Question

   Memory， they say，is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious（有意识的）effort，then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful，there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week，for example，I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night，yet I clearly remembered locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something and then find out that you did. One day last month，for example，I was sitting in a barbershop（理发店）waiting for my turn to get a haircut，and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and interesting in incidents（事件）caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years. Unfortunately，however，absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks”of our memory can cause us great trouble.

1.If you want to have a good memory， _____.

A. you should ask someone else to help you to remember things

B. you should make a conscious effort to practice and exercise

C. you should never stop learning

D. you should try hard to remember things

2.In the passage，the writer seems to tell us _____.

A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous

B. always forgetting things is understandable

C. forgetting things at times is natural

D. the ways to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

3.The best title for this passage is“_____”.

A. How to Get a Good Memory

B. Tricks of Memory

C. The Danger of Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness

D. Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的是一些记忆错误的例子，有些我们以为我们做了，但是实际上没有做，有些我们以为自己没有做，实际上却做了。

1.If you have the wish and really make a conscious（有意识的）effort，then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things.可知经过一系列有意识地努力，我们可以提高我们的记忆能力。故B正确。

2.But even if you are successful，there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.可知有时候我们的记忆也会和我们开玩笑，也就是说忘记某些事情也是很正常的事情。故C正确。

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考点：科普类阅读理解