Question

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this. Yet there are many people who do not seem to know that one’s memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is really his own fault. Not all of us can become very strong or very clever, but all of us can improve our memory by the same means — practice.
Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have a better memory than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because people who can’t read or write have to remember things: they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, prices, names, songs and stories, so their memory is exercised all the time.
So if you want a good memory, learn from those who cannot read or write: practice remembering.

1. 1.
   According to the passage, few people know that _____.
   1. A.
      arms or legs become weak if they are not used for some time
   2. B.
      when they start using their arms or legs again, they slowly become strong again
   3. C.
      a person’s memory becomes weak if he does not practice remembering things
   4. D.
      it is their own fault if their arms or legs are weak
2. 2.
   The author thinks that if a person has a poor memory, _________.
   1. A.
      it is his own fault
   2. B.
      his parents are to blame
   3. C.
      he is just unlucky
   4. D.
      his arms must be weak
3. 3.
   From Paragraph 3, we can learn that ___.
   1. A.
      people who can’t read are cleverer than those who can
   2. B.
      people who can’t write are cleverer than those who can
   3. C.
      a little notebook helps people who cannot read or write get a better memory
   4. D.
      people who practice remembering regularly have a better memory
4. 4.
   The passage mainly tells us ____________.
   1. A.
      how to get our arms and legs stronger
   2. B.
      how to improve our memory
   3. C.
      how to read and write
   4. D.
      how to remember dates and prices

Answer 1

CADB
1.從本文的第一段可知當一個人有一段時間不使用他的胳膊和腿，他會變得渾身無力，當他們再次使用胳膊和腿的時候，他們會再次變得強健，如果他們的胳膊和腿虛弱的話，人們知道是他們自身的過錯，但很少的人知道人的記憶也是按照這樣的模式運行的，故本題選C。
2.本文第二段中提到，當一個人身體虛弱的時候，別人會認為是他自身的過錯，但當一個人記憶力差的時候，許多人認為是父母的原因，是自身的不幸，很少的人知道是他們自身的過錯，其實記憶力經(jīng)常使用就會強，不使用就會弱，記憶力差是人們自身的過錯，故本題選A。
3.第三段的含義為不會讀和寫的人之所以能夠記住東西是由于他們不斷練習(xí)的結(jié)果，不是由于他們比別人聰明，我們可以向那些不會讀和寫的人學(xué)習(xí)，用筆記本記下所需要記得東西，通過不斷的有規(guī)則的記憶就可以擁有一個更好的記憶力，故本題選D。
4.本文把人的記憶力和身體部位的使用作比較，把自稱記憶力差的人和不會讀寫如何學(xué)習(xí)作比較，主要討論的是如何提高我們的記憶力，故本題選B。