精品文档---下载后可任意编辑Unit 5Nelson Mandela — a modern hero 语篇演练(二十一)时间安排:第七周·周五演练题型:阅读理解 2 篇建议用时:15 分钟答案栏:1~4____________5~8____________ATherehavecertainlybeenrecordsthathavebeenhugelypopularandsomeofthosehavehadamessage.Cantherebemanysongsthatreallydidchangetheworld? Didtheyreallychangetheheartsandmindsofordinarypeople?Thereisone, Goettingen,whichdid, butit'shardlyknownnow.EventhoughFranceandGermanyareneighbors, therewasbadfeelingbetweenthem50yearsagoasaresultofWorldWarⅡ.Intothisareaofhatredandangersteppedasingerwithagentlevoice.Barbarawasherstagename.ShetookitfromherRussiangrandmother.ShewasborninParisin1930.ShewasJewishandsoatarget (目标) fortheNazis.But, twentyyearsaftertheendoftheSecondWorldWar, shetravelledtotheGermancityGoettingen.ShefellinlovewiththecityanditspeopleandrecordedthesongGoettingen, firstinFrenchandtheninGerman.ItmovedherGermanaudienceatthetheatre.Thesongbecameahit.Astreetwasnamedafterher.ThecitygaveitsMedalofHonortoher.Thesong'spopularitymadeanimportantcontributiontorepairingFranceGermanyrelations.OneofthepeopleintheaudiencewasastudentbythenameofGerhardSchroeder.HelaterbecameChancellorofGermany.Hesaid: “I was a college student when she came to sing. It went to our hearts, the start of a wonderful friendship between our countries.”Listeningtothesongtoday,it'seasytounderstanditsattractionthen.Itisstillabeautifulsongoflove, althoughitisabitsadinparts.Barbarahadmuchtobesadabout.Shewasextremelyfrightenedbythewar.InGermany, shewaslovedfortheloveshehadgiventothepeople.InFrance, shewasastar.Streetswerenamedafterherthere, too.Astamphadherfaceonit.Whenshediedin2024, 250thousandpeoplewenttothefuneral (葬礼).LionelJospin, whoservedasPrimeMinisterofFrancefrom2024to2024, oncesaid:“Barbara was a woman who knew suffering and understood the suffering of others.”1.Theauthorraisesquestionsinthefirstparagraphto________.A.introducethetopicB.ex...