Question

13．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．（71）AUpon 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 （保守黨） before being elected to the House of Commons （下議院） in 1959．（72）FAfter that she quickly became a spokesman for her party，and member of the Shadow Cabinet （影子內(nèi)閣）．
 （73）CThatcher 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．
 （74）EShe 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，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．（75）D

A．She got a degree in chemistry at Oxford University．
B．Also she built strong association with US President Raegan．
C．In June 1970，she became secretary of state for education and science．
D．Therefore，she had to give up many chances of attending public activities．
E．In power，she was best known for her reducing Britain's traditional industries．
F．Thatcher was appointed as a Minister in 1961．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了Margaret Thatcher，世界上最嚴(yán)厲的政治女性之一，一生的經(jīng)歷．

解答 71．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)前文As the daughter of a businessman and mayor of Grantham，Margaret was educated at a very famous grammar school可知她在牛津大學(xué)獲得了化學(xué)學(xué)位；故選A．
72．F．推理判斷題．根據(jù)前文Miss Margaret stood twice in elections for the Conservative Party （保守黨） before being elected to the House of Commons （下議院） in 1959可知Thatcher于1961被任命為部長(zhǎng)；故選F．
73．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)后文Thatcher spent quite a lot of time visiting schools and universities，who encouraged people to be creative可知1970六月，她成為教育和科學(xué)國務(wù)秘書；故選C．
74．E．推理判斷題．根據(jù)后文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可知因在權(quán)力方面，她最出名的是她減少了英國的傳統(tǒng)工業(yè)；故選E．
75．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)前文In the last few years of her life，she has been busy with writing and public speech．This caused her increasingly poor health可知因此，她不得不放棄參加公共活動(dòng)的許多機(jī)會(huì)；故選D．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 七選五閱讀是完成性閱讀，和完形填空很類似，不同的是一個(gè)選詞，一個(gè)選句子．解題時(shí)，要注意上下文語境，充分考慮信息詞（選項(xiàng)中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的詞），選出最符合語境的句子．