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Canadian millionairess Belinda Stronach lost her bid for the Conservative Party leadership on Saturday． 　　Economist Stephen Harper was chosen to lead the newly-merged right-wing party and will face off against Prime Minister Paul Martin's liberals in the national election in a few weeks' time．He got 50 percent support, easily defeating Stronach and former Ontario cabinet minister Tony Clement． 　　But for the 37-year-old Stronach, heiress to the car parts giant Magna International, this is a beginning rather than an end．Despite being a new comer to politics, she drew much attention during the campaign． 　　In 2002, Stronach was rated one of the world's most powerful women by Fortunemagazine with US ＄600 million to her name．At the time she was president and CEO of Magna International, the world's seventh biggest auto parts manufactures, which was founded by her father． 　　Stronach first joined the company board aged 23．In 1990, she married Don Walker, her father's former assistant, and the pair became Magna's power couple, with Walker rising to the rank of CEO in 1994．They had a son and daughter, now 12 and 10, before splitting in 1995． 　　Stronach has since married and divorced Johann Olav Koss, the Norwegian Olympic speed skater, and most recently was seen on the arm of former US president Bill Clinton providing tabloid gossip from Los Angeles to Frankfurt．Admirers describe Stronach as a younger, prettier version of Hillary Clinton． 　　Stronach replaced Walker as CEO in 2001 and became president of the company the following year．She resigned from both posts in January in order to compete for the leadership of the Conservative Party． 　　Stomach's defeat came despite spending millions of dollars on consultants and political advisers．But she says she will run for a seat in Parliament, ruling out both a return to Magna and a holiday． (1) How many people tried to win the bid for the Conservative Party leadership? [　　] A． One． B． Two． C． Three． D． Four． (2) Stronach failed in her bid on Saturday． [　　] A． which was a hit to her B． who regretted having spent millions of dollars C． but she didn't lose heart in taking up politics D． which was out of her expectation (3) Stronach can't be said to be ________． [　　] A． wealthy B． well-known C． talented D． tiresome (4) Paragraphs 5 and 6 mainly tell us ________． [　　] A． Stronach has had an unhappy marriage B． the media has been paying attention to Stronach C． Stomach's personal life D． Stronach is making an effort to get married (5) Which of the following mentioned about Walker is NOT true? [　　] A． He was a former husband of Stronach． B． He made contributions to the development of Magna． C． He was dissatisfied to work in Magna after his divorce． D． He once worked as CEO of Magna．

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答案：1．C;2．C;3．D;4．C;5．C;
解析：

(1)	由第二段可知Economist Stephen Harper在竞争the Conservative Party领导权时，击败了Stronach与Tony Clement。
(2)	由最后一段“But she says she will run for a seat in Parliament”可知，尽管Stronach在竞选中失败，但是她还要在议会中争得一席之地。
(3)	文中提到她是一位百万富翁，可知她有钱；2002年被财富杂志评为最具有影响力的妇女之一，在试图从政开始就引起了人们的关注，所以说明其著名；2001年成为CEO，且成为其公司的董事长，可知其有才华。
(4)	这两段主要阐述了其婚姻状况，以及其最近与克林顿的来往，所以可知这两段说的是“其私生活”。
(5)	由文章可知，Walking与Stronach已经离婚，Walking在1994年当过CEO；文中提到the pair became Magna's power couple，可知C项文中没有提到。