基本信息
活页滚动练 (十五) twenty years ago，mark thatcher，the son of mrs.thatcher，was reported missing in the sahara desert while competing in the grand prix motor race from paris to daker.this sad news，so unexpected，shook the unusually calm and __1__ politician off her balance.though she did her best to __2__ as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual，people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old selfassured prime minister who always had everything under __3__.instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to __4__ from her shock. one day when she was to __5__ at a lunch party，a reporter caught_her_off_her_guard by bringing up the __6__ of her missing son again.she was totally mentally __7__ for the question and lost her __8__.tears were rolling down her eyes __9__ she sobbingly (啜泣地) told the reporter there was still no news of mark and that she was very worried about him.she said that all the countries concerned (有关的) had __10__ to do their best to help her find her son.with that she __11__ down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while.gradually she __12__ down and started to speak as planned.it was a very __13__ scene which exposed a new side of mrs.thatcher’s __14__ the public do not usually see，so people began to __15__ about the iron woman’s motherly love，a __16__ that is common to all human race. later mark returned safe and sound to his mother’s __17__，goodh
