正确答案：short amusing story

10、The conversation had swung from Australian convicts；of the 19th century to the English peasants of the 12th century.。

A.criminal

B.aggressor

C.captain

D.captor

正确答案：criminal

第二章单元测试

1、Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion；anywhere in the Americas.

A.rebuilding

B.succession

C.destroying

D.salvage

正确答案：destroying

2、Let both sides seek to invoke；the wonders of science instead of its terrors.

A.call forth

B.take down

C.put up

D.take the form of

正确答案：call forth

3、For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed；nearly a century and three-quarters ago.

A.order or direct

B.produce

C.protect

D.agree

正确答案：order or direct

4、…we offer not a pledge but a request：that both sides begin anew the quest for peace，…。

A.swallow up

B.consider

C.clean up

D.imprint on

正确答案：swallow up

5、Together let us explore the stars， conquer the deserts， eradicate；disease， tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.

A.cut into many small parts

B.go round in circle

C.draw together into a small space

D.put an end to； destroy

正确答案：put an end to； destroy

6、We observe；today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom.

A.celebrate

B.preserve

C.orate

D.help

正确答案：celebrate

7、…and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed…

A.showing

B.laziness

C.cover

D.destruction

正确答案：destruction

8、…and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed…。

A.pledge

B.omit

C.refrain

D.repeat

正确答案：pledge

9、Since this country was founded， each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony；to its national loyalty.

A.evidence

B.witness

C.liberation

D.trial

正确答案：witness

10、Let both sides， for the first time， formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection；and control of arms。

A.prediction

B.warm speech

C.expectation

D.examination

正确答案：examination