超星 - Unit 6 Culture knowledge

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The start of World War II is generally held to be in September 1st 1939 with_______ and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by most of the countries in the British Commonwealth and France.

A. assassination at Sarajevo
B. Lugou Bridge Incident
C. the German invasion of Poland
D. the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Which of the following statements about World War IIis TRUE？

A. World War II was a global war that lasted from 1914to 1918.
B. It eventually formed two opposing military alliances: Triple Allianceand TripleEntente.
C. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities.
D. Most of the victimswere civilians in the Soviet Union and the United states.

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When is the Victory Memorial Day for the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression?

A. 2ndof September
B. 3rdof September
C. 18thof September
D. 7thof July

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________, noted for its mastery of realistic detail and variety of psychological analysis, describes the early 19th-century Russian society. This work is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels.

Anna Karenina
B. The Old man and the Sea
C. How the Steel was Tempered
D. War and Peace

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In 1953, the former British Minister Winston Churchill was awarded a Nobel Prize in________ for his great work The Second World War.

A. Peace
B. Literature
C. Economics
D. Politics

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Homer's epics are said to be written by a (an)______blind poet Homer. The epics include two great works: theIliadand theOdyssey.

A. Holland
B. Italy
C. ancient Greek
D. ancient Rome

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The_______is the oldest surviving work of Greek literature, which tells the story of the 10-year siege of the city of Troy.

A. Iliad
B. Odyssey
C. The Republic
D. Aesop’s Fables

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Which of the following statements DOES NOTcome fromthe Art of War?

A. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
B. A whole army may be robbed of its spirit, a commander-in-chief may be robbed of his presence of mind.
C. Out of thirty-six plans, the best is to get away at once.
D. All warfare is based on deception

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