Question

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 just accept that, the following will show you how.

    First, relax. If you are over worried about 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 saying 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. examples of memory problems

B. Barbara was a very rich person

C. language problems of two persons

D. Mark often forgot his friends’ names

2.When you forget things, you ________.

A. must be too careless                        

B. must accept the fact  

C. shouldn’t lose confidence in your memory

D. should keep telling yourself that your memory is bad

3.The underlined word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________.”

A. chances       B. doctors      C. places     D. projects

4.According to the article, ________ can make your memory better.

A. doing sports every day    

B. talking to your friends

C. realizing your memory problems                      

D. making mind pictures of what you see

5.The purpose of the article is to help you________.

A. introduce the guest                       

B. improve your memory

C. remember new words               

D. forget unhappy things

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了人们都有遗忘的经历，但是不要认为自己的记忆力变差了，因为记忆力可以通过锻炼得到改善。文章就此介绍了一些提高记忆力的方法。

1.归纳理解题。根据短文第一二段描述的事实可知都是人们忘记事情的经历，故选A

2.推理判断题。根据短文第三段Memory can be improved及第四段描述可知，当忘记了事情不要自我暗示自己的记忆力差，要对自己有信心记忆力能提高。故选C。

3.词意猜测题。根据后文给的例子For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.可知是寻找锻炼的机会，故选A

4.是非判断题。对比四个选项根据you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day.可知可以在头脑中绘制你看到的物体的图像。故选D。

5.短文描述可知这篇文章主要告诉我们如何提高记忆力。故选B。

考点：科普类短文阅读。