江苏新沂市高考英语二轮阅读理解选练3及答案.docVIP

江苏新沂市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解选练（3）及答案 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 【2014第一轮质检试题】 Nelson Mandela was a figure of international fame，and many details of his life and career were public knowledge．But here are some things you may not have known about him． In his youth，Mandela enjoyed boxing．Even during the 27 years he spent in prison，he would exercise every morning．“I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it．Boxing is equal．I never did any real fighting after I entered politics．My main interest was in training，”he wrote in his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom． Among the memorabilia in the Mandela Family Museum in Soweto，visitors call find the world championship belt given to Mandela by American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. Rolihlahla Mandela was nine years old when a teacher at the primary Methodist school where he was studying,gave him an English name—Nelson—in accordance with the custom to give all school children Christian names． Rolihlahla is not a common name in South Africa．It means“troublemaker”．His circumcision name was Dalibunga，meaning“founder of the Bunga”． However,in South Africa,Mr Mandela was often called by his clan(宗族)name—Madiba—which South Africans used out of respect． After going underground because of his ANC activities，Mr Mandela’s ability to evade(躲避)the securities services earned him the nickname“the black Pimpernel”，after the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel，about a hero with a secret identity． A fake(伪造的)passport in the name of David Motsamayi was used by Mr Mandela.He had disguised himself as a driver，a gardener and a chef in order to travel around the country unnoticed by the authorities． Mr Mandela studied law on and off for 50 years from 1939，failing about half the courseshe took．In August 1952，he and Oliver Tambo established South Africa’s first black law firm，Mandela and Tambo，in Johannesburg．He persevered to finally secure a law degree while in prison in 1989． 41．Why did Nelson Mande