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November 11, 1918 was the day when the First World War was over. Weary(疲劳的)veterans came home. They left many dead companions behind and brought home a lifetime of bloody memories. The war had been one long horror of death and【B1】______. In the months that followed, soldiers and their families began the process of redefining their lives after the【B2】______experience of war. Many servicemen returned to find that their jobs had been taken by others. Besides that, the economic【B3】______in America had shifted. While the soldiers were away, sacrificing years of their lives, wages had【B4】______. Soldiers pay and unemployment seemed a【B5】______reward for all the veterans had given. Disillusioned(理想破灭的)veterans began to press the government for compensation. In 1924, Congress【B6】______the Soldiers Bonus Act. The veterans received certificates that would be changed into a cash value of about $ 1,000 each in 1935. It seemed a【B7】______consolation (带来安慰的事物), but perhaps better than nothing. Then came 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression. The sudden economic crisis shocked everyone, especially the disabled and widows and children of soldiers killed in Europe. Many who had given everything for America on the battlefields of the Great War were now trying【B8】______to keep their families from starving. Naturally, veterans【B9】______the bonus promised by the government and they needed the bonus now. What good would a 1935 cash settlement be to a man who had died of starvation ten years earlier? But Congress and President,【B10】______a nations financial crisis, refused the servicemens request.
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destruction
destruction,意为“破坏”。

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