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1、Alandofdiversity***阅读理解。FidelCastrowasbornathisfather’sfarmonAugust13,1926.Hisfather,AngelCastro,wasamigranttoCubafromGalicia,NorthwestSpain.HehadbeefinanciallysuccessfulbygrowingsugarcaneatLasManacasfarminBiran,OrienteProvince.Agedsix,Castrowassenttolivewithhiste
2、acherinSantiagobeCuba,beforebeingbaptized(洗礼)intotheRomanCatholicChurchattheageofeight.BeingbaptizedenabledCastrotoattendthelaSalleboardingschoolinSantiago,whereheregularlymisbehaved,sohewassenttotheprivatelyfundedDoloresSchoolinSantiago.In1945hetransferredtoamore
3、famousschool,DeBeleninHavana.AlthoughCastrotookaninterestinhistory,geographyanddebatingatBelen,hedidnotexcelacademically,insteaddevotingmuchofhistimetoplayingsport.In1945,CastrobeganstudyinglawattheUniversityofHavana,wherehebecameinvolvedinstudentactivism,andthevi
4、olentgangsterismculturewithintheuniversity.Passionateaboutanti-imperialismandopposingU.S.interferenceintheCaribbean,heunsuccessfullycampaignedforthepresidencyoftheFederationofUniversityStudentsonaplatformof“honesty,decencyandjustice”.Castrobecamecriticalofthecorru
5、ptionandviolenceofPresidentRamonGrau’sgovernment,deliveringapublicspeechonthesubjectinNovember1946thatreceivedcoverageonthefrontpageofseveralnewspapers.In1947,CastrojoinedthePartyoftheCubanPeople,foundedbyEduardoChibas.Chibasadvocatedsocialjustice,honestgovernment
6、,andpoliticalfreedom,whilehispartyexposedcorruptionanddemandedreform.ThoughChibaslosttheelection,Castroremaineddevotedtoworkingonhisbehalf.Socialsituationbeingworse,Castorsoonreceivedadeaththreaturginghimtoleavetheuniversity;refusing,hebegancarryingagunandsurround
7、inghimselfwitharmedfriends.1.Fromparagraph2,weknowthatFidelCastro_______.A.hadnointerestinhistoryB.performedverywellatschoolC.spendmuchtimeplayingsportD.attendedtheLaSalleboardingschoolbefore82.WhatistherightorderofthefollowingeventsrelatedtoFidelCastro?a.delivere
8、dapublicspeechb.enteredtheUniversityofHavanac.joinedthePartyoftheCubanPeopled.transferredtofamousschool,DeBelenA.dbacB.abcdC.dabcD.acdb3.FidelCastrocarr
