Question

【題目】B

Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.

Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.

Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you’ll just accept that, the following will show you how.

First, relax. If you are over worried about remembering something, you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t follow up with sayings like ＂Oh, my God! I always forget things!＂ Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.

But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory, you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.

If you don’t take notice of things actively, you won’t remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.

【1】 The first two paragraphs just tell us _________________.

A. Barbara was a very rich person

B. Mark often forgot his friends’ names

C. examples of memory problems

D. language problems of two persons

【2】 When you forget things, you _________________.

A. must be too careless

B. shouldn’t lose heart about your memory

C. must accept the fact

D. shouldn’t take notice of the result

【3】 The word ＂opportunities＂ in the fifth paragraph means ＂_________________＂.

A. places B. activities C. positions D. chances

【4】According to the passage, _________________ can make your memory better.

A. realizing your memory problems

B. talking to your friends

C. making mind pictures of what you see

D. doing sports every day

【5】 The purpose of the passage is to help you _________________.

A. to improve your memory B. to introduce the guest

C. to remember new words D. to forget unhappy things

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

【文章大意】該篇短文主要介紹了人們都有遺忘的經歷，但是不要認為自己的記憶力變差了，因為記憶力可以通過鍛煉得到改善。文章就此介紹了一些提高記憶力的方法。

【1】細節理解題。根據短文第一、二段描述的事實可知都是人們忘記事情的經歷，所以選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據短文第三段中的Memory can be improved及第四段描述可知，當忘記了事情不要自我暗示自己的記憶力差，要對自己有信心記憶力能提高。所以選B。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據后文給的例子For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.可知是尋找鍛煉的機會，所以選D。

【4】細節理解題。對比四個選項根據you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day.可知可以在頭腦中繪制你看到的物體的圖像。所以選C。

【5】細節理解題。根據短文描述可知這篇文章主要告訴我們如何提高記憶力。所以選A。