2014上海英语高考英语新题型（12份）Word版含答案.docVIP

2014上海英语高考新题型 I The mass escape of Jews from Nazi-occupied Denmark Seventy years ago this month, ___1___ extraordinary mass escape happened from Nazi-___2___ (occupy) Denmark. In September that year, the Nazi secret police - the Gestapo - ___3___ (decide) to deport all Danish Jews to concentration camps, just as theyd done to millions of other Jews across Europe. Tipped off about German plans, to deport them to concentration camps, almost the entire Jewish population - several thousand people - fled their homes and left the country. As he stepped onto the fishing boat ___4___ was meant to carry them across the Baltic sea to ___5___ (safe), 14-year-old Bent Melchior feared he might never see his home again. A week ___6___ (early), he had left the home in Copenhagen he shared with his parents and four siblings. It was 8 October 1943 and Denmark was under Nazi ___7___ (occupy). Along with thousands of other Danish Jews, Bent and his family were fleeing the Germans. We were gathered in this boat ___8___ was supposed to carry herrings, but ___9___ it was now carrying ___10___ beings he says. They set off after dark. There were 19 people on the boat, hiding below deck in case German planes ___11___ (spot) them from overhead. The night air was chilly and the sea rough. People ___12___ were on the boat started to be sick, and every minute felt ___13___ an hour. Danish Jews in a fishing boat on their way to Sweden, October 1943, Melchior and his family were ___14___ of a mass escape. That autumn night, 2,500 Jews set sail for neighboring Sweden from Danish beaches and ports, in rowing boats, canoes, as stowaways on ferries and cargo ships. Some even swam across. … ___15___ 19 months in Sweden, the German occupation of Denmark was over. Liberation came on 4 May, 1945 and the refugees were free to return home. Melchior and his family moved ___16___ into their old apartment in Copenhagen. Key: an 2. occupied 3. had decided 4. that 5. safety 6. earlier 7. occupied 8.