Nelson Mandela is respected and admired across the world. And to South Africans he is a superstar. He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist regime(政權(quán))
Mandela, who won the nation’s first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid(種族隔離) in 1944,retired in 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.
“He’s loved by all people, whether you’re white or black, whether you’re young or old,” said Ali Bacher, South Africa’s former cricket(板球) chief.
His popularity has inspired an entire national industry. His portrait has appeared at many places, including on some goods. His face has appeared on a South African coin, a metropolitan(首都)area was named in his honor and some business leaders hope to build a massive, rotating statue in his likeness---- the Statue of Freedom. It would stand taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty.
His popular appeal is similar to that of John F. Kennedy wth US or Winston Churchill in Britain, but few politicians in his times have achieved his level of admiration, said Tom Lodge, head of the political science department of the University of the Witwatersrand.“ Sometimes it isn’t completely appreciated what a skilled performer Mandela has been throughout his political career. He is a very ,very clever man,”However , he is far from perfect.
Most articles for his birthday, which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day, briefly mentioned that Mandela did have his shortcomings. Then they returned to their flowing praises. “Through the ages, the human race has had its icons（偶像）---- men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generation,” The Mail and Guardian Weekly said. “In our generation, the gods presented us Nelson Mandela.”
【小題1】Nelson Mandela is loved by all the people of South Africa because_____________.

A．he’s as popular as Kennedy and Churchill
B．he spent 27 years in prison
C．he’s a great fighter against the racialism
D．he’s the first all-race elections president
【小題2】Which of the following statements about Mandela’s portrait is true ?
A．It helps develop business
B．It appears on the Statue of Freedom
C．It is used to raise money for the Statue of Freedom
D．It is similar to that of John F. Kennedy or Winston Churchill
【小題3】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means “_____________”
A．Mandela is as great as a god
B．We are proud to live in Mandela’s time
C．Mandela lives together with us all
D．We are proud to know Mandela
【小題4】What can we infer from the text?
A．Mandela is a very skilled politician
B．Most articles specially stressed Mandela’s shortcomings.
C．The Statue of Freedom is a present for Mandela’s birthday.
D．The article may have appeared in a newspaper on Mandela’s birthday.


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：“南非國父”曼德拉逝世，但是他在世界上留下了巨大的影響力。在人們以不同的方式紀(jì)念他時(shí)，他已經(jīng)滲透了幾代南非人的心靈。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章第一段的句子：“He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races(種族), despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist government.” 可知南非人民喜愛曼德拉因?yàn)樗欠磳ΨN族主義的斗士。故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第四段的句子：“His face has appeared on a South African coin, a metropolitan(首都)area was named in his honor and some business leaders hope to build a massive, rotating statue in his likeness---- the Statue of Freedom.可知，商人們想要紀(jì)念曼德拉，為他塑像，故推測曼德拉為商業(yè)發(fā)展做出了貢獻(xiàn)。故選 A。
【小題3】推測大意題�！霸谖覀冞@一代，上帝賜給了我們曼德拉”可見“我們?yōu)楹吐吕钤谝粋�(gè)時(shí)期感到驕傲”。選B。
【小題4】推理題：從最后一段的句子：Most articles for his birthday, which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day, briefly mentioned that Mandela did have his shortcomings. 可以推斷出這篇文章在曼德拉生日的時(shí)候已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)在報(bào)紙上了，選D
考點(diǎn)：考查人物傳記類短文閱讀。

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