Question

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。(每空1分，共10 分)

Nelson Mandela, former South African president, was born in an African royal family on July 18, 1918. His great-grandfather was a king and his f   1.  was a clan chief(部落酋长) . But Mandela chose a life path of revolution(革命) i   2.   of royalty(皇室成员). At that time, South Africa was ruled by racism(种族主义). In 1948, the government passed a law that stopped black people from l   3.    or traveling where they wanted. Black people didn’t have the right(权利) to v   4.   , either. Mandela didn’t think that was r   5.  . He organized many campaigns against it. Because of this, in 1962, he was a  6.   . He spent 27 years in prison. A   7.  he was set free in 1990, he chose to forgive his enemies. He shook hands with the people who wanted him d   8.   . He also encouraged black people to forgive whites. His efforts won himself the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and a year later, for the first time in South Africa’s history, black people stood in line with whites to vote. Mandela, at the age of 75, b   9.    the first black president of South Africa. On Dec 5, Mandela p  10.   away at the age of 95.

Answer

1.father

2.instead

3.living

4.vote

5.right

6.arrested

7.After

8.dead

9.became

10.passed

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了伟大的南非总统的身世背景，以及他为争取黑人的权利而付出的不懈努力和赢得的世人的尊重。

1.开头一句介绍了曼德拉的家庭背景，他出生于一个皇室家庭，曾祖父是一位国王，结合首字母可知紧接下来介绍的是他的爸爸的情况；故答案为father。

2.本句中a life path of revolution和后面的of royalty构成了一种鲜明的对比关系，根据前面的转折连词but推测应该是肯定前者否定后者；故答案为instead

3.1948年政府通过的不合理法律是禁止黑人在他们喜欢的地方生活或旅行；故答案为living

4.本句是进一步解释当时政府颁布的法律的内容，根据后面的either推知，应该是也没有选举的权利；故答案为vote

5.根据前面的But Mandela chose a life path of revolution可知，曼德拉选择的是革命的道路，所以可以看出他认为这样的法律是不对的，故答案为right

6.根据前面一句He organized many campaigns against it.结合本句的原因状语可知，他因为自己的行为被捕了；故答案为arrested

7.曼德拉1962年入狱，在监狱度过了27年，所以在1990年出狱以后，他选择了原谅他的敌人；故答案为After

8.结合he chose to forgive his enemies.一句，所以他和想要他死的人握手；dead为形容词做动词want的宾补，故答案为dead

9.结合曼德拉在南非的不菲成就和影响力，所以在他75岁时成为了南非历史上第一位黑人总统；故答案为became

10.在95岁高龄时，伟大的曼德拉去世了，pass away意为“去世”；故答案为passed

考点：短文填空。