I agree with the saying that some people

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I agree with the saying that some people “see old memories as a chance to deal with the past and unite past and present.” Many people are so ___1___ by things that happened in their past that they are not able to focus on the ___2___ . For example, in the book Ceremony, the main character, Tayo, cannot concentrate on the present because he can’t forget his troubled childhood and ___3___ continues to relive things that happened during that time.
However, past memories can help people to ___4___ in the present. A ___5___ example of people learning from the past would be the Marshall Plan. After the ___6___ of World War II there were many war-torn countries around the world in need of ___7___ assistance to help rebuild their countries, and the United States would have to be the one to ___8___ that assistance. Many American politicians thought it was ___9___ for the US government to spend money abroad on countries that would not be able to repay it for a long time. However, George Marshall, a former US general, remembered how the exact same ___10___ of "why should we spend money on war-torn nations that really owe us reparations (赔款)?" had been used after World War I towards Germany. The ___11___ of assistance towards Germany after World War I had caused a gigantic economic depression in Germany that had made the Mark (German money) virtually ___12___ . The German people became so desperate that they started ___13___ an extreme German nationalist named Adolf Hitler, who eventually started World War II. Marshall knew that if the US did not ___14___ war-torn Germany and, especially, Japan, we could ___15___ have a World War III on our hands.

小题1:

A．shocked

B．troubled

C．punished

D．annoyed

小题2:

A．memory

B．situation

C．present

D．future

小题3:

A．constantly

B．innocently

C．ridiculously

D．rarely

小题4:

A．forget

B．recover

C．enjoy

D．compare

小题5:

A．personal

B．scientific

C．historical

D．commercial

小题6:

A．conclusion

B．decision

C．invasion

D．extension

小题7:

A．medical

B．political

C．economic

D．lawful

小题8:

A．need

B．provide

C．find

D．prevent

小题9:

A．reasonable

B．necessary

C．difficult

D．foolish

小题10:

A．statement

B．argument

C．suggestion

D．introduction

小题11:

A．intension

B．request

C．influence

D．lack

小题12:

A．hopeless

B．worthless

C．worldwide

D．valuable

小题13:

A．refusing

B．employing

C．supporting

D．charging

小题14:

A．stop

B．warn

C．resist

D．help

小题15:

A．similarly

B．simply

C．regularly

D．unlikely

答案

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:A

小题4:D

小题5:C

小题6:A

小题7:C

小题8:B

小题9:D

小题10:B

小题11:D

小题12:B

小题13:C

小题14:D

小题15:A

小题1:动词辨析。A震惊；B困扰；C惩罚；D恼怒；根据上下文可知很对人都被过去的事情所困扰，我们聚焦现在。

小题2:名词辨析。解析同上。

小题3:副词辨析。A不停顿地；B无辜地，幼稚地；C荒谬地；D罕见地。根据下文的continue可知A正确。

小题4:动词辨析。A忘记；B康复；C喜欢；D比较；根据句意可知过去的记忆可以帮助人们在现在进行比较。

小题5:上下文串联。根据下文可知这是一个历史上发生的故事。

小题6:名词辨析。A结束；B决定；C入侵；D伸展；根据下文的war-torn countries可知是战争结束以后。

小题7:上下文串联。根据下文的rebuild their countries可知这里是需要经济援助。

小题8:动词辨析。A需要；B提供；C发现；D阻止，预防。根据句意可知美国提供帮助，很多人都认为美国这样做很愚蠢。那么B正确。

小题9:形容词辨析。解析同上。

小题10:名词辨析。A陈述；B争论；C建议；D介绍。根据下一句句意是争论，那么B正确。

小题11:名词辨析。A增强;加剧；B要求；C影响；D缺少；根据句意可知D正确。

小题12:形容词辨析。A绝望；B贬值；C世界范围；D贵重；根据句意可知这里是指德国马克贬值的厉害。

小题13:动词辨析。A拒绝；B雇佣；C支持；D要钱，充电，指控；根据句意可知德国人支持希特勒。

小题14:上下文串联。根据上下文的意思：如果美国不帮助德国或者日本，同样地很快就会出现第三次世界大战。

小题15:副词辨析。解析同上。