Question

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        B. troubled         C. punished         D. annoyed

2.A. memory         B. situation        C. present      D. future

3.A. constantly     B. innocently       C. ridiculously     D. rarely

4.A. forget         B. recover      C. enjoy            D. compare

5.A. personal   B. scientific       C. historical       D. commercial

6.A. conclusion     B. decision         C. invasion         D. extension

7.A. medical        B. political        C. economic         D. lawful

8.A. need       B. provide      C. find             D. prevent

9.A. reasonable     B. necessary        C. difficult        D. foolish

10.A. statement     B. argument         C. suggestion       D. introduction

11.A. intension     B. request      C. influence        D. lack

12.A. hopeless B. worthless        C. worldwide        D. valuable

13.A. refusing B. employing        C. supporting       D. charging

14.A. stop      B. warn             C. resist           D. help

15.A. similarly     B. simply           C. regularly        D. unlikely

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】

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。

2.名词辨析。解析同上。

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。

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。

5.上下文串联。根据下文可知这是一个历史上发生的故事。

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。

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。

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。

9.形容词辨析。解析同上。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

15.副词辨析。解析同上。