The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on Aug. 31, 1997, shook Britain and the world
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Diana was considered disloyal and unhinged, an unguided missile, when she went on the BBC in 1995 to talk of her emotional distress. (“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”) In a sign of how much things have changed, William and Harry are marking the anniversary by speaking publicly about her, with royal approval.
Her death also marked a turning point in the history of Britons’ relationship to their own ids, ushering in an era in which people have new license to express themselves and feelings can weigh more heavily than reason, Mr. Freedland said.
“The reaction to her death is a preview of the Brexit landscape, in which emotion trumps expertise,” he said.“It was a shock to people we didn’t think it was part of the British mind-set and now, after Brexit, you can see there was something growing there, a willingness to give two fingers to the experts.”（Instead of using their middle fingers, Britons use what is known as a two-fingered salute.)
Public opinion polls suggest nobody is particularly fond of Prince Charles, who at 68 is still waiting for his chance to become king. But they also show that the royal family, led by the seemingly indestructible 91-year-old queen, endures as a comforting unifying thread, providing a constitutional underpinning for a nation whose quirks include the fact that it has no written constitution.
“The royal family is key to our constitution,”, Geordie Greig, editor of The Mail on Sunday, which publishes its share of royal-related articles, said in an email. “It provides a permanent and historical foundation going back more than 1,000 years.”
The pomp and circumstance of its spectacles the weddings of Charles and Diana and of William and Kate; the funeral of Diana unify the country “with a familial heartbeat that also resonates around the world,” he added.
At the very least, the royal family provides a gossipy distraction for a nation fretting about where it belongs and where it is going in this fraught era of Brexit. When is Harry going to propose to his girlfriend, Meghan Markle, and does it matter that she is Canadian,describes herself as mix race and is an actress? How disappointing is it that, at 35, William has already lost much of his hair? How expensive was Kate’s sister’s very big, very fancy engagement ring?
Not everyone loves the royal family. Clearly anyone who visits Diana’s memorial fountain in Kensington Gardens is part of a self-selecting group, hardly a representative sample of public opinion. But a recent stop there showed how Diana, even after all this time, remains part of the conversation.
“I feel bad for Diana, the way they treated her” said Kristina Landgraf, a German tourist. “She was a good person, she was kicked out of the royal family, and tried to have a personal life.”
Visitors to Buckingham Palace said that the royal family held a fascination, even for those who are not really a royal family sort of person.
單選題第1題Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Paragraph 1?（）。
A.Britain and the world were shaken by the death of Diana, Prince of Wales in 1997.
B.The deadly car accident killed Diana, Diana’s companion and her driver.
C.The New York Times reported the news about Diana and the deadly car accident.
D.Henri Paul has shared their memo and reflections to the journalists.
參考答案：D
答案解析：第1段第一句話的意思是：1997年8月31日，威爾士王妃戴安娜的去世震動了英國和全世界。第二句The New York asked journalists who covered Diana and the deadly car accident, which also killed her companion, Dodi al-fayed, and their driver，Henri Paul，to share their memo and reflections”是個長句，其主干結(jié)構(gòu)為“The New York Times asked journalists to share their memo and reflections”；who引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾journalists，后面which引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語從句修飾car accident。這句話譯為：《紐約時報》要求報道戴安娜和這場致命的車禍的記者公開他們的備忘錄和影像資料；在這場車禍中死亡的還有她的同伴Dodi Al-Fayed和他們的司機Henri Paul。由此可以判斷，A、B、C項均為原文提到的內(nèi)容，而D項錯誤，Henri Paul是戴安娜的司機，也是此次車禍的受害人，并非公開備忘錄和影像資料的人。答案為D。
單選題第2題The word “unhinged” underlined in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______.
A.deranged
B.mental
C.excited
D.grimy
參考答案：A
答案解析：此句的意思為；戴安娜被認(rèn)為不忠實和精神錯亂，就像一枚迷失方向的導(dǎo)彈�！皍nhinged”表示“精神錯亂的、有情緒困擾的”，與A項deranged意思吻合；B項為“精神上的”；C項為“令人激動的”；D項為“骯臟的”。根據(jù)題意，A項正確。
單選題第3題Why did Diana’s death mark a turning point in the history of Britons’ relationship to their own ids?（）。
A.Because Diana’s death marked that William and Harry could speak publicly about their mother under royal approval.
B.Because Diana’s death has changed the history of Britons’ relationship to their own ids.
C.Because Diana’s death ushered in an era, in which people have new right to express themselves and feelings are more important than reason.
D.Because the death of Diana gives Britain and the whole world a big surprise.
參考答案：C
答案解析：此題可定位至第3段。第3段的意思為：戴安娜的死亡也標(biāo)志著英國人自我身份關(guān)系史上的一個轉(zhuǎn)折點，從此開啟了一個人們有權(quán)表達自我的時代，開啟了一個感情比理性更重要的時代。A項意思是戴安娜的死標(biāo)志著威廉和哈利可以在皇室的批準(zhǔn)下公開談?wù)撍麄兊哪赣H，這并不是戴安娜之死的轉(zhuǎn)折點；B項為題干要問的問題，不是答案；D項在文章開頭提及，并非戴安娜之死作為轉(zhuǎn)折點的原因；C項在第3段中明確說明，因此答案為C。
單選題第4題What does “something growing there” refer to in Paragraph 4?（）。
A.A preview of the Brexit landscape.
