1.At one point I thought she was going to refuse, but in the end she agreed.
2.It rained heavily.As a result, we had to put off the sports meeting.
3.The bus stops regularly to set down and pick up passengers.
4.The meeting was far from being a success; it's a failure.
5.Scientists have made a breakthrough in cancer research.
6.The people in the mountainous areas have declared war on poverty.
[答案] 1-6 AEDFCB
The DDay Landings-Passage 1
In September 1939, Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. The war, which lasted until 1945①, is known as the Second World War. During the war, Germany occupied many countries, including France. The most important battle of the war in Europe was Operation Overlord, the military operation(行动) in 1944 to invade France.
D日登陆--文章1
1939年9月,英国在德国入侵波兰后向德国宣战。这场持续到1945年的战争就是著名的第二次世界大战。二战中,德国侵占了包括法国在内的许多国家。"霸王行动"是1944年进军法国的军事行动,也是二战中欧洲最重要的战役。
[助读讲解] ①此处为which引导的非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词The war。
Operation Overlord started when boats full of soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy in France, known as the DDay landings. More than 5,000 ships crossed the English Channel, carrying 130, 000 troops to the French coast②.
满载士兵的战船在法国诺曼底海滩登陆拉开了"霸王行动",也就是D日登陆的序幕。5 000多艘战船载着13万人的军队穿越英吉利海峡抵达法国海岸。