Question

【題目】The Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady, was one of the toughest political women in the world.

As the daughter of a businessman and mayor of Grantham, Margaret was educated at a very famous grammar school. 【1】 Upon graduation, she worked for four years as a research chemist. She then became a lawyer, doing an excellent job in taxation law, in 1954. Miss Margaret stood twice in elections for the Conservative Party before being elected to the House of Commons(下議院) in 1959. 【2】 After that she quickly became a spokesman for her party, and member of the Shadow Cabinet(影子內(nèi)閣).

【3】 Thatcher spent quite a lot of time visiting schools and universities, who encouraged people to be creative. After the Conservatives lost power in 1974, she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet. She was elected leader of the Conservative Party in the following year. In May 1979, she became Britain’s first female prime minister, after the Conservatives regained power from Labor.

【4】 She fought against labor organizations. According to a figure reported by her government, traditional industries were reduced to around 15,000 in total and she also made social housing and public transport private.

She left office on November 28, 1990 after she failed to carry out a fixed rate local tax, which led to huge popular protest from within her party. In 1992, she was appointed to the House of Lords(上議院), as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. In the last few years of her life, she has been busy with writing and public speech. This caused her increasingly poor health. 【5】

A. She got a degree in chemistry at Oxford University.

B. Also she built strong association with US President Reagan.

C. In June 1970, she became secretary of state for education and science.

D. In power, she was best known for her reducing Britain’s traditional industries.

E. Therefore, she had to give up many chances of attending public activities.

F. Thatcher was appointed as a Minister in 1961.

G. Thatcher was well-known as a female leader.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】F

【3】C

【4】D

【5】E

【解析】本文對Margaret Thatcher的生平進行了簡單的介紹。

【1】根據(jù)后文Upon graduation, she worked for four years as a research chemist. 可推知，前一空格是講她在牛津大學(xué)獲得了化學(xué)學(xué)位，故選A。

【2】根據(jù)后文After that she quickly became a spokesman for her party, and member of the Shadow Cabinet(影子內(nèi)閣). 可推知，前一句是講Thatcher被任命為部長，故選F。

【3】根據(jù)Thatcher spent quite a lot of time visiting schools and universities, who encouraged people to be creative. 可推知，前一句是說她成為國家教育科學(xué)部的部長，所以才會有后面頻繁訪問學(xué)校和大學(xué)的活動。故選C。

【4】根據(jù)后文According to a figure reported by her government, traditional industries were reduced to around 15,000 in total and she also made social housing and public transport private. 可知，她當權(quán)時，最出名的就是減少了英國的傳統(tǒng)工業(yè)和推行私有化，故D項概括本文主要內(nèi)容，符合語境，本段其他內(nèi)容是對D項的進一步說明。

【5】根據(jù)In the last few years of her life, she has been busy with writing and public speech. This caused her increasingly poor health. 可知，她忙于寫作和公共演講使得她的身體健康狀況越來越差，因此她不得不放棄許多參加公共活動的機會。E項是前面她的活動的自然結(jié)果，故選E。