今年是第二次世界大战胜利70周年，承认并牢记那些为拯救人类所做出的牺牲，才能珍爱和维护来之不易的和平。阅读下列材料并回答问题。

材料一  1937 年7 月7 日，宛平，卢沟桥。一场对现代中国影响深远的战争就此爆发。面对强邻一而再，再而三的挑衅，宋哲元说不，蒋介石说不，全中国奋起反抗！卢沟桥上的枪声震撼了华北，中国数千年历史上规模最大、伤亡最重，也胜得最扬眉吐气的对外战争就此打响……

材料二  （1941年12月6日）布朗与其他传教士围坐在传教室的收音机前等待来自华盛顿的消息。在那里，美国国务卿科德尔·赫尔与日本代表野村吉三郎、来栖三郎特使进行着最后的谈判。赫尔对和平谈判已几乎不抱希望……第二天下午4点，传教会传来了“日本空袭夏威夷的惊人消息” ……美国总统罗斯福将这次袭击称为“永远的国耻日”。

材料三  中国参与那场艰苦卓绝的战争，不仅仅是为了国家尊严和生存，还为了所有同盟国的胜利。正是在第二次世界大战中，东西方一起抗击了有史以来最黑暗的邪恶力量。

——以上材料均摘自拉纳·米特著，陈永强等译《中国，被遗忘的盟友》

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    There was no one quite like my father. When any other man had an extra dollar, he bought a drink; when Father had an extra dollar, he bought a book. Other people had pictures on their walls, or at least a calendar; we had books, 3000 of them, ____(line) every surface of our little four-room house ____ every subject. Father was the ____ (more) persistent (固执的) scholar I ever knew. Every summer he took a month or so off to attend classes. Eventually, he earned seven degrees, attended 11 different colleges and universities. My sister and I were the immediate beneficiaries of Father's insatiable (不能满足的)____(hungry) to learn.

    Before I was three, my father was reading aloud to me. Thereafter, I read aloud to him so he'd work on my ____ (pronounce). By the time I was in the fifth grade, I'd recite ____ classical literature to poetry and had to be prepared to do ____ Then Father would warn by quoting a saying from Shakespeare, “____ all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious(乏味的) as to work. “Obviously, his efforts weren't ____ (entire) in vain, for my voice has enable me to earn a fair livelihood. But that fact doesn't begin to define the most debt ____ I owe my father.