Memory,they say,is a matter of practice and exercise,If you have the wish and really make a conscious 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 what you did.One day last month,for example,I was sitting in a barber 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 in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent—mindedness.Stories about absent—minded professors have been told for years,and we never get sick 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.The following paragraph of the passage may be about.

    A.dealing with the troubles about absent—mindedness

    B.where and how our memory goes wrong

    C.people to whom absent--mindedness happens

    D.examples about troubles caused by absent—mindedness

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

    A.forgetting things is serious and dangerous

    B.a(chǎn)lways forgetting things is understandable

    C.forgetting things at times is natural

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

3.The best title for this passage is              

    A.How to play tricks on Memory

    B.“Tricks”O(jiān)f Memory

    C.Forgetfulness or Absent——mindedness

    D.Get Rid of Absent—mindedness

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Dear son,

The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.

If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I spent   31   it to you. If, when I speak to you, I   32   the same things thousand and one times, do not   33   me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story   34   you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a   35  , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I   36  , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my   37   little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking( 嘲弄 ) smile. I taught you   38   to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the  39   of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you   40   to me.

If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well   41   I need to and when not. When my   42   legs do not allow me to walk, give me your   43  , the same way I did when you gave your first   44  . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to   45   any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get 46  . Someday you will understand.

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I love you, Son.

Your father

1.

A.giving

B.teaching

C.coming

D.pointing

 

2.

A.praise

B.think

C.repeat

D.criticize

 

3.

A.interrupt

B.disturb

C.look

D.a(chǎn)void

 

4.

A.when

B.a(chǎn)fter

C.since

D.until

 

5.

A.rest

B.word

C.shower

D.sleep

 

6.

A.discovered

B.invented

C.noticed

D.a(chǎn)ssumed

 

7.

A.knowing

B.fearing

C.enjoying

D.consulting

 

8.

A.what

B.when

C.how

D.why

 

9.

A.news

B.a(chǎn)ttitude

C.material

D.thread

 

10.

A.talking

B.listening

C.responding

D.a(chǎn)ppealing

 

11.

A.where

B.how

C.that

D.when

 

12.

A.tired

B.short

C.long

D.strong

 

13.

A.leg

B.ear

C.hand

D.mind

 

14.

A.step

B.pace

C.laugh

D.cry

 

15.

A.talk

B.live

C.write

D.sleep

 

16.

A.careful

B.interested

C.calm

D.a(chǎn)ngry

 

17.

A.last

B.first

C.best

D.most

 

18.

A.near

B.behind

C.below

D.a(chǎn)gainst

 

19.

A.made

B.started

C.earned

D.found

 

20.

A.mercy

B.care

C.excuse

D.patience

 

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C.his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema

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B.Because he was rude to his father that morning.

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A.2.

B.3.

C.4.

D.5.

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B.people in Beijing prefer modern culture to something traditional

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1.

A.different

B.similar

C.far

D.familiar

 

2.

A.speech

B.performance

C.threatens

D.stage-fright

 

3.

A.understanding

B.memorizing

C.forgetting

D.reading

 

4.

A.poorly

B.crazily

C.well

D.publicly

 

5.

A.Chinese

B.math

C.English

D.physics

 

6.

A.wish

B.conscience

C.determination

D.confidence

 

7.

A.fear

B.joy

C.pleasure

D.doubt

 

8.

A.failure

B.choice

C.blank

D.death

 

9.

A.further

B.greater

C.less

D.smaller

 

10.

A.unpleasant

B.unfair

C.pleasant

D.successful

 

11.

A.because

B.thanks to

C.resulting in

D.due to

 

12.

A.fear

B.a(chǎn)nxiety

C.failure

D.misunderstanding

 

13.

A.forgetting

B.use

C.understanding

D.knowledge

 

14.

A.panic

B.excitement

C.disappointment

D.encouragement

 

15.

A.opens

B.works

C.starts

D.runs

 

16.

A.so

B.possible

C.not

D.a(chǎn)ny

 

17.

A.Where

B.Why

C.When

D.What

 

18.

A.memory

B.method

C.brain

D.body

 

19.

A.fill

B.realize

C.confirm

D.recognize

 

20.

A.task

B.a(chǎn)im

C.a(chǎn)ppointment

D.role

 

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