六级冲刺备考阅读练习13

　　American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelts quarantine the aggressor speech at Chicago in which he severely criticized Hitlers policies. Germanys seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia also aroused the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March, 1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August,1939 came the shock of the Nazi-soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war. The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted cash and carry exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed to strengthen the military services. A Lend Act authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August, 1940 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war. In December, 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States.

　　1. One item occurring before 1937 that the author does not mention in his list of actions that alienated the American public was

　　[A] the burning of the Reichstag.

　　[B] German plans for conquest.

　　[C] Nazi barbarism.

　　[D] the persecution of religious groups.

　　2. The Lend-Lease Act was designed to

　　[A] help the British.

　　[B] strengthen the national defense of the United States.

　　[C] promote the Atlantic Charter.

　　[D] avenge Pearl Harbor.

　　3. American Policy during the years 1935-1936 may be described as being

　　[A] watchful.

　　[B] isolationist.

　　[C] peaceful.

　　[D] indifferent.

　　4. The Neutrality Act of 1939

　　[A] permitted the selling of arms to belligerent nations.

　　[B] antagonized Japan.

　　[C] permitted the British to trade only with the Allies.

　　[D] led to Lend-Lease Act.

　　5. We entered the war against Germany

　　[A] because Germany declared war.

　　[B] because Japan was an ally of Germany.

　　[C] after Germany had signed the Nazi-soviet Pact.

　　[D] after peaceful efforts had failed.