【題目】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 (統(tǒng)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 (宮女) 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 (自傳)，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

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文介紹一本自傳書籍The Final Curtsey，由女皇最親密的親戚和老朋友之一所寫，描述了女皇的統(tǒng)治及作者和女皇相處的幾十年。

【1】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段“this is the first written by someone who is closely related to the Royal Family and has shared their lives”可知這是第一本由和皇室家族很親密并一起生活的人所寫.，故選B。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段“In this charming autobiography (自傳)，she told how she was offered a house to live in the Royal farm in Windsor Great Park unexpectedly. ”句中的unexpectedly可知她被允許住在皇室農(nóng)場時(shí)感到很驚訝。故選B。

【3】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段可看出Mrs. Rhodes是她阿姨的宮女，表姐（女皇）的玩伴等等，可看出她和皇室家族有很親密的關(guān)系。答案C正確。

【4】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可看出文章介紹的是一本關(guān)于皇室家族的書The Final Curtsey。故A正確。

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