B.Part of the British mind-set.
C.Willingness to show respect to the experts by two-fingered salute.
D.Willingness to show contempt to the experts by two-fingered salute.
參考答案：D
答案解析：此題可定位至第4段。第4段大意為：人們對她死亡的反應(yīng)是英國退歐事件的預(yù)演，在退歐事件中情感勝過理性；這一點使人們深受震撼我們認(rèn)為它不是英國思維模式的一部分現(xiàn)在英國脫歐之后，你可以看到有一些情緒在滋長，人們樂意給專家兩個手指表示不屑（不是用中指，而是用英國人熟知的V形手勢）。A項表示“英國退歐事件的預(yù)演”，B項表示“英國思維模式的一部分”，C項指“用V形手勢向?qū)＜冶硎揪匆狻�，均與文中意思不符。D項表示“用V形手勢向?qū)＜冶硎静恍肌�，與文中意思吻合。文中“a willingness to give two fingers to the experts”是對上文“something”的進一步解釋。因此答案為D。
單選題第5題The word “quirks” underlined in Paragraph 5 refers to______.
A.delicate things
B.peculiar facts
C.fascinated point
D.particular aspect
參考答案：B
答案解析：第5段最后一句的意思為：由91歲女王領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的王室，看似堅不可摧，作為令人安慰的國家統(tǒng)一戰(zhàn)線，為國家提供了憲法基礎(chǔ)，但奇怪的是英國并沒有成文憲法。quirk的意思為something strange。因此B為正確選項。
單選題第6題What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 6?（）。
A.The royal family.
B.The Mail on Sunday,
C.A royal-related article.
D.An email.
參考答案：A
答案解析：第6段的意思為：《周日郵報》發(fā)表了一些與王室有關(guān)的文章，其編輯Geordie Greig在一封電子郵件中說“皇室對制定憲法至關(guān)重要，其久遠的歷史可以追溯到1000多年前”。這一段中第一句話的主語為The royal family,后面介紹了 Geordie Greig是《周日郵報》的編輯，后面which引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語從句修飾The Mail on Sunday 第二句中用it照應(yīng)前面的The royal family。因此A為正確答案。
單選題第7題What is Britain inherently concerned about in Paragraph 8?（）。
A.Britain worries about where it belongs and where it is going in the era of Brexit.
B.Britain worries about when Harry is going to propose to his girlfriend.
C.Britain worries about whether Meghan Markle is Canadian.
D.Britain worries about how expensive Kate’s sister’s engagement ring is.
參考答案：A
答案解析：第8段的意思為：在脫歐這樣的危急時刻，英國正在為其何去何從而憂心忡忡，但至少王室提供了一些八卦轉(zhuǎn)移了人們的注意力，比如Harry什么時候會向他的女朋友Meghan Markle求婚；她是加拿大人，她說自己是混合種族，而且是個演員，這些是否重要；威廉35歲時就掉了很多頭發(fā)，這一點多令人失望啊；凱特的姐姐非常喜歡的超大訂婚戒指到底有多貴。由此可推斷，英國人真正擔(dān)憂的是其何去何從，選項中B、C、D項均為人們對王室八卦的關(guān)注，它們只是轉(zhuǎn)移了人們的注意力。因此答案為A。
單選題第8題Which of the following statements is TRUE about the royal family?（）。
A.People are particularly fond of Prince Charles.
B.The weddings and funeral of the royal family are the concern of the world.
C.The royal family is loved by all British people.
D.Visitors to Diana9s memorial fountain are representative samples of public opinion.
參考答案：B
答案解析：第5段第一句話提到，沒有人特別喜歡查爾斯王子，因此A項錯誤；第7段中提及，查爾斯和戴安娜的婚禮、威廉和凱特的婚禮以及戴安娜的葬禮上的壯觀場面，將國家與家族融為一體，并引起了全世界的關(guān)注，可以推斷出B項正確；第9段第一句話表明，不是每個人都喜歡王室，因此C項錯誤；第9段第二句話提到，任何在肯辛頓花園參觀戴安娜紀(jì)念噴泉的人幾乎都不是民意的代表，此句中的副詞hardly表示否定，因此D項錯誤。答案為B。
單選題第9題How did Kristina Landgraf, a German tourist, feel about Diana?（）。
A.She feels Diana is bad.
B.She feels sad about the way the royal family treated Diana.
C.She feels Diana is disloyal, so she was kicked out of the royal family.
D.She feels fascinated by Diana.
參考答案：B
答案解析：從第10段可知，她認(rèn)為Diana was a good person, A項錯誤；Kristina Landgraf并未提及Diana被趕出王室的原因，C項錯誤；D項文中未提及，排除；第10段第一句話提到，我為王室對待戴安娜的方式感到難過，B項正確。
單選題第10題What is the author’ purpose of writing this passage?（）。
A.To reveal the cause of Diana’s death.
B.To tell people the public’s opinion on Diana.
C.To describe Diana’s life in the royal family.
D.To talk about the effect of the death of Diana on Britain.
參考答案：D
答案解析：A、B、C項在文中均有提及，但未做詳細說明，而本文始終在談?wù)摯靼材戎缹τ挠绊�，因此答案為D。
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