Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning this fact. 1.  When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to become strong. 2. One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day.

If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just as much his own fault as if it was his arms or legs that were weak.  3. But all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means— practice.

Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better memories than those who can? 4.  It’s because those who cannot read or write have to remember things. They cannot write them down in a little notebook and they have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories, so their memory is being exercised the whole time 5.  .

A. What do you think of it?

B. Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way.

C. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever.

D. So if you want a good memory, practice remembering.

E. Someone else says that he is poor in health.

F. Why is this?

G. The position is exactly the same as that of two people.

Answer

1.B

2.G

3.C

4.F

5.D

【解析】

试题分析:良好的身体状况是通过锻炼而得的，良好的记忆力也是需要不断锻炼的。

1.B考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly记忆力好的人也是因为多用了记忆，B选项Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way.记忆力也是一样的，符合，故选B。

2.G考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据下文One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day.讲到了打乒乓锻炼和开车的两个人的区别，G选项The position is exactly the same as that of two people.涉及到两个人，符合，故选G。

3.C考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据But all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means— practice.但是所有人都能通过锻炼来增强力量和加强记忆，C选项Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever.不是所有人都能变得超级强壮和聪明，符合，故选C。

4.F考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据It’s because those who cannot read or write have to remember things.这是因为那些不会写和读的人需要记住东西，F选项Why is this?为什么会这样，符合，故选F。

5.

考点：考查信息匹配

【名师点拨】

高考七选五解题方法

1.通读全文，了解文章大意。这是一个泛读的过程，目的是了解文章大意，为以后的理解做铺垫。

2.分析句型，了解语法构成

3.当我们了解了文章大意后，要明确每一个空是填一个整句子还是半个句子。这一点十分重要，它能够帮助我们迅速确定某些空的选项范围，比如，有一个空的结尾处没有标点符号，后文紧跟着一个句子的后半部分，很显然这时我们需要填的是半个句子，这时便可以在七个选项中找到是半个句子的选项，从而缩小选择范围。比如37小题，下文写到他们中的一个通过打乒乓来锻炼手脚，而他们中的另一个整天坐在椅子上或者坐在车子里，The position is exactly the same as that of two people.提到了两个人的情况也是如此，故选G。

4.明确关联关系。任何句子都是要么和上文有联系，要么和下文有联系，要么和上下文都有联系。比如39小题，下文是回答了一个问题，这是因为那些不会读也不会写的人需要记住东西，空格处应该是一个问题，为什么会这样。故选E。

5.带入通读，复查

做完题目切忌直接离开，这是我们很有必要将自己修正好的文章通读一遍，将其看做一片行文通顺语意连贯的文章来读，这是如果感到有含义不连贯的地方，很有可能是我们填错了空，就要复查了，注意：七选五的特点在于，错一道，往往还会错另外的一道或几道，我们叫做"连错"，所以当你发现自己有一处填的有问题时，一定要同时检查其他空。