1、 课时巩固提升His first successful fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa. Then, as the first black president, he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS. On March 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hoste
2、d his second AIDS-awareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease. Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life. But
3、he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination. He decided to fight for equal rights for all people in South Africa. Before 1990, under the countrys Racial Segregation Law, colored and white people lived separately. Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bu
4、s. Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board. For his opposition to the system, Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and became the president of the country after the first election was
5、 held in which everyone could vote. Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches. He was also a trained boxer and fought in the ring when he was young. “Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved ones body to protect oneself, how one use
6、d a strategy both to attack and retreat”, he wrote in his autobiography(自传). As a skilled fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS. He hopes to win another victory against AIDS. 【语篇概述】纳尔逊曼德拉不仅为黑人争得了平等的权利, 而且当选为第一位黑人总统。. Skim the passage and find the main idea quickly. This passage mainly t
7、ells us Nelson Mandelas for getting equal rights of black people and against AIDS; the first black president and his . 答案: struggling hobbies. Read the passage again and choose the best answers. 1. When was Mandela arrested? A. In 1963. B. In 1990. C. When he refused to be a chief. D. When he became
8、 the president. 【解析】选 A。细节理解题。从第五段“. . . Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990”可计算出答案: 1990-27=1963, 故选 A。2. Nelson Mandela succeeded in doing the following except_. A. winning the equal rights for the black people in South AfricaB. uniting South AfricaC. organizing
9、 a government in South AfricaD. controlling the spread of AIDS【解析】选 D。推理判断题。由末段最后一句 He hopes to win another victory against AIDS. 知还未取得胜利。3. If Nelson Mandela hadnt fought against racial discrimination, he_. A. could easily have been the president of South AfricaB. could still have lived a happy lif
10、eC. could have been in a difficult situationD. could have been an excellent boxer【解析】选 B。推理判断题。从第三段最后一句“He was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life. ”可知答案。4. It can be inferred that Nelson Mandela_. A. continues to help the black people
11、 with the political struggleB. is taking a position in a music groupC. is carrying on the worlds greatest fight against AIDSD. is preparing for the next president election【解析】选 C。推理判断题。综合全文可知 A、B、D 三项错误; 从末段最后一句“He hopes to win another victory against AIDS. ”可推断出答案, 因为艾滋病在非洲最严重。. Turn such following phrases into Chinese. 1. be infected with 2. be born in 3. be adopted by 4. live a happy country life 5. make room for 6. not only. . . but also. . . 7. protect oneself 8. be freed 答案: 1.感染2.出生于3.被收养4.过着愉快的乡村生活5.为腾地方6.不但而且7.保护自己8.获得自由
