新标准大学英语综合教程4-unit6新标准大学英语综合教程4-unit6.doc

Unit6 Active reading (1) 1 Work in pairs and choose the best answer to the questions. 1 Who was Winston Churchill? (a) Head of the British Army. (b) President of the US. (c) British Prime Minister. 2 Which of these events is Churchill most famously associated with? (a) World War I. (b) World War II. (c) The English Civil War. 3 Which of the lines did Churchill say in a speech? (a) I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. (a quote from Winston Churchill in 1940 on becoming Prime Minister) (b) Ask not what your country can do for you ? ask what you can do for your country. (a quote from John Kennedy on inauguration as US President, 1961) (c) In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. (a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.) 2 Read the first paragraph of the passage and predict what the passage is likely to be about. The passage is . (a) an extract from a biography of Churchill (b) a pen portrait of Churchill (c) a comparison of important historical people Winston Churchill Reading and understanding 3 Number the events in the order they happened. 5 The allied forces declared victory in World War II. 3 Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. 4 Churchill became Prime Minister. 1 Churchill fought in the Boer War. 6 Churchill lost the general election. 2 Churchill elected to the British Parliament. 4 Choose the best way to complete the sentences. 1 In the summer of 1940, Britain (a). (a) was likely to be attacked by another country (b) was surrounded by enemies (c) was intending to attack another country (d) had been attacked by another country 2 Churchill suggested that Britain (b). (a) would win a terrible victory (b) needed to fight a difficult war (c) must prevent a terrible crime (d) was a democratic country 3 Winston?s father thought he was (c). (a) an intelligent and handsome boy who would be rich (b) a strong and brave boy who would fight for his country (c) a weak, miserable boy, unlikely t