If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember.But if we had kept a book and written in it an account of _31_ each day, we should be able to give an answer _32_ the question.It is the same in the history. _33_ have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men _34_ a record of the important happenings in _35_ country, _36_ often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people _37_ did not know how to write. For example, we know _38_ the people who lived inChina 4,000 years ago, because they could write and _39_ written records for these who live _40_ them.But we know _41_ nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago inCentralAfrica, because they _42_.Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have learned about it from _43_ people, and often songs and dances
and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told _44_ many generations (後代)。 Most people are proud to tell _45_ their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history”。 _46_ has now been written down. It is not so exact _47_ so valuable to us _48_ written history is, because words are much more easily _49_ when used again and again in speech than copied in writing.But _50_ no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful. ( )31.A、what to doB、what we didC、how to doD、how we did