单选题
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross"s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the World were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her. " The Princess concluded, with a simple message: "We must stop landmines. " And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message. But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon (乱放炮的人)". The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: "This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I"m trying to do is to help. " Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess"s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government"s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government. To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess"s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "working towards" a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Porti-llo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding". For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems. (357 words)
单选题
Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997______.
单选题
What did Diana mean when she said "…putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me" (Lines 5~6, Para. 1)?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：本题属于语意理解题。结合这个句子的上下文，前文说电视中在播放戴安娜王妃安慰地雷受害者的画面，这说明王妃已经和地雷受害者有过面对面接触了，后面应该就是她对此的感受。她说“I knew the statistics”，意思应该是她看过地雷受害者相关的数据；随后她说“But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me”，直译是“但是面对面与那些人接触后，我才认识到了现实情况。”四个选项中D的意思与此最为接近。
单选题
Some members of the British government criticized Diana because______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：本题属于语义推理题。根据题干可定位到第三段。从中我们得知：愤怒的政客们还在媒体发动了对王妃的攻击，他们把她描述为“所知甚少”和“乱放炮的人”。从这些描述可以看出，政客批评王妃主要是因为与王妃观点相左(refused to support a ban)，反对地雷禁用，而说她对政府的政策知之甚少只是用来批评的一件武器而已。这样看来，B的说法是合理的。A相对于B来说太过表面化，不如B的说法深刻。C和A的意思差不多，都是说王妃对政府政策的无知。D所述的曲解一词“misinterpret”出现在倒数第二段，是在政府面对尴尬境地时的求全之词，与本题无关。
单选题
How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：本题属于词义理解题。第四段叙述了戴妃的反应：“The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms： ‘This is a distraction we do not need． All I’m trying to do is to help．’”brush aside是一个词组，本意是扫除，引申为“漠视”。我们可以从brush(清扫)和aside(到旁边)的本意大体推断出这个词组含有否定意味。这样由前半句可知戴妃对批评是采取漠视态度的。而后是戴妃的原话，意为“我们并不需要为此分心。我所要做的就是帮助人们”。据此我们可以判断戴妃对批评的态度是毫不在意的，A的说法正确。
单选题
What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?