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Nelson Mandela is respected and admired around the world.To South Africans he is a superstar.He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, even though he spent 27 years in the prison the South Africa's white , racist regime(政权).

Mandela , who won the nation's first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid(种族隔离)in 1994, retired in 1999.But even now, he is as popular as ever.

His popularity has inspired an entire national industry.His portrait(肖像)has appeared at many places , including on some goods.His face has appeared on a South African coin, a district of a city was named in his honor and some business leaders hope to build a giant statue that looks like him-the Statue of Freedom.It would taller than New York's Statue of Liberty(自由女神像).

His popularity is similar to that of John F Kennedy in the US or Winston Churchill in Britain,but few politicians today have achieved his level of admiration,said Tom Lodge,head of the Political Science Department of the University of the Witwatersrand.

“Sometimes it isn't completely appreciated what a skilled performer Mandela has been throughout his political career.He's a very,very clever man”.

However,he is far from perfect.

Most articles about his birthday,which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day,briefly mentioned that Mandela did have shortcomings.

Then they returned to their flowing praises.

“Through the ages,the human race has had its icons(偶像)-men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generations,” The Mail and Guardian Weekly said.” In our generationthe gods brought us Nelson Mandela

71.Nelson Mandela is loved by everyone in South Africa because         

A.he's as popular as Kennedy and Churchill

B.he spent 27 years in prison

C.he fought hard against racism

D.he's the first black president

72.Mandela's portrait has appeared at many places for the reasons EXCEPT        

A.showing the nation love for him

B.being used to help develop business

C.celebrating his birthday

D.raising money for the Statue of Freedom

73.The underlined sentence means “         ”.

A.We are proud to live in Mandela's time.

B.Mandela is as great as a god.

C.We are proud to know Mandela.

D.Mandela lives together with us all.

74.What can we infer from the article?

A.The Statue of Freedom is a present for Mandela's birthday.

B.The article may have appeared in a newspaper on Mandela's birthday.

C.Most articles focused on Mandela's shortcomings.

D.According to the article,Mandela is a very skilled politician.

75.According to the passage,we know that Nelson Mandela           

A.also has shortcomings.

B.is respected only in South Africa.

C.is still popular after he retired in l994.

D.asks people to build a giant statue that looks like New York's statue of Liberty.

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