Passage Four
　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
　　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 “l(fā)oose cannon (亂放炮的人).”
　　The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction (干擾) 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 Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, 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.
　　26. 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（A）
　　27. What did Diana mean when she said “... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me” (Line 5, 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.（D）
　　28. 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（B）
　　29. 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.（A）
　　30. 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.（B）
　　這篇材料講述了戴安娜王妃以反對(duì)使用地雷為目的的非洲之行的情況以及各界對(duì)此的反響。文章就是以針鋒相對(duì)的兩個(gè)派別的互動(dòng)鋪展開來的。
　　文章句話的surprise一詞實(shí)際上就已經(jīng)傳遞了一個(gè)信號(hào)，即這篇材料講述的核心將是戴安娜王妃非洲之行所引起的反響。這是一個(gè)長(zhǎng)句，It came as something of a surprise，意思是“這件事的發(fā)生使人驚詫不已”，it代指when后面所說的事件；事件是戴安娜王妃在1997年訪問了安哥拉（made a trip to Angola in 1997），訪問目的是支持紅十字會(huì)的禁用地雷運(yùn)動(dòng)（to support……）。
　　這次非洲之行到底引起了誰的Surprise（吃驚）呢？文章先是賣了一個(gè)關(guān)子，不馬上回答，而是簡(jiǎn)單介紹戴安娜王妃非洲之行的情況。首先是全世界的電視屏幕都在播放她安撫地雷受害者的鏡頭，而后是她的個(gè)人感言。
　　基本情況介紹完以后，下一段言簡(jiǎn)意賅地總結(jié)出戴安娜王妃的立場(chǎng)：停止使用地雷（We must stop landmines）。這樣反對(duì)這一立場(chǎng)的一派的出場(chǎng)就順理成章了，他們也就是surprise的發(fā)出者。他們是誰呢？是倫敦的英國(guó)政府官員。他們拒絕支持對(duì)地雷武器的禁用（refused to support a ban on these weapons），甚至在媒體上對(duì)王妃發(fā)動(dòng)攻擊（attack on the Princess in the press），他們的觀點(diǎn)是王妃對(duì)此事根本就知之甚少（ill-informed）。
　　王妃的反應(yīng)是無動(dòng)于衷，不予理睬，心思完全放在救助上（All I’m trying to do is help）。
　　但贊同王妃的一派反應(yīng)要強(qiáng)烈得多，反對(duì)黨、媒體和大眾立即表達(dá)了對(duì)王妃的支持。同時(shí)，針對(duì)反對(duì)派的核心觀點(diǎn)（ill-informed），有確鑿消息說王妃的非洲之行是在確知了安哥拉的情況和英國(guó)政府的態(tài)度后才決定成行的。
　　上述反應(yīng)使英國(guó)政府一時(shí)下不來臺(tái)，為了減小影響，他們宣稱政府的政策與王妃的觀點(diǎn)相差不多（the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government），政府甚至在為全球禁用地雷而努力（a worldwide ban），國(guó)防部也跳出來說此事存在誤會(huì)（misinterpretation or misunderstanding）。
　　事件顯然是以王妃一派的勝利告終了，后一段把視點(diǎn)重新放回到王妃非洲之行本身，解釋了此事對(duì)于王妃的意義。
　　26. A
　　本題問戴安娜王妃在1997年訪問安哥拉……結(jié)合題支來看，應(yīng)該問的是王妃此行的目的。
　　A，對(duì)徹底禁用地雷表達(dá)自己的支持。
　　B，闡明英國(guó)政府在地雷問題上的立場(chǎng)。
　　C，調(diào)查那里地雷受害者的痛苦。
　　D，樹立自己地雷受害者朋友的形象。
　　道題一般出于段，看下這篇材料的段，句子很多，段落很長(zhǎng)，可以肯定答案必出自段。段的句在前文已經(jīng)分析過，to support……一句揭示了戴安娜王妃此行的目的是支持紅十字會(huì)的禁用地雷運(yùn)動(dòng)，四個(gè)答案中A接近這個(gè)意思。B的表述在后文有所提到，不過后文說英國(guó)政府的立場(chǎng)和戴安娜王妃是針鋒相對(duì)的，王妃不可能為英國(guó)政府闡述立場(chǎng)。C、D的表述在段后半部分都有提到，但都屬表面現(xiàn)象，而不是真正的目的。
　　27. D
　　本題問戴安娜所說的putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me是什么意思。
　　A，她不堪忍受和地雷受害者面對(duì)面。
　　B，安哥拉的真實(shí)情形使她有種回家的感覺。
　　C，與地雷受害者見面使她相信統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)是對(duì)的。
　　D，看到受害者的所遭受的痛苦使她意識(shí)到了形勢(shì)的嚴(yán)重性。
　　Putting a face to those figures，意思是與那些人面對(duì)面。brought the reality home to me，home是副詞，修飾brought，這半句意思是“把現(xiàn)實(shí)帶到了我面前”?？匆豢催@個(gè)句子的上下文。前文說電視中在播放戴安娜王妃安慰地雷受害者的畫面，這說明王妃已經(jīng)和地雷受害者有過面對(duì)面接觸了，后面應(yīng)該就是她對(duì)此的感受。她說I knew the statistics，意思應(yīng)該是她看過地雷受害者相關(guān)的數(shù)據(jù)；隨后她說But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me，直譯是“但是面對(duì)面與那些人接觸后，現(xiàn)實(shí)才來到了我的眼前。”接下來是like When I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her，個(gè)like表示“像”，指王妃舉的例子；第二個(gè)like也表示“像”，而不是喜歡的意思。這句意思是：像我遇到的那個(gè)13歲的女孩桑德拉，她失去了一條腿，還有別的和她一樣的人。
　　值得的注意的是but這個(gè)詞。But表示轉(zhuǎn)折，前文說她已經(jīng)知道了相關(guān)的數(shù)據(jù)，然后話鋒一轉(zhuǎn)，說面對(duì)面的接觸將現(xiàn)實(shí)帶到了眼前，說明數(shù)據(jù)只能是虛的，親眼見到受害者后才真正認(rèn)識(shí)到了現(xiàn)實(shí)的情形。四個(gè)題支中D的意思與此為接近。
　　28. B
　　題目問一些英國(guó)政府成員批評(píng)戴安娜王妃是因?yàn)槭裁础?
