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10．As Nelson Mandela said，courage was not the ______ of fear，but the victory over it．（ ）| A． | significance | B． | intelligence | C． | absence | D． | ignorance |
分析 南非总统纳尔逊曼德拉说过，勇气不是没有恐惧，而是战胜恐惧．
解答 答案：C
解析：A：意义；B：智力；C：缺少；不在；D：忽视．根据句意"勇气不是没有恐惧，而是战胜恐惧"可知本题答案为C选项；其余选项均不符合题意．拓展：the absence of 意为"没有…；缺乏…"
点评 本题考查名词的词义辨析，做此类题目时一定要清楚各个选项的含义及用法，并结合句意及其它要求选出正确选项．
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