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English (Compulsory) First Paper

Part I: Reading Test ₍₆₀marks)

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B. Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid _toamulti-racial democracy, as _anicon of peace and reconciliation

who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world. Imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against white

minority rule, Mandela never lost his resolve to fight for his people’s emancipation. He was determined to bring down apartheid

while avoiding a civil war. His prestige and charisma helped him win the support of the world.

“Ihaterace discrimination most intensely and _inall its manifestations. _Ihavefought it all during my life; _Iwillfight it now, and

_willdo so until the end _ofmy days,” Mandela said in his _acceptancespeech on becoming South Africa’s first black president in

“The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The _momenttobridge the chasms that divide _ushas come.” _“We

have, at last, achieved our political emancipation.” In 1993, _Mandelawas awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, _anhonourhe

shared with F.W. de _Klerk,the white African leader who had freed _himfrom prison three _yearsearlier and _negotiatedthe

end of apartheid. Mandela went on to play _aprominent role on the world stage as _anadvocate of human dignity in the face

of challenges ranging from political repression

He formally left public life _inJune 2004

you.” But he remained one of the world’s most revered public figures, combining celebrity sparkle with an unwavering

message of freedom, respect and human rights. “He is at the epicenter of our time, ours _inSouth Africa, and yours, wherever you _are,”Nadine Gordimer, the South African writer and Nobel Laureate for Literature, once remarked. The years Mandela

political prisoner _anda leader of mythic stature for millions of

spent behind bars _madehim the world’s _mostcelebrated

black South Africans and other oppressed people far beyond his country’s borders.

Charged with capital offences in the 1963 Rivonia Trial, his statement from the dock was his political testimony. “During my lifetime _Ihavede