At the beginning of the World War Two, the powerful German army marched with great speed and skill through western Europe. The Germans captured Poland, Belgium, France and other countries in a very short time.
The German leader described his _______ plan with the German word blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg means war that is fought as quickly as lightning strikes. Military _______ around the world soon began to use the word blitzkrieg to describe any fast-moving powerful attack by strong _______ .
The blitzkrieg attack on western Europe succeeded for a while. But they were not able to _______ Britain.
As time passed, Germany decided to bomb London and other British cities to break the _______ of the British people, and force them to surrender. Soon, thousands of kilograms of bombs were falling on British cities every day. The British people called the _______ another blitzkrieg, or “The Blitz”.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill described one _______ of raids in this way: “The new bombing began with the blitz of the city of Coventry on the night of November fourteenth.” Churchill wrote in his history of the war, “By the time the sun came up, nearly five-hundred German aircraft had dropped six-hundred tons of high _______ and thousands of fire bombs.”
Use of the word blitz did not end when the Allied troops finally marched into Berlin in 1945 and Germany _______ . Instead the word became even more popular. People began to use the word blitz to describe any kind of strong action, ________ or movement.
The expression is also used in sports. A team on the ________ in American football may use a blitz, an aggressive play to stop the other team from ________ the football. A company may ________ an advertising blitz to introduce a new product. This means the company will announce its new product on many radio and television stations, and in many different newspapers. Its advertising campaign will try to ________ as many people as possible to make them want to buy the product.
The blitzkrieg did not win the war for the Germans. But it did win a ________ place in the English language as a useful and descriptive word.
56. A.aggressive | B.extensive | C.defensive | D.expansive |
57. A.assistants | B.inspectors | C.counselors | D.experts |
58. A.people | B.forces | C.labors | D.cannons |
59. A.defeat | B.deter | C.contain | D.drive |
60. A.soul | B.heart | C.spirit | D.pride |
61. A.invasion | B.attack | C.ambition | D.offense |
62. A.series | B.episode | C.session | D.round |
63. A.bullets | B.explosion | C.exposure | D.explosives |
64. A.surrendered | B.retreated | C.submerged | D.deterred |
65. A.boycott | B.campaign | C.suggestion | D.urge |
66. A.run | B.attack | C.charge | D.defense |
67. A.guiding | B.passing | C.striking | D.getting |
68. A.launch | B.recommend | C.promote | D.send |
69. A.meet | B.reach | C.gather | D.publicize |
70. A.final | B.delaying | C.lasting | D.useful |