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.
| 小题1: | | A．outstanding | B．busy | C．calm | D．considerate |
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| 小题2: | | A．seem | B．talk | C．do | D．pretend |
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| 小题3: | | A．construction | B．control | C．discussion | D．pressure |
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| 小题4: | | A．respond | B．relieve | C．reduce | D．recover |
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| 小题5: | | A．arrive | B．eat | C．speak | D．read |
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| 小题6: | | A．subject | B．object | C．theme | D．message |
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| 小题7: | | A．hardly | B．totally | C．partly | D．mostly |
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| 小题8: | | A．putting down | B．taking off | C．getting off | D．rolling down |
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| 小题9: | | A．because | B．though | C．if | D．as |
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| 小题10: | | A．permitted | B．admitted | C．promised | D．managed |
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| 小题11: | | A．fell | B．went | C．broke | D．brought |
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| 小题12: | | A．agreed | B．planned | C．announced | D．explained |
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| 小题13: | | A．moving | B．shocking | C．interesting | D．serious |
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| 小题14: | | A．quality | B．action | C．position | D．character |
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| 小题15: | | A．lively | B．likely | C．lovely | D．motherly |
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| 小题16: | | A．habit | B．hobby | C．feeling | D．thought |
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| 小题17: | | A．hungry and tired | B．safe and funny | C．safe and sound | D．tired and sleepy |
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| 小题18: | | A．as if | B．even if | C．so that | D．if only |
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| 小题19: | | A．therefore | B．however | C．besides | D．thus |
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| 小题20: | | A．made | B．heard | C．felt | D．seen |
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