what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory!”
The Germans began gathering their armies on the French coast and prepared to invade Britain. The British had not enough rifles to go around. Churchill gave the answer, “We shall defend our island, whatever cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the land ground, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender.”
By his courage, hard work and faith, Churchill inspired his people. Victory finally came when the Germans were defeated at the end of World War II.
Here is a well-known story told about Churchill.
During the Second World War, Winston Churchill was the British prime minister. One day he had to go to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to make an important speech to the nation.
An hour before the time of his speech, he stopped a taxi in the street and asked the driver to take him to the BBC, but the taxi driver, who did not recognize him, said he could not take him anywhere just then, because he wanted to go back to his home at the other end of London to hear Churchill make a speech on the radio.
2. “France fell.” Here the word “fell” means ______
A. fell down B. gave up C. was defeated D. was surrounded 3. Facing the Germans' invasion, Churchill decided ______ A. to defend Britain with blood, tears and sweat. B. to get more rifles to go around. C. to give in.
D. to inspire his people.
4. The driver refused to take Churchill to the BBC because ______ A. he hated Churchill.
B. he had something important to do.
C. he wanted to go home in the opposite direction. D. Churchill offered him too little money.
5. From the story we could learn that Churchill was ______ A. a modest man. B. a great man. C. a generous man.
D. fond of listening to good words. (BCABA)
15. Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, Discoverer of X-rays
威廉?康拉德?伦琴—X射线的发现者
X射线的发现者威廉·康拉德·伦琴，于1845年出生在德国尼普镇。发现X射线的全部功劳都应归于伦琴，他的发现是前所未料的。而且他的发现对贝克雷尔及其他研究人员都有重要的促进作用。1901年，伦琴获得诺贝尔物理奖，是获得该项奖的第一人。他于1923年在德国慕尼黑与世长辞。
If you break your arm or leg, you will be probably sent to hospital to have an X-ray photo taken to find out just where the break is and what kind of break it is. If a child swallows a hard thing, as sometimes happens, the doctor, by the help of X-rays, will be able to find out just where it has got to in the child’s body. Every hospital has an X-ray department. Dentists also take X-ray photos of people’s teeth which do not show from the outside. X-rays were first discovered by a German scientist, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen (1845-1923), in 1895, almost by accident.
pass not only through the black paper but also wood. Comprehension Questions:
1. The first paragraph mainly tells us ______ A. some uses of X-rays.
B. what we should do when one’s arm or leg is broken. C. that every hospital has an X-ray department. D. that X-rays were discovered in 1895. 2. The second paragraph shows ______ A. the uses of X-rays.
B. that Rontgen and other scientists once did an experiment together. C. that X-rays could make a screen become bright. D. how X-rays were discovered.
3. We know that X-rays can hardly pass through ______ A. black paper B. bones C. wood D. flesh 4. The word \
A. glowing. B. going through things. C. sending out energy, heat etc. in rays. D. shining.