One of the Queen’s closest relatives and oldest friends was allowed to give a deep description into the family life of the Royals. Although there have been hundreds of other books declaring to offer a quick look behind the Palace doors, this is the first written by someone who is closely related to the Royal Family and has shared their lives—not only throughout the Queen’s reign (统治) but also through that of her father, King George VI.

The Final Curtsey was written by her Majesty’s cousin and childhood playmate the Honorable Margaret Rhodes. It tells in details the story of Mrs. Rhodes’s relationship with the Royal family over eight decades. The book, with delightfully informal and never-before-seen pictures, has been written with the full knowledge of the Queen, who has read and approved parts of it.

Born in 1925, the Honorable Margaret Rhodes has led an extraordinary life. She was the childhood playmate of her cousin, the Queen; a wartime M16 spy; and she was a lady-in- waiting (宫女) to her aunt, the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, from 1991 until the latter’s death in 2002. At the Queen’s 80th birthday in April 2006, Margaret gave an interview to the BBC which she proved that, in her own opinion and despite several false reports, the Queen would not abdicate(退位).

In this charming autobiography (自传),she told how she was offered a house to live in the Royal farm in Windsor Great Park unexpectedly. One day when she and the Queen were out riding outside, she suddenly returned and said, “Could you bear to live in the suburb?” “I think it should be OK.” Therefore Mrs. Rhodes is now still living there.

1.Compared with other books about the Royal Family, the biggest advantage of The Final Curtsey is that _______.

A. its author is very famous

B. its author knows the Queen well

C. it presents reader a very different Queen

D. it has pictures that have never been seen

2.When Mrs. Rhodes was offered to live in the Royal farm, she was _______.

A. unhappy B. surprised

C. sad D. disappointed

3.We can learn from Paragraph 3 that Mrs. Rhodes ________.

A. has lived quite a long life

B. was so famous that BBC interviewed her

C. has a close relationship with the royal family

D. has been very busy and kept on changing jobs

4.The passage is mainly about________.

A. a book about royal family

B. the Queen’s life

C. the life of Margaret Rhodes

D. the Queen’s abdication

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder. The little headline said: BOXER RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE.

Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert Cumming, aged 32, laborer, last July. The jury (陪审团) reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most severe punishment the court could give out. It was, said the judge, a simple case. Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Hotel on July 23rd and the police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Cumming. When arrested Cleary was drunk but clear-thinking…

Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour. Asked if he had anything to say, Cleary answered, “Just don’t tell my mother.”

“It happened over three years ago,” Paddy said helplessly. No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do. “Just don’t tell my mother,” said Fee numbly. “And no one did! Oh, God! My poor, poor Frank!”

Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said. “Fee dear, pack your things. We’ll go to see him.”

She half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead. “I can’t go,” she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there. “It would kill him to see me. I know him so well— his pride, his ambition. Let him bear the shame alone, it’s what he wants. We’ve got to help him keep his secret. What good will it do him to see us? ”

Paddy was still weeping, but not for Frank, for the life which had gone from Fee’s face, for the dying in her eyes. Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between Fee and himself. He was the cause of her withdrawal from his heart and the hearts of his children.

Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away. But Paddy’s love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank.

So he said, “Well, Fee, we won’t go. But we must make sure he is taken care of. How about if I write to Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?”

The eyes didn’t liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks. “Yes, Paddy, do that. Only make sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out. Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we don’t know.”

1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Frank was found guilty of murder because he was a professional boxer.

B. The family didn’t find out what happened to Frank until three years later.

C. The jury and the judge disagreed on whether Frank had committed murder.

D. Frank didn’t want his family to find out what happened because Paddy disliked him.

2.Paddy didn’t cry for Frank because he thought ________.

A. Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishment

B. Frank should have told Fee what had happened

C. what had happened to Frank was killing Fee

D. Frank had always been a man of bad moral character

3.Which of the following suggests that Fee was deeply shocked by what happened to Frank?

A. “Her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead.”

B. “Let him bear the shame alone, it’s what he wants.”

C. “Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away.”

D. “The eyes didn’t liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks.”

4.“She half-rose before sinking back …” (in Paragraph 6) shows that ________.

A. Fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand up

B. Fee didn’t want to upset Paddy by visiting Frank

C. Fee couldn’t leave her family to go to see Frank

D. Fee struggled between wanting to see Frank and respecting his wish

阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项.

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2.You can most probably read the passage in a ___________.

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train. After getting off the train, they walked without an _________into the outer office of Harvard’s president. So they were stopped by his secretary and kept _________ . For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, _________ that the couple would finally become disappointed and _________. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though_________.

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a _________ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that_________ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was_________ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to _________ a memorial(纪念物)to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t moved. Instead, he was _________ . “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a_________,” “Oh, no,” the lady _________ quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a _________ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and _________ at the couple and then exclaimed(喊道), ” A building! Do you have any _________ how much a building costs? We have spent over $7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was _________, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a _________? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. _________their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University _________ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer _________ about.

1.A.choice B.decision C.acquaintance D.appointment

2.A.waiting B.standing C.sitting D.talking

3.A.hoping B.finding C.realizing D.imagining

4.A.go down B.go out C.go away D.go around

5.A.hopelessly B.carefully C.unexpectedly D.unwillingly

6.A.pleasant B.funny C.cold D.sad

7.A.attended B.visited C.studied D.served

8.A.clever B.brave C.proud D.happy

9.A.set about B.set up C.set down D.set off

10.A.satisfied B.excited C.shocked D.ashamed

11.A.park B.cemetery C.garden D.museum

12.A.explained B.expressed C.refused D.admitted

13.A.building B.yard C.playground D.square

14.A.laughed B.shouted C.glanced D.called

15.A.suggestion B.idea C.thought D.opinion

16.A.bored B.astonished C.interested D.pleased

17.A.department B.university C.business D.club

18.A.Once B.While C.Since D.Though

19.A.named B.looked C.taken D.followed

20.A.talked B.knew C.heard D.cared

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