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Nicholas Winton，a British saved 669 children from the Nazis，was awarded the highest civilian honour in the Czech Republic on Tuesday．

Winton，now 105，was presented with the Order of the White Lion by the Czech president in a special ceremony at Prague Castle．

Winton，who has often been nicknamed “the British Schindler”，organised the transportation and settlement of 669 children over nine months before the Second World War broke out in September 1939．Most of those he saved were Jewish children living in then-German occupied Czechoslovakia whose families were later imprisoned or murdered in concentration camps．

Winton gave a speech during the ceremony．He said，“I want to thank you all for this enormous expression of thanks for something which happened to me a long time ago．I am delighted that so many of the children are still about and are here to thank me．England was the only country at that time willing to accept unaccompanied minors．I thank the British people for making room to accept them，and of course the enormous help given by so many of the Czechs who were at that time doing what they could to fight the Germans and to try to get the children out．’’

In the same ceremony，the Order of the White Lion was also presented to his grandson Nicholas Soames in honor of Sir Winston Churchill．They are the only British citizens to receive the award，after Margaret Thatcher and the Queen．Presenting the award，the Czech President，Milos Zeman said．“It is a great pleasure to present this award to two great personalities of the UK．I am only ashamed it has been awarded so late—but better late than never．”

1.Why has Winton been called“ the British Schindler”?

A．Because he rescued 669 children before the Second World War．

B．Because he joined the army in the Second World War．

C．Because he made great contributions after the Second World War．

D．Because he saved 669 Jewish children before the Second World War．

2.According to Winton，we can infer_______．

A．all the children once he saved attended the ceremony

B. the Czechs also played an important role in helping the children

C．England was the only country to fight the Germans at that time

D．England was the only country to help the Czechs

3.The underlined word“minors”in Paragraph 4 refers to ________.

A．Englishmen    B．Germans

C．children    D．Winton’s family members

4.The passage mainly wants to tell us_________．

A．Winton was awarded

B．Winton saved 669 children

C．what the Order of the White Lion is

D．Winton felt thankful at the ceremony

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：尼古拉斯·温顿爵士是一位英国人，他曾从纳粹手里救出669名犹太儿童。他在本周二被捷克共和国授予了最高的平民荣誉。

1.细节题。根据第二段的句子：Winton，who has often been nicknamed “the British Schindler”，organised the transportation and settlement of 669 children over nine months before the Second World War broke out in September 1939．可知温顿从纳粹手里救出669名犹太儿童。故选A。

2.细节题。根据第四段的句子：I thank the British people for making room to accept them，and of course the enormous help given by so many of the Czechs who were at that time doing what they could to fight the Germans and to try to get the children out．’’可知捷克人在救这些儿童方面也起着重要作用，故选B。

3.猜词题。根据第四段的句子：I am delighted that so many of the children are still about and are here to thank me．England was the only country at that time willing to accept unaccompanied minors．可知这里的minors指的是children ，故选C。

4.Nicholas Winton，a British saved 669 children from the Nazis，was awarded the highest civilian honour in the Czech Republic on Tuesday．可知文章介绍的尼古拉斯·温顿爵士是一位英国人，他曾从纳粹手里救出669名犹太儿童。他在本周二被捷克共和国授予了最高的平民荣誉。故选A。

考点：考查人物传记类短文