Question

【題目】

A. retired B. in fact C. charity D. messages E. argued

One million copies of the seven comic strips describing Mandela's（曼德拉）life were published in South Africa. That was a part of events celebrating his 87th birthday on July 18.

South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela became a comic strip hero at once: "This project airs at encouraging young people to read," his 【1】 foundation（基金會）said.

"We express the 【2】 and the value of Mr Mandela through comics," added John Samuel, chief executive（決策者J）of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, "Comics area very useful way of bringing young people into reading."

"Comics 【3】 are a very powerful way to introduce literature（文學(xué)）, various aspects of reading to young people. And this is our purpose here," he told a news conferhence.

Some people 【4】 that Mr Mandela should not be a comic figure. "It would take a lot more than comics to demean his stature（貶低他的聲望）, "said Samuel.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】E

【解析】

本文主要講述了曼德拉幫助成立了曼德拉基金會，用漫畫來介紹文學(xué)和閱讀的各個方面給年輕人。

【1】句意：這個項目在鼓勵年輕人閱讀，他的慈善基金會說道。

分析句子可知，此處表示“慈善基金會”，charity翻譯為“慈善”，此處名詞作定語，故選C。

【2】句意：我們通過漫畫表達曼德拉先生的信息和價值。

分析句子可知，此處表示“信息”，messages翻譯為“信息”，此處由and連接跟value構(gòu)成并列結(jié)構(gòu)，故選D。

【3】句意：漫畫事實上是一個非常強大的方式來介紹文學(xué)和閱讀的各個方面給年輕人。

分析句子可知，此處表示“事實上”，in fact翻譯為“事實上”，此處用于句中作狀語，故選B。

【4】句意：有些人爭論曼德拉先生不應(yīng)該是個喜劇人物。

分析句子可知，此處表示“爭論”，argue翻譯為“爭論”，又因為其后的謂語動詞said使用了過去式，所以此處也應(yīng)用過去式，故選E。