Module6WarandPeacePeriodOneWarmup&Reading(Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ.课文理解1.OperationOverlordreferstoabattlethat________.A.GermanstriedtolandontheFrenchbeachestoinvadeFranceB.theBritishhelpedthePolishtofightagainstGermansC.theFrenchfoughtagainstGermansonthebeachesofNormandyD.theAllies(同盟国)triedtolandontheFrenchbeachesagainstGermans2.Fromthepassage,weknow________tookthemostdangeroustaskintheDDaylandings.A.CanadiantroopsB.BritishtroopsC.AmericantroopsD.Frenchtroops3.FromPassage2,weknowthat________soldiersofAbleCompanywereeitherkilledordrownedduringthelandings.A.aboutonehundredB.twentyorsoC.exactlytwentysixD.morethansixty4.Thesentence“Twomen.Tworifles.ThiswasAbleCompany’scontributiontoDDay.”givesusasuggestionthat________.A.AbleCompanylostfewsoldiersduringthelandingsB.AbleCompanyhadn’tmadecontributionstothelandingsC.AbleCompanyhadmadegreatcontributionstothelandingsD.AbleCompanymanagedtolandwithonlytwomenandtworifleslost5.Passage3isintendedto________.A.tellusnottoforgetthosewholosttheirlivesintheDDaylandingsB.introduceafamousBritishpoemtousC.describehowtheFrenchbeachesbecameafamousattractionD.tellustheimportanceoftheDDaylandingsⅡ.课文缩写DoyouknowthephraseoftheDDaylandings?Yes,itisalsocalledOperationOverlord—themilitary1.________in1944,whichstartedasastoryofdangerand2.________,butendedasastoryofbraveryand3.________.DuringWorldWarⅡ,theUnitedStates,BritainandCanadaformedtheAlliestofightagainst4.________.WhenGermans5.________France,theyattemptedtosendtroopstoFranceacrosstheEnglishChannelfromBritain;thusthesocalledOperationOverlordhappened.ThefirstaimoftheAllieswastolandonthe6.________ofNormandy.ThelandingswereextremelydangerousundertheGermanwildartillery7.________andmachinegunfires.ThesituationwassoterrifyingthattheUSarmycommandersalmostthoughtabout8.________theinvasion.Eventually,thesoldiersmadea9.________andtheDDaylandingswere10.________atthecostofthousandsoflostsoldiers,whichdeterminedthefailureofGermany.Ⅲ.介、副词填空1.InSeptember1939,Britaindeclaredwar________GermanyafterGermanyinvadedPoland.2.Thewar,whichlasteduntil1945,isknown________thesecondWorldWar.3.OperationOverlordstartedasastoryofdangerandconfusionandended________astoryofbraveryandactsofheroism.4.Twentymenfellintothewaterandwerepicked________byotherboats.5.ThiswasAbleCompany’scontribution________DDay.能力提升阅读理解AIsitpossibletopersuademankindtolivewithoutwar?Warisanancientcustomwhichhasexistedforatleastsixthousandyears.Itwasalwaysevilandusuallyfoolish,butinthepastthehumanracemanagedtolivewithit.Modernskillhaschangedthis.Eithermanwillstopwar,orwarwillstopman.Forthepresent,itisnuclearweaponsthatcausethegreatestdanger,butbacteriological(细菌的)orchemicalweaponsmay,beforelong,offeranevengreaterthreat.Ifwesucceededinstoppingwar,therewouldbenodangerforus.Todothis,weneedtopersuademankindtolookuponinternationalquestionsinanewway,notbycontestsofforce,inwhichthevictorygoestothesidewhichismostskillfulinmassacre(大屠杀),butbyarbitration(仲裁)inaccordancewithagreedprinciplesoflaw.Itisnoteasytochangeoldmentalhabits,butthisiswhatmustbeattempted.Therearethosewhosaythattheadoptionofthisorthatideology(意识形态)wouldpreventwar.Ibelievethistobeacompleteerror.Allideologiesarebaseduponbeliefswithoutproofwhichare,atbest,doubtful,andatworst,totallyfalse.Thosepeoplewhobeliev...