Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing

Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually   36   and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to   37   as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under   38  . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to   39   from her shock.

One day when she was to   40   at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the   41   of her missing son again. She was   42   mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were   43   her cheeks   44   she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had   45   to do their best to help her find her son. With that she     46   down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as   47  . It was a very   48   scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s   49   the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s    50   love, a   51   that is common to all human race.

Later Mark returned   52   to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual     53   nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman,   54  , broke down again and was    55   sobbing for a second time.

36．A．outstanding       B．busy                  C．calm                  D．considerate

37．A．seem                B．talk                    C．do                      D．pretend

38．A．construction     B．control               C．discussion        D．pressure

39．A．respond            B．relieve               C．reduce              D．recover

40．A．arrive                B．eat                    C．speak                D．read

41．A．subject             B．object                C．theme               D．message

42．A．hardly               B．totally                C．partly                D．mostly

43．A．putting down     B．taking off           C．getting off         D．rolling down

44．A．because           B．though               C．if                        D．as

45．A．permitted           B．admitted            C．promised          D．managed

46．A．fell                     B．went                   C．broke                D．brought

47．A．agreed              B．planned            C．announced        D．explained

48．A．moving             B．shocking           C．interesting         D．serious

49．A．quality              B．action                C．position             D．character

50．A．lively                  B．likely                  C．lovely                 D．motherly

51．A．habit                 B．hobby               C．feeling              D．thought

52．A．hungry and tired                              B．safe and funny C．safe and sound D．tired and sleepy

53．A．as if                  B．even if               C．so that              D．if only

54．A．therefore           B．however            C．besides             D．thus

55．A．made              B．heard           C．felt               D．seen

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