ThroughoutJuly1945theJapanesemainlandfromTokyoonHonshunorthwardtothecoastofHokkaidowerebombedasifaninvasionwereabouttotakeplace.InfactsomethingfarmorethreateningwasathandastheAmericansweretellingS
ThroughoutJuly1945theJapanesemainlandfromTokyoonHonshunorthwardtothecoastofHokkaidowerebombedasifaninvasionwereabouttotakeplace.InfactsomethingfarmorethreateningwasathandastheAmericansweretellingStalinatPotsdam.(伯茨坦)
In1939physicistsintheUnitedStateshadlearnedofexperimentsinGermanyshowingthepossibilityofatomicpowerandunderstoodthecomingdamageofanatomicbomb.OnAugust21939AlbertEinsteinwarnedPresidentRooseveltofthedangerofNaziGermany’sadvancesindevelopmentoftheatomicbomb.EventuallytheU.S.OfficeofScientificResearchDevelopmentwascreatedinJune1941andgivencombinedresponsibilitywiththeWarDepartmentintheManhattanProjecttodevelopanuclearbomb.AfterfouryearsofresearchanddevelopmenteffortsanatomicdevicewassetoffonJuly161945inadesertareaatAlamogordoNewMexicoproducinganexplosivepowerequaltothatofmorethan15000tonsofTNT.Thustheatomicbombwasborn.TrumanthenewU.S.presidentbelievedthatthisterribleobjectmightbeusedtodefeatJapaninawaylesscostlyofU.S.livesthananordinaryinvasionoftheJapanesehomeland.Japan’sunsatisfactoryreplytotheAllies’PotsdamDeclarationdecidedthematter.
OnAugust61945anatomicbombcarriedfromTinianIslandintheMarianainaspeciallyequippedB-29wasdroppedonHiroshimaatthesouthernendofHonshu.Thecombinedheatandexplosiondestroyedeverythingintheexplosion’simmediateneighbourhoodproducedfiresthatburnedoutalmost4.4squaremilescompletelyandkilledbetween70000and80000peopleinadditiontoinjuringmorethan70000others.AsecondbombdroppedonNagasakionAugust9killedbetween35000and40000peopleinjuredalikenumberandruined1.8squaremiles.
1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?
A.AnatomicbombwasdroppedonHiroshimaandNagasaki.
B.Afterresearchanddevelopmenteffortsanatomicbombwasborn.
C.Aninvasionwasabouttotakeplacewiththeuseoftheatomicbomb.
D.ThebirthanduseoftheatomicbombendedtheSecondWorldWar.
2.AlbertEinsteinwarnedRooseveltof_________.
A.NaziGermany’successinmakinganatomicbomb
B.thepossibilityofatomicpowerfromNaziGermany