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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
South Africa is a troubled land. It is rich in gold, uranium, and diamonds. It has modern cities like Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. But it also has a severe race problem.
How did this come about? South Africa has about 16 million people. Nearly 11 million are Negroes. About three million are white. Most of them are of Dutch descent; the rest are of English descent. About two million people are Asians or are of mixed blood.
But the people of Dutch descent, called Afrikaners control the government. The blacks cannot vote. The Afrikaners keep the races separated. This policy is called apartheidaprtness. Most of the world's nations are against apartheid.
Apartheid means that the blacks must live on “reserves” that make up only a small part of the land. They are very poor. Some go to the cities to find a better life. But often they must work in the mines for a little money. They are also forced to live apart from the whites. To enter a white area, they must have a pass book. If they do not have a pass book, they can be arrested. Because of the rough treatment, most of South Africa's blacks (and other no-whites) are against white rule. They want to rule themselves.
Also, some white people in South Africa do not like the way the blacks are treated. Of them is the country's greatest writer, Alan Paton. Paton used to be a school teacher. Later he became principle of a reform school. While on a trip to Europe in 1946, he got the ideas for his book Cry, the Beloved Country. It is a strong call for justice for the black people of South Africa. It is considered one of the greatest books of recent times.
1．The author's purpose is ________.
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A．to praise Alan Paton
B．to explain the race problems in South Africa
C．to create interest in Cry, the Beloved Country
D．to tell about the population of South Africa
2．From the information in the article, you could say that ________.
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A．Alan Paton is for apartheid
B．South Africa's blacks are treated fairly
C．apartheid is favoured throughout the world
D．less than half of the population in South Africa is white
3．South Africa is a troubled land because ________.
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A．it has modern cities
B．it has rich mineral resources
C．it has a severe race problem
D．most of the population are Negroes
4．A word opposite in meaning to “rough”is ________.
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