Question

Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious（自覺的）effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “trick” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber（理發師）shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and amusing（有趣的）in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble.

1.If you want to have a good memory, .

A．you should force yourself to remember things

B．you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise

C．you should never stop learning

D．you should try hard to remember tings

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.

B．One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.

C．The writer remembered to lock the door.

D．the writer remembered unlocking the front door.

3.In the passage, the writer seems to tell you .

A．forgetting things is serious and dangerous

B．always forgetting things is understandable

C．forgetting things at times is natural

D．the way to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

4.The best title for this passage is .

A．How to Get a Good Memory

B．“Tricks” Of Memory

C．Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness is Dangerous

D．Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了在很多情況之下，我們的記憶力都會出錯。

1.B 細節題。根據文章第一段第二句If you have the wish and really made a conscious（自覺的）effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things.說明B項正確。

2.A 細節題。根據第二段最后3行I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.說明實際上我的確是忘記了關門，故A正確。

3.C 細節題。根據文章倒數3,4行Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones.說明這樣的事情很正常，也是經常會發生的。故C正確。

4.B 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的就是記憶在很多情況下出錯的話題，故B正確。

考點：考查社會知識類短文

點評：本文講述了我們的記憶出錯的多個例子，本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。