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 (賠款)?" 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.
小題1:
A．shocked B．troubled C．punished D．a(chǎn)nnoyed
小題2:
A．memory B．situation C．present D．future
小題3:
A．constantlyB．innocently C．ridiculously D．rarely
小題4:
A．forget B．recover C．enjoy D．compare
小題5:
A．personal B．scientific C．historical D．commercial
小題6:
A．conclusionB．decision C．invasion D．extension
小題7:
A．medical B．political C．economic D．lawful
小題8:
A．need B．provide C．find D．prevent
小題9:
A．reasonableB．necessary C．difficult D．foolish
小題10:
A．statementB．a(chǎn)rgument C．suggestion D．introduction
小題11:
A．intensionB．request C．influence D．lack
小題12:
A．hopeless B．worthless C．worldwide D．valuable
小題13:
A．refusing B．employing C．supporting D．charging
小題14:
A．stop B．warn C．resist D．help
小題15:
A．similarlyB．simplyC．regularly D．unlikely

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:A
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:D
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:B
小題13:C
小題14:D
小題15:A

小題1:動詞辨析。A震驚；B困擾；C懲罰；D惱怒；根據(jù)上下文可知很對人都被過去的事情所困擾，我們聚焦現(xiàn)在。
小題2:名詞辨析。解析同上。
小題3:副詞辨析。A不停頓地；B無辜地，幼稚地；C荒謬地；D罕見地。根據(jù)下文的continue可知A正確。
小題4:動詞辨析。A忘記；B康復；C喜歡；D比較；根據(jù)句意可知過去的記憶可以幫助人們在現(xiàn)在進行比較。
小題5:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文可知這是一個歷史上發(fā)生的故事。
小題6:名詞辨析。A結束；B決定；C入侵；D伸展；根據(jù)下文的war-torn countries可知是戰(zhàn)爭結束以后。
小題7:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的rebuild their countries可知這里是需要經(jīng)濟援助。
小題8:動詞辨析。A需要；B提供；C發(fā)現(xiàn)；D阻止，預防。根據(jù)句意可知美國提供幫助，很多人都認為美國這樣做很愚蠢。那么B正確。
小題9:形容詞辨析。解析同上。
小題10:名詞辨析。A陳述；B爭論；C建議；D介紹。根據(jù)下一句句意是爭論，那么B正確。
小題11:名詞辨析。A增強;加劇；B要求；C影響；D缺少；根據(jù)句意可知D正確。
小題12:形容詞辨析。A絕望；B貶值；C世界范圍；D貴重；根據(jù)句意可知這里是指德國馬克貶值的厲害。
小題13:動詞辨析。A拒絕；B雇傭；C支持；D要錢，充電，指控；根據(jù)句意可知德國人支持希特勒。
小題14:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上下文的意思：如果美國不幫助德國或者日本，同樣地很快就會出現(xiàn)第三次世界大戰(zhàn)。
小題15:副詞辨析。解析同上。
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