2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（湖南专用）21 人物传记型阅读理解

as the first woman chancellor(总理) in german’s history, angela merkel topped forbes magazine’s list of “the world’s 100 most powerful women” in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. she has even been compared to margaret thatcher and many people called her “iron lady”. 

    merkel was born in hamburg, west germany, on july 17, 1954. six weeks after she was born, her family moved to templin. as a small child, merkel quickly learned to speak but took longer to walk. “i was a stupid person when it came to moving.” merkel said. “a normal person could do something naturally, but i had to think about it in my mind and practice.” as a teenager, she was the top student and graduated from high school with perfect marks. in 1973, merkel went to the university of leipzig, where she studied physics. at 32, she got her doctor’s degree in physics.

  she stepped_into_politics in 1989. in her first big political job as minister for the environment in 1994, her scientific background and strong will proved very useful. in 2005 she became germany’s chancellor. she has been reelected to a second term as german chancellor on september 27, 2009.

  through her political career, merkel’s persistence (坚持) and patience helped her a lot. “she’s bright and open­minded，” said hubert markl. “she is the person who wants to know exactly what is going on, and how never giving up will influence our society and future.”

(　　)1.as a small child, merkel was slow in ________.

a．speaking   　　　　　b．walking

c．learning     d．thinking

2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（湖南专用）21 人物传记型阅读理解

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