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第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

A

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(政权)

Mandela, who won the nation’s first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid(种族隔离) in 1944,retired in 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.

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“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.”

【小题1】 Nelson Mandela is loved by all the people of South Africa because_____________.

A. he’s as popular as Kennedy and Churchill

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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

【小题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

【小题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

【小题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.

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B

There are one billion homeless people living in our world today . The Homeless World Cup exists to end this , so we all have a home , a basic human need .

The Homeless World Cup is an annual , international football tournament(锦标赛) , uniting teams of people who are homeless to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever . It has inspired and supported over 50 grass roots(基层的) football projects around the world working with homeless

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