首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
My mother’s parents came from Hungary, but my grandfather was educated in Germany. It seems he was able to hold a conversation i
My mother’s parents came from Hungary, but my grandfather was educated in Germany. It seems he was able to hold a conversation i
admin
2022-11-10
29
问题
My mother’s parents came from Hungary, but my grandfather was educated in Germany. It seems he was able to hold a conversation in nine languages, but was most comfortable in German. Every morning, he read the German language newspaper, which was American owned and published in New York.
My grandfather was the only one in his family to come to the United States. He still had relatives living in Europe. When the first World War broke out, he lamented (哀叹) the fact that if my uncle, his only son had to go, it would be cousin fighting against cousin. In the early days of the war, my grandmother begged him to stop taking the German newspaper and to take an English language paper, instead. He sneered at the idea, explaining that the fact that it was in German did not make it a German newspaper, but only an American newspaper, printed in German. But my grandmother insisted, if only that the neighbors not see him read it and think he was German. So, under
duress
, he finally gave up the German newspaper.
One day, the inevitable happened and my Uncle Milton received his draft notice. My grandparents were upset, but my mother, his little sister was excited. Now she could brag about her soldier brother going off to war. My uncle, realizing how he was regarded by his ten-year-old sister and all of her friends, went out and bought them all service pins, which meant that they had a loved one in the service. When the day came for him to leave, his whole regiment left together from the same train station. There was a band playing and my mother and her friends came to see him off. Each one wore her service pin and waved a small American flag, cheering the boys, as they left.
The moment came and the soldiers, all rookies (新兵), none of whom had had any training, but who had nevertheless all been issued, uniforms, boarded the train. The band played and the crowd cheered. Although no one noticed, I’m sure my grandmother had a tear in her eye for the only son, going off to war. The train groaned as if it knew the destiny to which it was taking its passengers, but it soon began to move. Still cheering and waving their flags, the band still playing, the train slowly departed the station.
It had gone about a thousand yards when it suddenly ground to a halt. The band stopped playing, the crowd stopped cheering. Everyone gazed in wonder as the train slowly backed up and returned to the station. It seemed an eternity until the doors opened and the men started to file out. Someone shouted, "It’s the armistice (停战协议). The war is over." For a moment, nobody moved, but then the people heard someone bark orders at the soldiers. The men lined up formed into two lines, walked down the steps and, with the band in tow, playing a Sousa march, paraded down the street, to be welcomed home by the assembled throng. As soon as the parade ended they were, immediately, gathered out of the army. My mother said it was a great day, but she was just a little disappointed that it didn’t last a tiny bit longer. The next day my uncle returned to his job, and my grandfather resumed reading the German newspaper, which he read until the day he died.
From the first two paragraphs we can learn that________.
选项
A、the author’s grandfather was most fluent in German
B、the author’s grandmother disliked German newspapers
C、the author’s grandfather’s cousins were living in Europe
D、reading German newspaper may bring hostility
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/fldMFFFM
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Thelastquestionraisedbytheteacherwerewell______theaveragestudent.
WhichofthefollowingsentencesisanORDER?
A.equippingB.exploreC.presentD.realisticE.noticeablyF.growingupG.interactingH.readyI.monitorJ.cautiously
A.sensibleB.comprehensiveC.readilyD.incaseE.sensitiveF.passingG.signH.spaceI.suddenlyJ.liberateK.c
[A]astonishment[B]deeply[C]employed[D]scare[E]earnest[F]amuse[G]lying[H]removed[I]significant[J]discovery[K]pursue[L]u
Hehasmadeanameforhimselfinthefieldofcomputers.Theunderlinedpartmeans________.
Somanytouristspots_______thatmostvisitorsrunoutoftimebeforeseeingthemall.
A.afterB.stormC.entitledD.illegalE.exaggerateF.beforeG.thunderH.interpretationI.agreedJ.qualifiedK.
Thereisnodoubt_____thatthiswomanwasatotallydevotedandcaringmother.
Themedicalexpertswarnedtheauthoritiesofthedangerofdiseasesinthe______oftheearthquake.
随机试题
简要说明服从的影响因素。
晏子为齐相,出,其御之妻从门间窥其夫。御:
A.两眼鼻侧视野受损B.两眼颞侧视野受损C.同侧眼鼻侧和颞侧视野均受损D.同侧眼鼻侧视野和对侧眼颞侧视野受损E.同侧眼颞侧视野和对侧眼鼻侧视野受损破坏一侧枕叶视皮层将出现
男性,35岁,近1年来常出现阵发性头痛、心慌、出汗,约半小时或1小时后缓解,此次发作时来院就诊。查体:P85次/min,血压26/16kPa(195/120mmHg),心肺未见明显异常,尿糖阳性,尿儿茶酚胺阳性,留院观察,1小时后血压、心率又恢复正常,则病
颌面骨中容易发生骨折的为
监理单位在进行质量管理时,正确的做法是()。
根据以下资料。回答下列题。2011年上半年,全国电信业务总量累计完成5681.1亿元,比上年同期增长15.7%;电信主营业务收入累计完成4740.7亿元,比上年同期增长10.1%。2011年上半年,移动通信收入累计比上年同期增长14.0
(1)打开考生文件夹下的表单one(如图2-11所示),编写“显示”命令按钮的Click事件代码,使表单运行时单击该命令按钮的结果是在Textl文本框中显示当前系统日期的年份(提示:通过设置文本框的Value属性实现,系统日期函数是date,年份函数是ye
算法复杂度主要包括时间复杂度和【】复杂度。
1981
最新回复
(
0
)