Question

Viscount(子爵)Montgomery, the famous British commander, was born in Bemaid Law Montgomery in 1887 and fought in both world wars．In World War I he was only an ordinary soldier, who rose to the rank of captain．It was during World War Ⅱ that he really shone-commanded the British army in many of the important battles of the war and later in North Africa, then in Nomiady, and finally in Germany．After the war he was made a nobleman but people continued to refer to him as Monty, once a reporter asked him,“Who do you think were the three greatest commanders in history?”Replied Monty, without a moment's hesitation,“The other two were Alexander the Great and Napoleon．”Why do you think people called Viscount Montgomery“Monty”?

1. A.
   Because he was famous．
2. B.
   Because he was a nobleman．
3. C.
   Probably because people liked and respected him．
4. D.
   Probably because people did not quite respect him．

Answer 1

C
該文介紹的是第二次世界大戰(zhàn)的風(fēng)云人物蒙哥馬利元帥，在他顯赫之后，老百姓仍叫他Monty, Monty是蒙哥馬利的昵稱。這種叫法充分表現(xiàn)了老百姓對(duì)他的好感。故應(yīng)選C。如果不深入思考全文的內(nèi)涵，簡(jiǎn)單地認(rèn)為這是對(duì)大人物的不尊敬，可能會(huì)誤選D項(xiàng)。