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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.
( ) 1. A. shocked
( ) 2. A. memory
( ) 3. A. constantly
( ) 4. A. forget
( ) 5. A. personal
( ) 6. A. conclusion
( ) 7. A. medical
( ) 8. A. need
( ) 9. A. reasonable
( )10. A. statement
( )11. A. intension
( )12. A. hopeless
( )13. A. refusing
( )14. A. stop
( )15. A. similarly |
B. troubled
B. situation
B. innocently
B. recover
B. scientific
B. decision
B. political
B. provide
B. necessary
B. argument
B. request
B. worthless
B. employing
B. warn
B. simply |
C. punished
C. present
C. ridiculously
C. enjoy
C. historical
C. invasion
C. economic
C. find
C. difficult
C. suggestion
C. influence
C. worldwide
C. supporting
C. resist
C. regularly |
D. annoyed
D. future
D. rarely
D. compare
D. commercial
D. extension
D. lawful
D. prevent
D. foolish
D. introduction
D. lack
D. valuable
D. charging
D. help
D. unlikely |