　　A，她對(duì)政府的政策知之甚少。
　　B，他們實(shí)際上是在反對(duì)禁用地雷。
　　C，她在啟程訪問之前沒有征求政府的意見。
　　D，他們認(rèn)為她曲解了安哥拉的局勢(shì)。
　　這個(gè)題目中的because之前的部分在文章中有類似句子，第三段行出現(xiàn)了some members of the British government， 與題目中的一模一樣，可以初步判斷答案就在第三段。第三段直譯如下：在倫敦，她的觀點(diǎn)并沒有被英國(guó)政府的一些成員所認(rèn)同，他們拒絕支持對(duì)這些武器的禁令。 憤怒的政客們還在媒體發(fā)動(dòng)了對(duì)王妃的攻擊，他們把她描述為“所知甚少”和“亂放炮的人”。從這些描述可以看出，政客批評(píng)王妃主要是因?yàn)榕c王妃觀點(diǎn)相左（refused to support a ban），反對(duì)地雷禁用，而說她對(duì)政府的政策知之甚少只是用來批評(píng)的一件武器而已。這樣看來，B的說法是合理的，A相對(duì)于B來說太過表面化，不如B的說法深刻。C和A的意思是差不多的，都是說王妃對(duì)政府政策的無知。D所述的曲解一詞misinterpret出現(xiàn)在倒數(shù)第二段，是在政府面對(duì)尷尬境地時(shí)的求全之詞，與本題無關(guān)。
　　29. A
　　題目問戴安娜王妃如何回應(yīng)批評(píng)之聲。
　　第28題考查的即是政府官員對(duì)戴安娜王妃的批評(píng)之聲，根據(jù)上面的分析可知，文章寫到批評(píng)本身是在三段。那么戴妃對(duì)批評(píng)的反應(yīng)很有可能是在第四段。查看文章可知，作者確實(shí)在第四段敘述了戴妃的反應(yīng)：The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.” Brush aside是一個(gè)詞組，本意是掃除，引申為“漠視”，即便不知道確切的引申義，也是可以從brush（清掃）和aside（到旁邊）的本意大體推斷出這個(gè)詞組含有否定意味。這樣由前半句可知戴妃對(duì)批評(píng)是采取漠視態(tài)度的。而后是戴妃的原話，意為“我們并不需要為此分心。我所要做的就是幫助人們?！钡酱丝梢耘袛啻麇鷮?duì)批評(píng)的態(tài)度是毫不在意的，A的說法正確。
　　A，她對(duì)批評(píng)毫不在意。
　　B，她更多地出現(xiàn)在電視上。文章只是在開頭提到了電視，可以確認(rèn)與本題無關(guān)。
　　C，她按照計(jì)劃與那個(gè)13歲的女孩見了面。與B的錯(cuò)誤一樣。
　　D，她與對(duì)手們據(jù)理力爭(zhēng)。如果不知道戴妃話中distraction（分心）的含義，或許會(huì)存在一些疑難。不過即便除去這一句，從前后兩句應(yīng)該也足以判斷出戴妃的態(tài)度了：她無意與官員們說理。
　　30. B
　　這道題問戴安娜王妃對(duì)自己的安哥拉之行是如何看待的。
　　題目已經(jīng)到了后一道，可以判斷考查對(duì)象不是全篇（如問文章的主要論題是什么）就是后一段。這道題問戴安娜王妃對(duì)自己安哥拉之行的看法，根據(jù)前面對(duì)全文的分析知道，后一段講的是安哥拉之行對(duì)于王妃的意義，與題目所說類似，可以判斷答案就在后一段。
　　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.
　　現(xiàn)直譯如下：
　　對(duì)于王妃來說，此次到這個(gè)飽受戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)摧殘國(guó)家的行程，是利用自己的知名度來告訴世界地雷能夠帶來多大的破壞和痛苦的一次好機(jī)會(huì)。她說這次經(jīng)歷也給了她機(jī)會(huì)接近民眾，了解他們的困苦。
　　王妃的想法一共有兩點(diǎn)，一是可以借這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)把地雷之惡告訴世界，二是能與民眾更加緊密的接觸。
　　A，它引起了英國(guó)政府的尷尬。這個(gè)表述本身是事實(shí)，可惜并不是王妃個(gè)人的想法。
　　B，它拉近了她與普通民眾的距離。這個(gè)說法符合上面分析中王妃的第二個(gè)想法。
　　C，它極大地提高了她的受歡迎程度。這句話是在考查對(duì)王妃個(gè)想法的理解。句子是個(gè)長(zhǎng)句，有一定理解難度，出題者便抓出popularity一詞，杜撰了一個(gè)C的說法。其實(shí)句子本意是王妃的popularity早已是事實(shí)，她只是用自己的popularity來更有效果地反對(duì)使用地雷。
　　D，它影響了她與英國(guó)政府的關(guān)系。這個(gè)說法與A的錯(cuò)誤一樣。

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