Question

14．As Prime Minister，David Cameron is one of the most successful people in the country．But he was admitted that he still（11）Babout his academic record at school．He was a"late developer"when it came to academics，（12）Cin his early years with physics and chemistry．
（13）Awhat advice he would give his young self，he said it would be to"keep on with science subjects because understanding of science will be so（14）Bin your future life．"
In an interview with The Spectator，the Prime Minister said that he would tell the young Cameron he should be hitting the（15）D harder．"A little（16）Aon physics and chemistry，please，David"，he said．
Mr．Cameron is not the first Prime Minister to realize the （17）Bof science in leadership．Margaret Thatcher had a degree in （18）Dfrom Oxford and，when working as a young chemist in 1950 she was part of a team which helped （19）Cthe first soft-serve ice cream．Margaret Thatcher used her training as a chemist to （20）A politics with the mind of a scientist．

11．A．doubts	B．regrets	C．memories	D．opinions
12．A．experimenting	B．completing	C．struggling	D．wandering
13．A．Asked	B．Told	C．Warned	D．Informed
14．A．interesting	B．important	C．challenging	D．difficult
15．A．school	B．records	C．degree	D．books
16．A．more	B．easier	C．less	D．slower
17．A．history	B．value	C．truth	D．advance
18．A．biology	B．physics	C．politics	D．chemistry
19．A．discover	B．taste	C．develop	D．serve
20．A．approach	B．discuss	C．learn	D．imagine

Answer 1

分析 本篇完型講述了首相卡梅隆在接受記者采訪時，對觀眾回憶自己的學習經歷，以及不足之處．且這一段經歷使他后來的政治道路受益匪淺．

解答 11．B．根據下文的"late developer"可知，戴維•卡梅倫在學習上成績不佳，因此此處應該表示遺憾，故選B．
12．C．形容詞辨析．此處表示戴維•卡梅倫在學習物理和化學時很吃力，故選C．
13．A．根據下文的"he said it would be to‘keep on with science subjects'"可知，這是戴維•卡梅倫的建議，因此這里指人們問（Asked）起他時．故選A．
14．B．根據下文The Spectator對戴維•卡梅倫的采訪可知，他認為學好理科很重要，故選B．
15．D．短語考查．在采訪中戴維•卡梅倫風趣地說，他要告訴年輕的自己要用功學習．短語hit the books表示"用功學習"．故選D．
16．A．上文的"  in his early years with physics and chemistry"暗示這里指多在物理和化學上下功夫． 故選A．
17．B．形容詞辨析．下文談到的瑪格麗特•撒切爾的事說明了學好理科的價值（value）．故選B．
18．D．根據下文的"working as a young chemist"可知，瑪格麗特•撒切爾在大學期間學的是化學，故選D．
19．C．根據文中的"working as a young chemist""part of a team"及"the first soft-serve ice cream"可知，瑪格麗特•撒切爾幫助開發（develop）了軟冰淇淋．故選C．
20．A．本段中的"Mr．Cameron is not the first Prime Minister"暗示，Margaret Thatcher也是一位首相，再根據句中的"used her training as a chemist"及"politics"可知像一位化學家一樣接近，選approach．故選A．

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