1、多选题：
How much do you know about Nelson Mandela? ( )
选项：
A:He was elected the first black President of South Africa in 1994;
B:He was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace with de Klerk in 1993;
C:He and Winnie Mandela Divorced in 1996
D:He was imprisoned (1962-1990); 27 years in Prison.
答案: 【He was elected the first black President of South Africa in 1994;;
He was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace with de Klerk in 1993;;
He and Winnie Mandela Divorced in 1996;
He was imprisoned (1962-1990); 27 years in Prison.】

2、多选题：
What are the insights Mandela gained from this gardening experience?( )
选项：
A:Sometimes if something is going to die, one can do nothing to keep it from dying.
B:He got a small taste of freedom which helped him to survive in prison.
C:He came to realize that personal relationship needed cultivating and nourishing like plants.
D:He gained new insights into what leadership meant.
答案: 【Sometimes if something is going to die, one can do nothing to keep it from dying.;
He got a small taste of freedom which helped him to survive in prison.;
He came to realize that personal relationship needed cultivating and nourishing like plants. ;
He gained new insights into what leadership meant.】

3、单选题：
In this text the author tells us about______.( )
选项：
A:how he took advantage of the prison authorities' permission to start a gardenin the courtyard and what he learned and how he benefited from his gardening experience
B:how he managed to find meaning and pleasure in his everyday life during his long imprisonment
C:how he pursued what became his two favorite hobbies in prison: gardening and tennis
D:how he suffered in prison on Robben and he fought against the cruelprison warders who forced him to do manual labor under harsh conditions
答案: 【how he took advantage of the prison authorities' permission to start a gardenin the courtyard and what he learned and how he benefited from his gardening experience】

4、单选题：
Mandela wrote about his garden in prison because__________. ( )
选项：
A:it was an extremely clever move on his part to do something that would disarm his warders and the prison authorities and make his enemies believe that he was harmless and so decide to let him go free
B:it not only gave him a simple but enduring satisfaction and a taste of freedom but also helped him understand better how to be a good revolutionary leader
C:it helped him kill time and endure the terrible boredom of long imprisonment
D:he was a peasant at heart and it gave him pleasure and joy to be able to raise own tomatoes, onions and peanuts
答案: 【it not only gave him a simple but enduring satisfaction and a taste of freedom but also helped him understand better how to be a good revolutionary leader】