(36) have greeted Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ as she appeared outside (37) in a pink suit and hat on her 80th birthday. And (38) working grandmother shows no signs of slowing down and has genes on her side -- her mother died at 101. Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, followed close behind as she (39) the castle’s King Henry VIII gate, Voice of America reports. A military (40) played and a 21-gun salute (41) nearby ahead of another 41-gun salute in London’ s Hyde Park later in the day Friday. Prince Charles is (42) a birthday dinner for the (43) at a palace in London’s Kew Gardens. Queen Elizabeth has received 37,000 birthday cards and e-mails from around the world, according to (44) Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ issued a (45) saying she (46) by the messages. In an ITV News survey, Elizabeth was (47) the most popular royal. Bottom of the survey came Camilla Parker-Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, who last year married the queen’s eldest son, Charles, after a tortuous 35-year (48) . In her 80s, Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ remains perhaps the most (49) . She is known for her penchant for brightly colored suits and hats. French designer Sonia Rykiel once criticized the Queen of England about the way she dresses. She called the Queen "the worst dressed person in the UK". "The Queen is one of the worst dresses people in the UK. She should stop wearing those bright suits and hats ..." Sonia Rykiel said. "A woman in her position should start dressing in a more (50) and serious manner." Frankly, we sold our Sonia Rykiel sweaters cardigans on eBay (51) after this interview. According to a senior royal aide, "The Queen proudly wears British designers. She wears (52) and stylish clothing which is right for the kind of work she does." Her main (53) include (54) photography, and dogs, especially her Pembroke Welsh Corgis. Queen Elizabeth II is Europe’s (55) living monarch. And lest we forget, Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ is the Queen of Canada, too.
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解析:[解题思路] 该文章是关于英国的皇室事件,主题为英女王伊莉莎白二世80岁生日的一系列庆典活动。文章提到了一些细节,例如,女王的生日游行、查尔斯王子为其举办生日晚宴,世界各地人们用贺卡和电子邮件传递祝贺等。材料还提及人们可能更好奇的一些事情,例如,卡米拉在皇室人员中民意支持率的排名以及对女王着装的批评等。[典型试题解析] 题目中考查了一些考生平时也许不常用的词,比如,第38题的“charismatic”:第44题的“Buckingham Palace”,第49题的“style-conscious monarch”。考生可能会比较容易发生拼写错误。这些词语其实在平时并不少见,考生可以通过增加阅读量来增加词汇量,这已经是被强调了无数次的真理。