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1、专题限时训练(二十一) [人物传记型阅读理解](限时：每篇7分钟)(一)AsthefirstwomanChancellor(总理)inGerman’shistory,AngelaMerkeltoppedForbesmagazine’slistof“TheWorld’s100MostPowerfulWomen”in2006,2007,2008,and2009.ShehasevenbeencomparedtoMargaretThatcherandmanypeoplecalledher“IronLady”.Merkelwasbornin
2、Hamburg,WestGermany,onJuly17,1954.Sixweeksaftershewasborn,herfamilymovedtoTemplin.Asasmallchild,Merkelquicklylearnedtospeakbuttooklongertowalk.“Iwasastupidpersonwhenitcametomoving.”Merkelsaid.“Anormalpersoncoulddosomethingnaturally,butIhadtothinkaboutitinmymindandprac
3、tice.”Asateenager,shewasthetopstudentandgraduatedfromhighschoolwithperfectmarks.In1973,MerkelwenttotheUniversityofLeipzig,whereshestudiedphysics.At32,shegotherdoctor’sdegreeinPhysics.Shestepped_into_politicsin1989.InherfirstbigpoliticaljobasMinisterfortheEnvironmentin
4、1994,herscientificbackgroundandstrongwillprovedveryuseful.In2005shebecameGermany’sChancellor.ShehasbeenreelectedtoasecondtermasGermanChancelloronSeptember27,2009.Throughherpoliticalcareer,Merkel’spersistence(坚持)andpatiencehelpedheralot.“She’sbrightandopenminded，”saidH
5、ubertMarkl.“Sheisthepersonwhowantstoknowexactlywhatisgoingon,andhownevergivingupwillinfluenceoursocietyandfuture.”( )1.Asasmallchild,Merkelwasslowin________.A．speaking B．walkingC．learningD．thinking( )2.TheunderlinedphraseinParagraph3mostprobablymeans“________”．7
6、用心爱心专心A．foughtthegovernmentB．beganherscientificcareerC．offeredpoliticalguidanceD．becameagovernmentofficial.C．Pitiful.D．Dull.(二)ElizabethBlackwellwasbornonFebruary3,1821inBristol,England.Herfatherwasarichsugarbusinessmanatthetime.Becauseherparentsthoughtboysandgirlssho
7、uldbeequal,Elizabethreceivedthesameeducationasherbrothers.In1832,herfather’sbusinesswasdestroyedbyfire,soherfamilymovedtoNewYorkCity.Butherfather’sbusinesstherefailed.Thenin1837,thefamilymovedtoCincinnati,Ohio.Notlongafter,herfatherdied.Afterherfather’sdeath,Elizabeth
8、,attheageof16,hadtogotowork.Whenshewas24,shevisitedherdyingfriendMary.Herfriendsaid,“You’reyoungandstrong,youshouldbecomeado
