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【题目】Queen Victoria was monarch(统治者)of Great Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. This period is often called the Victorian Age.

Queen Victoria was a stern and serious woman. One reason she was so serious was that she had suffered a great loss. When she was twenty years old, she married a German prince named Albert. Victoria and Albert were deeply in love, and their marriage was extremely happy. In 1861, after they had been married for twenty-one years, Albert died, leaving Queen Victoria heartbroken. For the rest of her life, the lonely Victoria mourned his loss. It was customary in those days for a widow to dress in black for a short time after the death of her husband. But Queen Victoria dressed in black for forty years. And for forty years, as another sign of her grief, she wrote her letters on white paper edged in black.

Even before Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria was known as a very serious woman. She had a strong sense of duty and worked very hard at all her tasks. In her diary she wrote, “I love to be employed; I hate to be idle.” She never forgot that she was Britain’s queen and always acted with great dignity. Victoria had high ideals and moral standards that sometimes made her seem stuffy(保守的). She was also very sure of herself. She always thought that she was right, and she expected everyone to agree with her.

【1】Which of the following statements about Queen Victoria is NOT true according to the passage?

A. She had great confidence in herself.

B. She ruled Great Britain for sixty-four years.

C. She enjoyed her marriage to a German prince.

D. She became a serious woman after her beloved husband died.

【2】Queen Victoria wrote her letters on white paper edged in black because ______.

A. she was a very stern woman

B. black was her favorite color

C. that was one way to show her feeling of sadness

D. it was a custom among monarchs of Great Britain

【3】All of the following characteristics EXCEPT ______ can be used to properly describe Queen Victoria.

A. moral B. lonely

C. hardworking D. idle

【4】The underlined word “mourned” in paragraph 2 probably means ______.

A. felt sad or sorrowful in a social situation

B. expressed publicly one’s sadness because of someone’s death

C. checked regularly in order to find out what was happening

D. feel or express deep regret for

Answer 1

【答案】dressed in black for forty years.和wrote her letters on white paper edged in black B.选项expressed publicly one’s sadness because of someone’s death

s关键词 dressed in black 及white paper edged in black和publicly。

根据事实细节，推断合理信息。推理题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，作出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是说，要做到判断有据, 推论有理, 忠实原文。切忌用自己的观点代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面结论。

【解析】

【1】D

【解题剖析】此题属于细节理解中的（1）一一对应型。答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合。

【答案定位】根据最后一段第一句“Even before Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria was known as a very serious woman.”可知道Queen Victoria 在Prince Albert死前就是一个严肃的女人。因此D项（在她丈夫去世以后成为一个严肃的人）是不正确的。

【推理关系】题干Which of the following statements about Queen Victoria is NOT true according to the passage?文章内容Even before Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria was known as a very serious woman.