Some people have very good memories(記憶力) and can easily learn quite long poem（詩歌） by heart. Some people have  1 memories and can only remember things that they have said again and again.

The  2 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down  3  street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on  4 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns  5   own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign（外國的） countries and they seem  6 two languages as easily as one. At school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages  7 students have little time for it and they are busy with other subjects as well.

A man's mind is quite like a camera but it 8  photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much work 9  before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends.  10  the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever（永遠）in our mind.

1.                A．wonderful      B．better          C．poor D．badly

2.                A．nice           B．beautiful        C．famous   D．kind

3.                A．much          B．some           C．many D．the

4.                A．every          B．each           C．both D．a(chǎn)ll

5.                A．her            B．his             C．one’s   D．its

6.                A．to keep         B．to get          C．to learn   D．to take

7.                A．because        B．why            C．what D．when

8.                A．leaves          B．takes           C．gets D．receives

9.                A．to do          B．to have         C．to start   D．to stay

10.               A．In             B．On            C．With  D．As

Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poem（詩歌）by heart. Some people have  51  memories and can only  52  things that they have said again and again.

The  53  English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down  54   street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on  55  sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns  56 language by remembering what he hears  57  he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign countries and they seem  58  two languages as  59  as one. In school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages  60  students have little time  61   it and they are busy with other subjects as well.

A man's mind is quite like a camera but it  62  photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo  63  a camera there is much work  64  before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends.  65  the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.

1. A. wonderful     B. better           C. poor         D. badly

2.A. speak          B. study            C. know         D. remember

3.A. nice           B. beautiful        C. famous       D. kind

4.A. any            B. some         C. many         D. the

5.A. every          B. each         C. both         D. all

6.A. her            B. his          C. one’s        D. their

7.A. when           B. since            C. if               D. as soon as

8.A. to keep        B. to get           C. to learn     D. to take

9. A. badly         B. hard         C. easily           D. happily

10.A. because       B. why          C. what         D. when

11.A. like          B. for          C. to           D. in

12.A. leaves            B. takes            C. gets         D. receives

13. A. in               B. by           C. with         D. through

14. A. to do            B. to have      C. to start         D. to stay

15.A. In                B. On           C. With         D. As

    The school party was only two weeks away, and our children were all as ___1___as bees（蜜蜂）getting ready for it.

  That afternoon, as I __2___from my desk, Patty was standing there. She had waited to talk to me.

“Every year the other kids are always in a p-p-p-p-play or something, singing or t-t-t-t-taking, but I g-g-g-g-get to do some ___3___work for them. This year, I w-w-want to read a p-p-p-poem, myself! Please, Miss Teresa!”

    She was so ___4___that I couldn’t（拒絕）refuse her. I had to say, “Yes, you will. ”

    I tried to find some poems for her, but ___5___of my books was of good use. At last, I worked out a poem carefully myself. The poem wasn’t beautiful, but it would ___6___best for Patty.

    After a moment’s reading, Patty had remembered all the __7___and was prepared to do the poem. However, I had to stop her from doing too fast. Day after day, we worked together after school. She made wonderful progress.

  The night of the party saw children in __8_.

  The headmaster walked up to me with a piece of paper-the program list. “There is a _9___! Look, Patty here. But she can’t even say her own name well!” I had no __10___to explain（解釋） because many of my students were going up there. So I said to him, “We know what we are doing. ”

    Patty’s turn ___11___. She walked up there, neither fast nor slowly. She stood there. She began.

  I could ___12___breathe. I felt time stopped.

  She said every word clearly. She did every line nicely.

  Applause! Applause everywhere!

1A. happy                     B. busy                      C. small                     D. lovely

2 A. looked after            B. looked at                C. looked for              D. looked up

3 A. difficult                  B. important                C. boring                   D. quiet

4 A. hopeful                  B. wonderful               C. thankful                 D. careful

5 A. one                        B. some                      C. none                     D. both

6 A. speak                     B. work                      C. write                     D. look

7 A. words                    B. lines                       C. paragraphs             D. poems

8 A. trouble                   B. surprise                  C. excitement             D. danger

9A. question                  B. mistake                  C. thing                     D. reason

10 A. interest                 B. way                       C. wish                     D. time

11 A. came                   B. went                      C. ran                        D. flew

12 A. easily                   B. possibly                  C. hardly                   D. happily

Mr Wang teaches English in a middle school. He likes his work very much. There 1    six classes in a school day. Mr Wang teaches five of these    2 At his "free" hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, Mr Wang   3   meet with par­ents, check students' homework  4 , take care of many other things. He gets to school early and he leaves for home 5   in the afternoon.

Mr Wang sometimes teaches poems (詩). He is interested in poems very much. In his  6   class today, he taught a poem. He wrote it on the blackboard and read it. As  7   as he finished reading the poem, the students began to  8  questions. He answered all the questions. Then he asked the students to talk about the poem. No one wanted to stop when the bell rang.

On his way home, Mr Wang thought about his fifth class. He was 9 a-bout what he did as a teacher. Every one of his students 10 the poem. He did not have to make them learn. He only had to answer their questions and help them understand the poem.

1. A. is           B. are           C. have          D. has  

2. A. classes       B. subjects       C. students       D. days

3. A. shall         B. need          C. has to         D. has

4. A. or           B. and           C. but           D. also

5. A. early         B. last           C. lately         D. late

6. A. fifth         B.five           C. six            D. sixth

7. A. fast          B. quickly       C. soon          D. good

8. A. say          B. ask           C. tell           D. talk

9. A. angry        B. sad           C. happy        D. surprised

10. A. got         B. enjoyed       C. had           D. wanted