Question

We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things in a short time, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1.Some people can easily learn many things in a short time because______.

A. they always sleep very well     B. they often eat good food

C. they read a lot of books   D. they have very good memories

2.Everybody learns his mother language _________..

A. at the age of six                 B. when he is a small child

C. after he goes to school           D. when he can read and write

3.Before a child can speak, he must _____________..

A. read and write                  B. make sentences

C. hear and remember the sounds   D. think hard

4.Why can a Chinese learn English easily if he is in England?

A. Because he must speak English every day.

B. Because he will have a good memory in England, not in China.

C. Because his father is an Englishman.

D. Because his English teacher is better in England.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了好的记忆力的好处。记忆力好有助于在短时间内记住很多东西。好的记忆力有助于学习一门语言。但是学会一门语言还需要听、记和说这种语言。因此在国外生活的孩子更容易学会外语。当你做越来越多的练习，记忆力会越来越好。

1.Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things in a short time,可知有些人能在短时间内记住很多东西是因为他们有非常好的记忆力。故选D。

2.Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. 可知每个人在很小时就学会了他的母语。故选B。

3. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. 可知要学好一门语言必须得听、记他们的声音。故选C。

4.They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day.可知一个中国人在英国更容易学会英语，是因为他必须每天听、记和说英语，故选A。

考点：教育类短文阅读。