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.In school the students can’t learn a foreign language well because .
A. they have no good memories
B. they have no recorders
C. they have too much time for it
D. they are busy with other subjects
5.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.
Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.
Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.
1.From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to ____________.
A. have dinner with their friends B. go shopping
C. watch a football game D. enjoy themselves
2.Which of the following is true?
A. About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years.
B. Children have to finish middle school in one place.
C. People go to the nearest college.
D. When people begin to work, they don’t move any more.
3.Job-hopping means “_______________”.
A. looking for a job B. having a job
C. changing jobs often D. losing a job
4.In the USA job-hopping _______________.
A. is very popular
B. helps young people go to college
C. helps workers in traveling
D. helps students begin to work
5.The writer thinks job-hopping _______________.
A. does good only to the workers
B. does good only to the boss
C. must be stopped
D. is helpful
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Water is the ______ of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but ______ true. The human body can go without ______for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet two _____three days without water can usually make people ______. Man can’t live ______ water. A lot of people don’t understand how ______ water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough, ______in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to say, most of our body ______ water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. _____ we don’t drink some water, we won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.
1.A. important B. most important C. more important D. importance
2.A. it’s B. its C. it D. is
3.A. food B. water C. drink D. meat
4.A. so B. and C. but D. or
5.A. to die B. die C. dying D. died
6.A. have B. with C. without D. in
7.A. many B. much C. little D. few
8.A. even B. ever C. almost D. hardly
9.A. is B. are C. have D. has
10.A. If B. For C. Since D. because
Betty swims ______ than I, But I doesn’t swim ______ Jim.
A. badly, as good as B. bader, as well as
C. worse, so better as D. worse, as well as
---- May I ___________your storybook ?
---Sure. But please don’t _______ it ________ others.
A. borrow, lend, to B. lend, borrow, to
C. lend, borrow, from D. borrow, lend, from
Millie has______ work to do than Jim. So she has______ free time than he.
A. less; more B. fewer; more
C. least; most D. fewest; most
