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