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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s camp

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问题     It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said, "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me: like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her. "
    The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines. " And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
    But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon" (乱放炮的人).
    The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: "This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help. "
    Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
    To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "working towards" a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding. "
    For the Princess, the trip to this war torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her ,popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
Some members of the British government criticized Diana because
选项 A、she had not consulted the government before the visit
B、she was ill-informed of the government’s policy
C、they were actually opposed to banning landmines
D、they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola
答案C
解析 细节推论题。文章第三段第一句说，回到伦敦，戴安娜的观点得不到政府某些官员的赞同，因为他们拒绝支持禁止这些武器，愤怒的政治家甚至在报纸上攻击她。A项说因为出访前未与政府商量，与文章内容不符。B项说她不了解政府的方针政策，与原文也不符。C项说事实上政府官员们反对禁止地雷。与文章中他们拒绝支持禁止这些武器属同义转述。D项也与文章意思不符。故C为正确答案。
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