[单项选择]During World War II the Allies suffered a long （） of defeats before they finally achieved victory.
A. suppression
B. compulsion
C. succession
D. compression

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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 growth and GNP.
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A. by-effects.
B. drainage.
C. solid wastes.
D. risks.

[单项选择]Ireland kept out of World War II _______.
A. to declare itself a republic
B. to make a new constitution
C. to vote itself out of the Commonwealth
D. to demonstrate its continued displeasure with the British

[单项选择]As a result of World War II, Canada ______.
A. established the Canadian Navy
B. experienced a rapid growth in its territory
C. increased the control over its foreign relations
D. found its place among the nations of the world

[单项选择]The World War II ended during Truman's ______.
A. Presidency
B. succession
C. realm
D. duration

[单项选择]The post-World War II baby ________ resulted in a 43 percent increase in the number of teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s.
A. boost
B. boom
C. production
D. prosperity

[单项选择]After the Second World War fashionable short skirts ______ to ankle length.


A. shortened
B. dropped
C. lowered
D. lengthen