[单项选择]After the Second World War fashionable short skirts ______ to ankle length.
A. shortened
B. dropped
C. lowered
D. lengthen

[单项选择]After the Second World War fashionable short skirts ______ to ankle length.
A. shortened
B. dropped
C. lowered
D. lengthen

[单项选择]The US achieved its predominance after World War II because ______.
A. it had made painstaking efforts towards this goal
B. its domestic market was eight times larger than before
C. the war had destroyed the economies of most potential competitors
D. the unparalleled size of its workforce had given an impetus to its economy

[单项选择]The US achieved its predominance after World War Ⅱ because ______.
A. it had made painstaking efforts towards this goal
B. its domestic market was eight times larger than before
C. the war had destroyed the economies of most potential competitors
D. the unparalleled size of its workforce had given an impetus to its economy

[单项选择]After World War I political unrest in Britain led to（）general elections in just over 5 years.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

[单项选择]The Peace Conference after World War I in 1918 was dominated by the Big Four, that is _______.
A. the United States, Britain, Japan and Italy
B. the United States, Russia, France and Italy
C. the United States, Britain, France and Italy
D. the United States, Britain, France and China

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Text 3 After World War II the glorification of an ever-larger GNP formed the basis of a new materialism, which became a sacred obligation for all Japanese governments, businesses and trade unions. Anyone who mentioned the undesirable by-products of rapid economic growth was treated as a heretic. Consequently, everything possible was done to make conditions easy for the manufacturers. Few dared question the wisdom of discharging untreated waste into the nearest water body or untreated smoke into the atmosphere. This silence was maintained by union leaders as well as by most of the country's radicals; except for a few isolated voices, no one protested. An insistence on treatment of the various effluents would have necessitated expenditures on treatment equipment that in turn would have given rise to higher operating costs. Obviously, this would have meant higher prices for Japanese goods, and ultimately fewer sales and lower industrial grow
A. Japan was markedly influenced by the U. S. in education.
B. education in Japan was not so developed as that in the U. S..
C. Japanese educational institutions were much the same as those in the U. S..
D. the Japanese government concerned itself only about the economic gain.

[单项选择]He went on ______after a short break.

[单项选择]The travelers ______ their journey after a short break.
A. recovered
B. resumed
C. renewed
D. restored

[单项选择]The emergence of the affluent society after World War Ⅱ ______.
A. gave birth to a new generation of upper class consumers
B. gave rise to the dominance of the new egoism
C. led to the reform of the retailing system
D. resulted in the worship of consumerism

[单项选择]After the Vietnam War, the image of the United States, especially its armed forces, was ______.
A. disfigured
B. disappointed
C. disfavored
D. discredited

[单项选择]After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for _________.
A. Southern money
B. signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin
C. Southern manuscripts and letters
D. Civil War battle plans

[单项选择]After the War of Independence, Americans designed a new system. What it
A. Feudalism.
B. Socialism.
C. Federalism.
D. Capitalism.