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
Every place you leave becomes a memory. Even if you return to visit， in your mind it’s as it was when you left.
I consider New York City my second hometown. You fight your way into New York City. It isn’t easy. It isn’t cheap. It isn’t so friendly. So when I got to Helsinki， the capital of Finland， I was surprised at how easy it was. People were friendly and nice. They are curious about what I thought of Finland.
Except the coffee and the cost of living， Helsinki and New York don’t have much in common， but I was born in the US Midwest， which was heavily influenced by North Europe. So the life of Finland seemed familiar to that of the US.
Still， I missed New York， I visited it last year， and I went to my old coffee room， still in the same place. Although it was 2014， my mind insisted that it was 2007 and I had never left. The waiter looked at me silently， reaching for the same size cup and pouring the same type of coffee I always got. Same corner， same waiter， same coffee.
To the waiter， he guessed maybe I moved to another neighborhood. He wouldn’t guess from my appearance that I haven’t even been in the country. He didn’t find that there was anything different until I opened my mouth. It was something I said， I’m sure. He mistook me for one of the tourists who got lost on their way from Times Square.
In my mind， this is my home. It was the place when I dreamed of my childhood， long after I left it; and now I am the same as the other tourists with the packbag.
1.Helsinki is in __________.
A. Finland B. America
C. New York D. China
2.Compared with Helsinki， the life in New York City is _________.
A. easy B. cheap C. difficult D. nice
3.The writer’s real place of birth is _________.
A. New York City B. Helsinki
C. Finland D. the US Midwest
4.How long had the writer been away from New York before he visited it last year?
A. 5 B. 7 C.9 D. 10
5.What made the coffee guy think the writer to be a tourist?
A. What he looked. B. What he wore.
C. What he said. D. What he did.
You are not going to believe this! A Japanese sweets maker made a rocket using candy as fuel (燃料)， and it went up in the air on March 7. With 20 soft candies， Candy Rocket went 248 meters high. |
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A big paper boat is floating on the water! It is 3.6 meters long and weighs 100kg. Morwenna Wilson， a British man， made it and put it on a lake in South London. This paper boat can even carry an adult. |
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It must be amazing for skiers to try this. It is a bedroom in a cable car above the snowy mountains of Courchevel， France. It is 2，700 meters high. It has basic living things and can hold 4 people. You can enjoy beautiful night views in the air and arrive at the top the next day. |
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Pandas are traveling around the world! In the capital city of Malaysia， Kuala Lumpur， 1，600 pandas got together at the square. They will go to 15 famous places in Malaysia. French artist Paulo Grangeon made these pandas with paper. He started his project Pandas on Tour in 2008 and traveled to more than 20 countries. It is to tell people to protect pandas. |
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1.If you are interested in staying in a paper boat on a lake， you should go to _______.
A. Japan B. England C. France D. Malaysia
2.How many people can stay in the bedroom in a cable car?
A. 4. B. 15. C. 20. D. 248
3.Why did Paulo Grangeon made 1，600 pandas with paper?
A. To travel around the world.
B. To enjoy beautiful night views.
C. To become famous in the world.
D. To remind people to protect pandas.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. A Japanese scientist made the candy rocket and it went up in the air on March 7.
B. Several adults can stay in the paper boat on a lake in South London.
C. Skiers can stay in the bedroom in a cable car for a night.
D. Paulo Grangeon is good at making paper pandas as well as paper boat.
5.Where can you probably read this passage?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a novel.
C. In a dictionary. D. In a history book
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My daughter saw a colorful rainbow the other day after a thunderstorm. She called me to look out of the window and _______ it as well. Looking at it， I was amazed at its beauty and I also _______ the first time I ever saw a rainbow as a boy.
Once when I was a little boy， I was sitting in the house for an hour waiting_______ for the rain to stop so I could go out and play. It had rained hard for long and I thought it would never _______. When it finally did stop I rushed outside and was _______ by the beautiful sight of the rainbow across the sky. I had just recently heard of an old story. It said that there was a pot（罐子）of gold at the end of a rainbow. _______ ， I started to run down the streets near my house to find that treasure. The quicker I ran， though， the more rainbow began to _______ . Finally， I found _______ running as fast as I possibly could， but it was too _______ . By the time I got there， the rainbow and its pot of gold had gone _______ .
Sadly that wasn’t the last time I found myself running after the false（假的） _______ . Over the years， I ran after the fame（名声）， success and money. I got _______ of them， however. It _______ me a long time to find the true treasure that doesn’t break， disappear or run away. That true treasure is the love between people and it is _______ to all. I welcomed this treasure into my heart and life and shared it with others as well. And the more love I _______ ， the more love I had in me.
1.A. see B. hear C. feel D. smell
2.A. chose B. reminded C. remembered D. enjoyed
3.A. lazily B. happily C. impatiently D. bravely
4.A. stop B. change C. remain D. keep
5.A. attacked B. attracted C. hit D. crashed
6.A. Excitedly B. Peacefully C. Quietly D. Easily
7.A. show B. appear C. disappear D. shine
8.A. itself B. myself C. himself D. herself
9.A. bright B. weak C. high D. late
10.A. broken B. missing C. bad D. wrong
11.A. treasure B. rainbow C. pot D. story
12.A. both B. all C. neither D. none
13.A. spent B. paid C. took D. cost
14.A. empty B. useless C. cheap D. free
15.A. asked B. ran after C. dreamed about D. gave away
— Mum， the visit to the Space Museum is so wonderful.
— Really? Could you tell me_________?
A. when you come back
B. what you saw and heard there
C. how did you go there
D. that you saw any spacecraft there
—I haven’t been to Tiandehu Park . What about you， Frank?
— _______. But I plan to go there next week.
A. Me， too B. Neither have I
C. So have I D. I hope so
