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The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on Aug. 31, 1997, shook Britain and t

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问题     The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on Aug. 31, 1997, shook Britain and the world. The New York Times asked journalists who covered Diana and the deadly car accident, which also killed her companion, Dodi Al-Fayed, and their driver, Henri Paul, to share their memo and reflections.
Diana was considered disloyal and unhinged, an unguided missile, when she went on the BBC in 1995 to talk of her emotional distress. ("There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.") In a sign of how much things have changed, William and Harry are marking the anniversary by speaking publicly about her, with royal approval.
    Her death also marked a turning point in the history of Britons’ relationship to their own ids, ushering in an era in which people have new license to express themselves and feelings can weigh more heavily than reason, Mr. Freedland said.
    "The reaction to her death is a preview of the Brexit landscape, in which emotion trumps expertise, " he said. "It was a shock to people — we didn’t think it was part of the British mind-set — and now, after Brexit, you can see there was something growing there, a willingness to give two fingers to the experts." (Instead of using their middle fingers, Britons use what is known as a two-fingered salute.
    Public opinion polls suggest nobody is particularly fond of Prince Charles, who at 68 is still waiting for his chance to become king. But they also show that the royal family, led by the seemingly indestructible 91-year-old queen, endures as a comforting unifying thread, providing a constitutional underpinning for a nation whose quirks include the fact that it has no written constitution.
    "The royal family is key to our constitution, " Geordie Greig, editor of The Mail on Sunday, which publishes its share of royal-related articles, said in an email. "It provides a permanent and historical foundation going back more than 1, 000 years."
    The pomp and circumstance of its spectacles — the weddings of Charles and Diana and of William and Kate; the funeral of Diana — unify the country "with a familial heartbeat that also resonates around the world, " he added.
    At the very least, the royal family provides a gossipy distraction for a nation fretting about where it belongs and where it is going in this fraught era of Brexit. When is Harry going to propose to his girlfriend, Meghan Markle, and does it matter that she is Canadian, describes herself as mix race and is an actress? How disappointing is it that, at 35, William has already lost much of his hair? How expensive was Kate’s sister’s very big, very fancy engagement ring?
    Not everyone loves the royal family. Clearly anyone who visits Diana’s memorial fountain in Kensington Gardens is part of a self-selecting group, hardly a representative sample of public opinion. But a recent stop there showed how Diana, even after all this time, remains part of the conversation.
"I feel bad for Diana, the way they treated her, " said Kristina Landgraf, a German tourist. "She was a good person, she was kicked out of the royal family, and tried to have a personal life."
    Visitors to Buckingham Palace said that the royal family held a fascination, even for those who are not really a royal family sort of person. [br] Which of the following statements is TRUE about the royal family?
选项 A、People are particularly fond of Prince Charles.
B、The weddings and funeral of the royal family are the concern of the world.
C、The royal family is loved by all British people.
D、Visitors to Diana’s memorial fountain are representative samples of public opinion.
答案 B
解析 第5段第一句话提到，没有人特别喜欢查尔斯王子，因此A项错误；第7段中提及，查尔斯和戴安娜的婚礼、威廉和凯特的婚礼以及戴安娜的葬礼上的壮观场面，将国家与家族融为一体，并引起了全世界的关注，可以推断出B项正确；第9段第一句话表明，不是每个人都喜欢王室，因此C项错误；第9段第二句话提到，任何在肯辛顿花园参观戴安娜纪念喷泉的人几乎都不是民意的代表，此句中的副词hardly表示否定，因此D项错误。答案为B。
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