Module 6 War and Peace Period One(Ⅰ)课时训练（外研版选修6）.docVIP

Module 6　War and Peace Period One　Warm-up Reading (Ⅰ) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　基础落实 Ⅰ.课文理解 1． Operation Overlord refers to a battle that ________. A．Germans tried to land on the French beaches to invade France B．the British helped the Polish to fight against Germans C．the French fought against Germans on the beaches of Normandy D．the Allies(同盟国) tried to land on the French beaches against Germans 2． From the passage，we know ________ took the most dangerous task in the D-Day landings. A．Canadian troops B．British troops C．American troops D．French troops 3． From Passage 2，we know that ________ soldiers of Able Company were either killed or drowned during the landings. A．about one hundred B．twenty or so C．exactly twenty-six D．more than sixty 4． The sentence “Two men.Two rifles.This was Able Company’s contribution to D-Day.” gives us a suggestion that ________. A．Able Company lost few soldiers during the landings B．Able Company hadn’t made contributions to the landings C．Able Company had made great contributions to the landings D．Able Company managed to land with only two men and two rifles lost 5． Passage 3 is intended to ________. A．tell us not to forget those who lost their lives in the D-Day landings B．introduce a famous British poem to us C．describe how the French beaches became a famous attraction D．tell us the importance of the D-Day landings Ⅱ.课文缩写 Do you know the phrase of the D-Day landings? Yes，it is also called Operation Overlord—the military 1.________ in 1944，which started as a story of danger and 2.________，but ended as a story of bravery and 3.________.During World War Ⅱ，the United States，Britain and Canada formed the Allies to fight against 4.________.When Germans 5.________ France，they attempted to send troops to France across the English Channel from Britain；thus the so-called Operation Overlord happened.The first aim of the Allies was to land on the 6.________ of Normandy.The landings were extremely dangerous under the German wild artillery 7.________ and