times in history when he is able to help build up or tear up a dynasty．A typical example is A Step Into the Past(寻秦记), the first time-travel TV drama in China, which tells the story of how a SWAT member helps to unite China and build up Qin Dynasty ．
On the other hand , female characters primarily go back to Qing Dynasty partly because Qing Dynasty has the most number of princes to fall in love with．Yongzheng Emperor is the favorite．As can be seen in Startling by Each Step（步步惊心）, a Qing time crossover classic, a girl goes back to Qing Dynasty and falls in love with Yongzheng Emperor and his brothers．
小题1:As for time travel in China, which of the following ideas does the writer agree to ?
| A．it is complicated and can be classified into science fiction. |
| B．it is often based on the familiar story in history. |
| C．it sometimes messes up the times and social orders. |
| D．it always occurs in any times but the time before. |
| A．analyze why the time -travel TV dramas are banned in China |
| B．introduce the characteristics of the time-travel TV dramas in China |
| C．show the difference between time travel in China and in other cultures |
| D．advise people to watch the time-travel TV dramas in China |
| A．China now has banned any forms of productions about time travel |
| B．adapted from online novels, time-travel TV and movie productions enjoy more praise |
| C．the main character always follows a set pattern in the time-travel TV dramas in China |
| D．all the time-travel productions are about heroes and their success |
| A．prove author’s view | B．introduce the topic |
| C．give an example | D．work as a topic sentence |
In a letter to readers, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., the publisher of the paper, laid out the details of the paywall, which he said will go into effect immediately in Canada and on March 28th for the rest of the world. He called the move “an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in the Times, one that will strengthen our ability to provide high-quality journalism to readers around the world and on any platform.”
Sulzberger said that readers will be able to read 20 articles per month at no charge. Once they click on the 21st piece, however, they’ll be presented with three payment options: $ 15 for four weeks of online and mobile application access, $ 20 for access to the site and the iPad application, or $ 35 for access to everything. People who already receive the printed paper through home delivery will enjoy free and unlimited access to the Times on all platforms.
These details largely agree with earlier reports on how the paywall would work. The Times had made it clear that it did not want to imitate the total paywalls put into effect by papers such as The Times of London and Newsday, which block access to all contents unless the reader pays.
The paper also signaled that it wants to stay relevant in the social media world. According to Sulzberger"s announcement, people who come to the Times site from Facebook, Twitter or from blogs will be able to read those articles even if they have gone over their monthly limit.
However, Sulzberger said that a limit will be placed on “some search engines”, meaning that after readers have accessed a certain number of articles from search engines, any further articles they access from there will be added to their monthly count. It was reported that the only search engine that will be affected this way is Google, where there will be a five-article limit. This marks a clear attempt by the Times to close what could be a giant loophole （漏洞）, since so much online traffic is directed through Google. But it also presents a risk for the Times for the same reason.
Sulzberger seems well aware of the risk. “The challenge now is to put a price on our work without walling ourselves off from the global network,” he said, adding that the Times must “continue to engage with the widest possible audience.”
小题1:The author’s main purpose in the text is to _______.
| A．describe research findings | B．report a piece of news |
| C．make advertisements | D．suggest a solution |
| A．It wants to stay relevant in the social media world. |
| B．It has too many readers coming from the other sites. |
| C．It is seeking new financial sources for its development. |
| D．It is trying a way to offer better service to its readers. |
| A．Those subscribing to the printed newspapers |
| B．Readers clicking through from Facebook. |
| C．Those using Google research engine |
| D．Readers paying $ 35 a month. |
| A．It may bring the Times more competition with the other media |
| B．It may stop the Times connecting to the global network |
| C．It may block the readers from the other websites |
| D．It may result in huge drops in papers" online readership |
Senator(参议员) Charles Schumer said in a telephone interview that his office had spoken with officials at both Apple and Google on Monday.
“We asked them if they could find a way on their own to prevent Apple from having access to private information,” Mr. Schumer said. “They were friendly and open to the idea that this ought to be changed.”
On Sunday, Mr. Schumer said that he planned to send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking the agency to investigate Apple and Google after the privacy concerns came to light. Claudia Bourne Farrell, an F.T.C. spokeswoman, said the agency had received the letter but she could not comment further.
“It worries people to think that one’s personal photos, address book, and who knows what else can be obtained and even posted online without permission,” Mr. Schumer wrote in his letter to the F.T.C. “If the technology exists to open the door to this kind of privacy invasion（入侵）, then surely technology exists to close it, and that’s exactly what must happen.”
Mr. Schumer said if Apple and Google could not come to an agreement to fix the problem, then he would be forced to take the issue further.
He said other companies had been willing to work with his office to fix issues. “I’m optimistic that we can get this changed without any regulation,” he said. “If it’s not changed, then we’ll turn to the F.T.C., and if that doesn’t work then we’llconsider legislative approach.”
The F.T.C. has warned companies to try to be more vigilant(警醒的) in their efforts to protect consumers when it comes to privacy.
小题1:The senators spoke with officials at both Apple and Google___________.
| A．to discuss whether it is illegal to have access to private information. |
| B．to urge them not to invade consumers’ privacy. |
| C．to stop them from developing the technology of taking photos. |
| D．to keep them from obtaining the location information for each photo. |
| A．Privacy invasion from Apple has existed for a long time. |
| B．Privacy invasion from Google has existed for a long time. |
| C．Mr. Schumer takes the privacy concerns caused by Apple and Google seriously. |
| D．Apple and Google have decided to make a change. |
A. causes privacy invasion to happen frequently.
B. can be used if permitted.
C.causes personal information to be posted online without permission.
D.causes people to worry about the safety of their personal information .
小题4:If the privacy concerns can’t be solved with the help of the F.T.C., ___________.
A.The senators will turn to legislation.
B. The companies will be closed.
C.The companies will be fined.
D. The senators will force the companies not to invade privacy.
小题5:Where can we read about the passage?
| A．In a science report. | B．In a magazine |
| C．In a newspaper. | D．In a textbook. |
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