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.

A．shocked B．troubled C．punished D．annoyed

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

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

A．forget B．recover C．enjoy D．compare

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

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

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

A．need B．provide C．find D．prevent

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

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

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

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

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

A．stop B．warn C．resist D．help

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