单选题

Keep on Fighting

Turning once again to the question of invasion, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these long centuries of which we boast when an absolute guarantee against invasion, still less against serious raids, could have been given to our people. In the days of Napoleon the same wind which would have carried his transports across the Channel might have driven away the blockading (封锁) fleet. There was always the chance, and it is that chance which has excited and befooled (愚弄) the imaginations of many continental tyrants. Many are the tales that are told. We are assured that novel methods will be adopted, and when we see the originality of malice (怨恨), the ingenuity of aggression, which our enemy displays, we may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel stratagem (战略) and every kind of brutal and treacherous (奸的) maneuver (花招). I think that no idea is so outlandish (古怪的) that it should not be considered and viewed with a searching, but at the same time, I hope, with a steady eye.
We must never forget the solid assurances of sea power and those which belong to air power if it can be locally exercised. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. This is the resolve of His Majesty"s government—every man of them. This is the will of parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous states have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious (可憎的) apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag (变弱) or fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost might be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated (征服) and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God"s good time, the new world, with its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

单选题 Throughout Britain"s history, there has been no guarantee that an invasion would not happen.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意：在英国历史上，从来没有人能保证不会发生侵略战争。文章的第一段首句：Turning once again to the question of invasion, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these long centuries of which we boast when an absolute guarantee against invasion, still less against serious raids, could have been given to our people.这个句子是理解的关键，但该句子难度较大。当再次把注意力集中到侵略这个话题时，我发现在几百年里没有任何一个阶段我们能鼓吹人们能得到彻底的不受侵略或严重攻击的保障。故本句的含义与题干意思相近，故答案为A。

单选题 Napoleon and his army once crossed the English Channel and conquered Britain.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意：拿破仑和他的军队曾经跨越英吉利海峡并征服了英格兰。由专有名词Napoleon可回到原文定位，在文章第一段第二句中In the days of Napoleon the same wind which would have carried his transports across the Channel might have driven away the blockading(封锁)fleet，但是句中用了两个虚拟语气would have carried/might have driven，从而否定了句子内容的真实性。也就是说这两个动作是没有现实发生的，所以题干陈述是错误的，故答案为B。

单选题 The enemy will use every means conceivable to destroy Britain.

单选题 Churchill is confident that he will live longer than Hitler.

单选题 The Royal Air Force will launch massive air strikes against the Germans.

单选题 The British Empire is so strong that it does not have to take Hitler"s menace seriously.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意：大英帝国如此强大，没有必要严肃对待希特勒的恶毒。由British Empire回到原文定位，文章第二段提到：The British Empire and the French republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.大英帝国与法国精诚合作、奋力抗争，一定能取得对希特勒的胜利。题干的信息与文章信息不一致，故答案为B。