EBritain’s101-year-oldQueenMotherwhodiedonMarch30wasfamousfornevergivinginterviews.Howeverherfewpublicizedcommentsshowedhumorastrongwillandloveforlife.Inthe1920smanymenwantedtomarryladyElizab

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　　Britain’s101-year-oldQueenMotherwhodiedonMarch30wasfamousfornevergivinginterviews.Howeverherfewpublicizedcommentsshowedhumorastrongwillandloveforlife.

　　Inthe1920smanymenwantedtomarryladyElizabethAngelaMargueriteBowes-Lyon.SheonlyagreedtomarrythefutureKingGeorgeⅥwhenhegotdownonbendedkneeforathirdtimetoaskher.ButsheneverforgaveherbrotherEdwardⅧforsteppingdownfromthethrone（王位）in1936tomarrydivorced（离婚）womanWallisSimpson.Thismeantthathershyhusbandbecameking.“Thoselastfewdayswerelikesittingontheedgeofavolcano”shesaidofthecrisis.

　　TheQueenMother’smostfamousroleinBritishlifewastotrytoboost（提高）Londoners’morale（士气）duringtheWorldWarIIbombing（轰炸）especiallyinthehardest-hitEastEndofLondon.WhenBuckinghamPalace（白金汉宫）washitbyabombin1940shesaid“Iamgladwehavebeenbombed.ItmakesmefeelIcanlooktheEastEnd（people）intheface.”

　　Famouslysherefusedsuggestionsthatsheandherchildren，theprincessesElizabethandMargaretshouldseekrefuge（寻求避难）inCanadauntiltheendofthewar.“Thechildrenwon’tgowithoutmeIwon’tleavethekingandthekingwillnevergo.”shedeclared.“IshoulddieifIhadtoleave.”

　　Afterbettertimesreturned，herloveofexpensivepartiesandhighlifecontinued，wellintoheroldage.Herbankoverdraft（透支）reached4millionpounds.

　　Sheenjoyedfishinguntilwellintoher80sbutoncechoked（噎住）onafishbone.Afterdoctorsremovedtheboneshejoked“Afteralltheseyearsoffishingthefisharehavingtheirrevenge（报复）.”

　　Intheendsheoutlivedthe20thcenturywithenergyandenthusiasm.“Ilovelifethat’smysecret”shetoldafriendwhenshewasinher80s.InatelevisioninterviewlastweekhergrandsonPrinceCharlessaid“Shesawthefunnysideoflifeandwelaugheduntilwecried.”

　　Hundredsofpeoplehavesignedbooksofcondolence（哀悼）acrossthecountryincludingformerPrimeMinisterMargaretThatcher.

　　“Shelovedhercountryandinreturnhercountrylovedher.”saidPrimeMinisterTonyBlair.

　　72.TheQueenMotherrefusedtoseekrefugeinCanadawithherchildrenbecause .

　　A.shedidn’tthinkitsafetostayinCanada

　　B.shewasn’twill