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Name: ________________________ ID: A New York Times, May 9, 1995 1 At precisely the appointed time, 12:39 P.M., the most beloved person in Britain—a frail, 94-year-old woman dressed all in springtime yellow—stepped out onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace today. And just as they did half a century before, tens of thousands of revelers spread out below her erupted in one big roar. 2 A fanfare of trumpets went up, ancient-looking World War II warplanes droned overhead and so many Union Jacks waved back and forth that The Mall turned into a froth of red, white and blue, all in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. 3 In her appearance on the balcony, the Queen Mother recreated a moment 50 years earlier, when what was thought to be an even larger throng swarmed around the palace, with its boarded-up windows, demanding to see King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the current “Queen Mum,” who had stayed with them during the Blitz and beyond. With their two children, Elizabeth and Margaret, they stepped out to acknowledge the cheers. 4 Today’s anniversary of the Allied victory over Germany could not capture the spontaneity of the original V-E Day, but Britons made up for it by adding a bath of nostalgia to the recreation, with jitterbugging in Hyde Park, “Woolton Pie” made from root vegetables served at the Savoy, Dame Vera Lynn singing “The White Cliffs of Dover” for the umpteenth time, and bonfires and block parties across the country. 5 Elsewhere in Europe, the day was marked with festivities and ceremonies large and small, joyful and solemn. 6 In Paris, President Francois Mitterrand and President-elect Jacques Chirac presided at a gathering of leaders from nearly 80 countries reviewing a parade at the Arc de Triomphe. An unpleasant note was sounded when thousands of Parisians, angry at being kept away because of tight security, jeered dignitaries as they left in a caravan down the Champs-Elysees. 7 World leaders, including Vice President Al Gore, had traveled from London Sunday night by the Channel tunnel and then after the commemorations in Paris moved on again to Berlin for more speeches and ceremonies. The series of observances is to end on Tuesday in Moscow, where the leaders are to be joined by President Clinton. 8 In Belgium King Albert and Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene went to the town of Liege, where the Resistance had been strong, to lay flowers at a monument to those who fought the Nazi occupation. 9 In Norway, Resistance fighters paraded down the central avenue under the eye of King Harald. “The nightmare ended 50 years ago today,” he said later, laying a wreath at the Akershus fortress. 10 In Poland, where the war began, there were still expressions of bitterness that liberation from the Nazis was soon followed by domination by the Soviet Union. “For Poland the fight for independence did not end in May 1945,” President Lech Walesa proclaimed before a joint session of Parliament. “It lasted another half a century.” 11 One sign of the inconceivable vastness of the war’s carnage is that there is no agreement on how many died. In defeating the Third Reich, the Soviet Union alone may have lost as many as 27 million people. Overall estimates of both civilian and military dead vary from 48 million to 60 million. 12 For Britain, which stood alone against the Nazi military machine in the months before Germany attacked its supposed Soviet ally, today’s celebration, capping three days of festivities, was a throwback to an era of sacrifice and hardship but also one of camaraderie and pride. It was bathed in nostalgia. From “V-E Day Plus 50: London; At Buckingham Palace, Solemn and Joyful Echoes of 1945” by John Darnton, The New York Times, May 9, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by The New York Times Co. Reprinted with permission. Reading Comprehension 48
Name: ________________________ ID: A Use the excerpt from Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (p. 252) to answer these questions. ____ 60. Which sentence best summarizes the first sentence of the text? A. Rommel will not release his armor until Montgomery’s forces attack. B. Anti-tank guns will protect his troops from Rommel’s attack. C. The way to defeat Rommel is to knock out his tanks and get the field for Britain. D. Rommel waits for enemy forces to attack and then takes them out with anti-tank guns. ____ 61. Which word best describes Montgomery’s tone in the first paragraph? A. Reflective B. Anxious C. Condescending D. Exhilarated Use Winston Churchill’s speech to the men of the Eighth Army at Tripoli (p. 253) to answer these questions. ____ 62. What persuasive technique does Churchill use in paragraph 3, sentence 1 to emphasize the skill of the Desert Army? A. Loaded language B. Parallelism C. Clear narrative D. Repetition 49
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