第14章第二次世界大战结束前英美国家的重大事件
I.Multiple Choices.
1.Churchill led the country during______at the end of May,1940.
A.the Battle of Britain
B.the blitz of London
C.the miracle of Dunkirk
D.the depression
98属什么【答案】C
【解析】敦刻尔克大撤退是丘吉尔是主要政绩之一，由丘吉尔亲自领导，8天内奇迹般地撤出被围困在敦刻尔克周围一小块地区的盟军33万多人。
2.Britain declared war on Germany in Aug.1914when Germany invaded______.
A.France
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B.Poland
C.Belgium
D.Serbia
【答案】C
【解析】1914年8月4日，德国入侵保持中立的比利时，比利时对德国宣战；同日，英国考虑到比利时对自己国土安全的重要性向德国宣战。
3.During World War I,on the first day of______on July1,1916,19000British troops
were killed in a day.
A.the battle of Marne
B.the battle of Jutland
C.the battle of Amiens
D.the battle of the Somme
【答案】D
【解析】索姆河战役第一天，英军伤亡近六万人，其中死亡近两万人。这是因为英军以密集队形前进，遭到德军机枪和炮兵火力的严重杀伤。
k线的基本知识II.Fill in the blanks.
1.To pursue Irish independence,the most spectacular event in the Irish history was ______of1916,in which the rebels occupied Dublin’s______and forced the British to“take it back by______.”
【答案】the Easter Rising；Post Office；Military means
全国爱眼日是几月几日
【解析】复活节起义是爱尔兰共和兄弟会组织的在1916年的复活节周期间发生的一场暴动，是自从17
98年爱尔兰起义以来最重大的起义，总部设在邮政总局。萨依巴格乡
2.The Bill pasd by the Parliament in1689after the______Revolution in Britain is known as the English Bill of______which marked not only a sharp decline in powers of the Monarch,but also the beginning of the British______Monarchy.（人大2006研）
【答案】Glorious；Rights;Constitutional
【解析】1689年议会通过的民权法案削弱了英国君主的势力，标志着英国君主立宪制的开始。）
3.When Queen Anne died without any heirs,the English throne was offered to her nearest______relative,George of Hanover,who thus became George I of______.（人大2007研）
【答案】German；Hanover
【解析】1714年英国斯图亚特王朝女王安妮去世，依1701年的嗣位法，具有日耳曼血统的德国汉诺威公国的继承人乔治·路易到英国即位称乔治一世，从而开始英国的汉诺威王朝。
4.Great Britain emerged from the War of______(1701~1714)as one of the world’s great military powers.
【答案】the Spanish Succession少数民族的风俗有哪些
【解析】英国在西班牙王位继承战里大量夺取法国的海外殖民地，成功地巩固了海上优势，从而走上海上殖民帝国之路。
5.On June6,1944,the allied forces landed in______.Most of France was liberated by the end of September.
【答案】Normandy
【解析】1944年6月6日，同盟国军队登陆诺曼底，8月25日解放巴黎，到9月底，法国大部分地区都成功解放。诺曼底登陆战役，是20世纪最大的登陆战役。
III.Explain the following in English.
1.American Civil War（人大2005研）
火车站英语【答案】American Civil War lasted from1861to1865.In1863,Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that gave freedom to all the slaves in areas which were controlled by the Confederacy.The success of the north over the south kept the United States one country and eliminated the slavery.
2.The Great Depression（西安外国语学院2006研）
【答案】The Great Depression started on October24,1929when a wave of panic lling of stocks swept the New York Stock Exchange.By1932,numerous banks and business had failed,and one quarter of all the workers suffered from unemployment.
咖喱鸡肉土豆的做法3.Emancipation Proclamation
【答案】In1862,President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which formally abolished the slavery system in America.It freed the slaves in the rebelling states and permitted them to join the armed force of the North.The Proclamation thus declared the abolition of slavery an objective of the war in addition to the objective of saving the Union.The Proclamation went into effect on Jan.1st,1863.
4.The Bill of Rights of1689（北二外2010研；四川大学2009研）
【答案】Bill of Rights was advocated by Parliament and accepted by William of Orange during the Glorious Revolution in1688.After the Glorious Revolution in 1688,William and Mary were crowned jointly in Westminster Abbey as they had accepted the Bill of Rights of l689.It approximates a written constitution,for it states the esntial principles of parliamentary supremacy:control of money, dispensation power,and frequent,regular meeting of Parliament.The bill prevented any Roman Catholic from the succession,confirmed parliamentary supremacy and guaranteed free speech within both the two hous.It marked the beginning of British constitutional monarchy.
5.Invasion of Normandy
【答案】On June6,1944,a force of176000Allied soldiers from the US,Britain,and Canada stormed the beaches of Normandy in northern France.D-Day,as it was called by the Allies,was the largest aborne invasion in history.The invasion at Normandy took the Germans by surpri,becau they expected an invasion to come from farther north,near Calais,at the narrowest part of the English Cha
nnel. The Germans fought the invasion fiercely,but by the end of the day,all five beaches were cured by the Allies.
6.the philosophy behind the American Revolution（北京交大2006研）
【答案】The American Revolution referred to13English colonies’fighting for
freedom and independence from the British colonial rule.The philosophy behind it was expresd in the Declaration of Independence,which was adopted by the Congress on July4,1776.The document declared that all men were created equal and that they were entitled to have some unalienable rights such as life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
7.The Continental Congress
【答案】In September1774,the first Continental Congress,a meeting of colonial leaders who oppod British oppression in the colonies,was held in Philadelphia. The leaders urged Americans to disobey the Intolerable Acts and to boycott British trade.They also drew up a protest against tho
laws and issued a petition to George III.At the same time,the colonists began to organize militias and collect and store weapons and ammunition in order to defend themlves.In May1775,a cond continental congress met in Philadelphia and began to assume the functions of a national government.It founded a Continental Army and Navy under the command of George Washington and prepared to fight for their freedom and independence.
8.the Seven Years’War
【答案】
(1)The Seven Years’War was in nature a major contest between Britain and France for control of their colonial empires.
