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(種族), despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist government.
Mandela who won the nation’s first all-race elections in 1994, retired 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.
“He’s loved by all people, whether you’re while or black, whether you’re young or old,” said Ali Bacher, South Africa’s famous cricket (板球) athlete.
His popularity has inspired an entire national industry. His portrait(肖像) has appeared at many places, including on some goods. His face has appeared on a South African coin and some business leaders hope to build a statue(雕像) for him --- the Statue of Freedom. It would stand taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty.
His popularity is similar to that of John F. Kennedy with US or Winston Churchill in Britain, but few politicians in this 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’s a very, very clever man.”
“Through the ages, the human race has had its icons --- men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generations,” 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 has kept in prison for 27 years
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1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B

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，他已經(jīng)滲透了幾代南非人的心靈。
小題1:主旨大意題。由“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.”故選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。由“His face has appeared on a South African coin and some business leaders hope to build a statue(雕像) for him --- 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)張做出了貢獻。故選 A。
小題3:推測大意題。“在我們這一代，上帝賜給了我們曼德拉”可見“我們?yōu)楹吐吕钤谝粋�時期感到驕傲”。
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