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How a Terrible Battle Helped to Change Europe Ninety years ago on a sunny morning in Northern France，something happened that

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问题                   How a Terrible Battle Helped to Change Europe
   Ninety years ago on a sunny morning in Northern France，something happened that changed Britain and Europe for ever．At half past seven on the morning of July 1，1916，whistles blew and thousands of British soldiers【51】______their positions to attack their German enemies．【52】______the end of the day，20，000 of them were dead，and another 30，000 wounded or missing．The Battle of the Somme，【53】______it is called，lasted for six months．When it ended，125，000British soldiers were dead．They had gained five kilometers of ground．
   This was one of a series of great battles during the WWI. The【54】______on the Somme was staged to relieve pressure on the French，who were【55】______in a great battle of their own at a place called Verdun．By the time the battle ended，over a million French and German troops had been killed．
   About 17 million people were killed in WWI．There have been wars with greater numbers of dead．But there has never been one【56】______most of the dead were concentrated in such a small area．On the Somme battlefield，two men died for every metre of space．
   Local farmers working in the land still【57】______the bodies of those who died in that battle．The dead of all nations were buried in a series of giant graveyards【58】______the line of the border between France and Belgium．Relatives and descendants(后代) of those who died still【59】______these graveyards today．
   It took a second great conflict before Europe was to【60】______against war itself．Twenty-eight years after the Somme battle，a liberating army of British，American and Canadian troops took【61】______France from another German invasion．More than 500，000 people were killed．New graveyards were built．
   Two great conflicts across two generations helped to change the European【62】______about war．Germany，once the most warlike country in Europe，is now probably more in favor of peace than any other．One major【63】______of war in Europe was rivalry(竞争) between France and Germany．The European Union was specifically formed to【64】______that rivalry．
   The last British veteran(老兵) of the Somme battle died in 2005，aged 108．And the WWI is passing out of【65】______and into history．But for anyone who wants to understand how Europeans think，it is still important to know a little about the terrible events of July 1,1916．
选项 A、punish
B、examine
C、find
D、govern
答案C
解析 本句是说，当地的农民在地里耕种的时候仍然能够发现那些在战争中牺牲的战士的尸体，故选C。
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