[单项选择]My father served in World War II.
A. True
B. False

[判断题]My father served in World War II.

[单项选择]Who served in the Second World War
A. Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.
B. Bob Dole and George Herbert Walker Bush.
C. George Herbert Walker Bush.
D. George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton.

[单项选择]His father served as______to the entire García clan, dispensing money and advice to those who needed it, and the family, in turn, revered him.
A. prelate
B. paterfamilias
C. mountebank
D. valet
E. creditor

[填空题]His father served as________to the entire Garcia clan, dispensing money and advice to those who needed it, and the family, in turn, revered him.
A. A．prelate
B．paterfamilias
C．mountebank
D．valet
E．creditor

[单项选择]World War Ⅱ initiated the concept of "total war"--war that involved all, civilians and military alike, in the war effort. This was not really new. Lazare Carnot had anticipated it during the French Revolution with his call for "a nation in arms". But never before World War II had nation been required to draw so heavily upon the total human resources available to them. In each country, there was a propaganda effort to portray every person in the state as personally involves in the struggle being waged. In the United States, "Rosie the Riveter" was as much a part of the picture as "G. I. Joe". The German "Rosies" were not as likely as their American counterparts to be working as riveters, but from 1942 on, they and their children were to face terrors of war as severe as those experienced by their front-line soldiers. Shivering from fear of being buried alive in the cellars that served as air-raid shelters, they had to emerge from those areas of modest security to extinguish the fire bomb
A. anticipated the arrival of new age in war-waging.
B. victimized the ordinary people and soldiers alike on unprecedented scales.
C. made the aggressors suffer more than the aggressed.
D. used the propaganda to get the civilians into it without hesitation.

[单项选择]The Second World War of 1939-1945 was a war of enormous scale and global impact. Over the course of the war, which lasted for just over six years, approximately sixty-five countries became involved in the conflict.
Statistics cannot possibly capture the extent of the damage caused by the war, nor the suffering endured by people around the world, who lost their homes, their livelihood, and loved ones. Experts agree that the Second World War resulted in approximately 60 million casualties and reshaped the face of global politics for years afterwards. The war dtsplaced millions of refugees and decimating the European economy by destroying 70% of Europe’s industrial infrastructure.
The impact on the Soviet Union’s industry was also severe: over the course of the war 30% of Soviet industrial infrastructure was destroyed.
According to the article, during which year did the Second World War begin
A. 1939
B. 1940
C. 1944
D. 1945

[单项选择]
For most of my 15 years, my father usually said very little to my mother and me. He preferred reading the newspaper or watching football matches on television to talking to his family.
Everything changed one morning. As soon as I came downstairs to breakfast, I could see that he wasn’t his usual reserved (缄默的) self. "Can’t wait! FIFA World Cup! Big match! Must see! "I quickly figured out what all the excitement was about: Dad is a big football fan.
I had never been interested in football, but Dad’s excitement that morning made me more and more curious. I had to find out why this sport was making my normally reserved father act like a five-year-old on his first trip to Disneyland.
Dad decided that we should all eat at a little German restaurant so that we could watch the World Cup while eating. Secretly, I think he was hoping to turn Mum and me into football fans.
The match started a few minutes after we e
A. A parent busy at work.
B. A man of few words.
C. An encouraging father.
D. A talkative football player.