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 (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.

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.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。

2.名詞辨析。解析同上。

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。

4.動詞辨析。A忘記；B康復(fù)；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。

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。

6.名詞辨析。A結(jié)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(jié)束以后。

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。

8.動詞辨析。A需要；B提供；C發(fā)現(xiàn)；D阻止，預(yù)防。根據(jù)句意可知美國提供幫助，很多人都認(rèn)為美國這樣做很愚蠢。那么B正確。

9.形容詞辨析。解析同上。

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。

11.名詞辨析。A增強;加��；B要求；C影響；D缺少；根據(jù)句意可知D正確。

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。

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。

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)。

15.副詞辨析。解析同上。