单选题 Passage 2
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 we do not need. All I'm trying to do is 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 Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding."
For the Princess, the trip to this war-tom 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.

单选题 Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997
A. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines.
B. to clarify the British government's stand on landmines.
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there.
D. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】细节题。文章第一段提到，戴安娜王妃访问安哥拉，“…to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines．”表明王妃的态度和目的是要声明她对全面禁止使用地雷的支持。这说明A正确。王妃并不是要阐明英国政府在地雷方面的立场，相反她受到了政府成员的攻击，所以B不对；王妃慰问了那些在地雷爆炸中受伤的人员，但其访问的目的并不是要去调查(investigate)受伤的情况如何，所以C不对；王妃访问的目的也不是去树立亲近地雷受害者的形象，所以D也不对。
单选题 What did Diana mean when she said "...putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me" (Para. 1) ?
A. She just couldn't bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.
B. The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
C. Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
D. Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】词义题。根据第一段最后一句话：王妃只有真正看到那些受害者所经受的痛苦，才能体会到现实是非常严重的。这说明D正确。王妃慰问了那些受害者，而不是无法容忍面对面与受害者的接触，说明A颠倒了王妃的态度；在安哥拉的境遇根本不可能让王妃感觉像是回到了家，所以B不对；王妃并非不相信统计数据，而是亲自看到现实的时候有更真实的体会，说明C也不对。
单选题 Some members of the British government criticized Diana because
A. she was ill-informed of the government's policy.
B. they were actually opposed to banning landmines.
C. she had not consulted the government before the visit.
D. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】细节题。文章第三段第一句话指出：那些不同意王妃观点的人拒绝禁止使用地雷。这也正是他们批评王妃的原因，所以B正确。A是批评王妃的内容，并不是批评的原因，更何况他们的指责并非事实；文中并没有提到他们是因为王妃访问前未与政府协商而指责她的，事实后来也证明王妃得到了外交部门的批准，所以C不对；文中提到的“misinterpretation”的概念是说政府与王妃之间的一些误解，而不是说王妃歪曲了安哥拉的境况，这也不是他们指责的缘由，所以D也不对。
单选题 How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A. She paid no attention to them.
B. She made more appearances on TV.
C. She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
D. She rose to argue with her opponents.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】细节题。文章第四段：“The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms：‘This is a distraction we do not：need．All I'm trying to do is help.’”说明王妃对那些批评置若罔闻，所以A正确。文中没有提及她通过多上电视来回应那些批评，所以B不对；她会见那个13岁的女孩是在访问过程中的行为，并不是她访问回来后针对批评而回应的办法，所以C不对；文中明确说她不予理睬，根本没有与反对者争论，所以D也不对。
单选题 What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A. It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
C. It had greatly promoted her popularity.
D. It had affected her relations with the British government.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】细节题。文章最后一段最后一句话指出：她说，这次访问使她有机会亲近人民。这说明B正确。虽然确实使政府陷入了尴尬，但这不是王妃对这次访问的看法，所以A不对；王妃是利用她的知名度进行访问，以声明对禁用地雷的支持，而不是借访问提升知名度，这并不是她对这次访问的态度，所以C不对；访问确实影响了她与英国政府的关系，但是文中没有表明这是王妃对这次访问的看法，所以D不对。