2008期末考试英语

<一>In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of the French, led his Grand army into Russia. He was prepared for the fierce resistance of the Russian people defending their homeland. He was prepared for the long march into across Russian soil to Moscow ,the capital city. But he was not prepared for the devastating enemy that met him in Moscow—the raw ,bitter, bleak Russian winter
In 1941,Adolf Hitler , leader of Nazi Germany, launched a attack against the soviet union ,as Russia then was called. Hitler’s military might was unequaled ,his machine had move down resistance in most of Europe. Hitler expected a short campaign but ,like napoleon before him, was taught a painful lesson. The Russian winter again came to the aid of the soviet soldiers
<二>Even the automobile industry, which has remained largely unchanged for the last seventy years, is about to feel the effects of the computer revolution.
The automobile industry ranks as among the most lucrative and