The main cause was big power struggle for control of the world.
It was the worldwide economic crisis.
It was the military expansion of Japan,and Germany.
第1题：
Passage Two
I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the victory celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not suffered much from the war there. But both at home and at school I had become accustomed to the phrases "before the war" and "when the war's over". "Before the war", apparently, things had been better, though I was too young to understand why, except that there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice -cream and bananas, which I had only heard of . When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant little to me. I did not remember what London was like.
What I remember now about VE (Victory in Europe) Day was the May evening. After dinner I said I wanted to see the bonfire (大火堆) , so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very high, and somehow people had collected some old clothes to dress the un- mistakable figure with the moustache (胡子) they had to put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames rose and soon swallowed the "guy". Everyone was cheering and shouting, and an old woman came out of her house with two chairs and threw them on the fire to keep it going.
I stood beside my father until the fire started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had fought in the First World War and may have been remembering the end of that. At last he said, "Well, that's it, son. Let's hope that this time it really will be the last one."
40. Where did the author live before the Second World War?
A. In London.
B. In a small town.
C. In Europe.
D. In the countryside.
第2题：
A.1945
B.1946
C.1947
D.1949
第3题：
What did the students find out about McKay?
A. He trained pilots for some time.
B. He lived longer than other pilots.
C. He died in the Second World War.
D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke.
第4题：
What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To show us the hidden beauty in our world.
B.to warn us not to get lost in the fantasy world.
C.To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder.
D.To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe.
第5题：
What are main duties for Second Engineer?
第6题：
Which of the following statements is true?
A. The author's father built a bonfire on VE Day.
B. The author's father had fought in the First World War.
C. The author's father had fought in the Second World War.
D. The author's father threw two chairs on the fire to keep it going.
第7题：
after the second world war, the united states became a stronger country, proved by the following facts except_______.
A. the US had over 70% of the gold reserve of the world in its coffers
B. the US had over 50% of industrial production of the world in its hand
C. the US was the sole possessor of atomic bombs
D. the US suffered no losses in the war
第8题：
What is the text mainly about?
A. The research into war history.
B. The finding of a forgotten hero.
C. The pilots of the two world wars.
D.The importance of military studies.
第9题：
What is generally thought the main cause of deaths in Chile? ( )
A． Landslides
B． The tsunami
C． Aftershocks
D． The magnitude 9． 5 earthquake
第10题：
By saying "the world has been spared a t.rue water war" (Line 1, Para.4), the author means（ ）
[A] the water supply in the world is more than needed
[B] the world has saved enough water to avoid the war
[C] the world has never suffered a war triggered by water
[D] the world spares no effort to avoid a war caused by water
