Question

Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious（自觉的）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 remember locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “trick” 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 barber（理发师）shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and amusing（有趣的）in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble.

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

A. you should force yourself to remember things

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

C. you should never stop learning

D. you should try hard to remember tings

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.

B. One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.

C. The writer remembered to lock the door.

D. the writer remembered unlocking the front door.

3.From the sentence “We never get tired of hearing new ones”, we can infer that .

A. we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors

B. we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors

C. we will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness

D. absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people

4.In the passage, the writer seems to tell you .

A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous

B. always forgetting things is understandable

C. forgetting things at times is natural

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

5.The best title for this passage is .

A. How to Get a Good Memory

B.“Tricks”of Memory

C. Forgetfulness and absent-mindedness is Dangerous

D. Get rid of Absent-mindedness

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了我们的记忆经常会捉弄我们，并列举了这一类的很多具体事例。

1.B 细节理解题。根据文章前两句Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious（自觉的）effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things.可知如果我们希望提高自己的记忆力并为之付出努力，我们可以很容易就记得事情的。故B项正确。

2.A 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before可知我以为我把前门关好了，但实际上并没有关好。故A正确。

3.D 推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones.可知我们经常听说粗心教授们的故事，我们也经常能够听到一些新的故事。也就是说其他人也会发生与记忆有关的有趣的事情。故D正确。

4.C 推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.可知即使你很成功，你的记忆也可能会作弄你。下文中列举了很多人都会有记忆出错的事情。所以记忆出问题是一个普遍现象。故C项正确。

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【名师点睛】

本文6.

1．首段陷阱。即首段虽然貌似主题句或中心句，但却没有完整概括文章全意，或只片面地说到文章的某一个层次，或者是作者设置的几个需要读者判定的文意。这样的信息用来做主题句或中心句就会落入陷阱。

2. 以偏概全：这就是说此类题型的选项中往往出现这些干扰项目：

⑴．局部信息，即选项的内容小于文章的内容。考生认为此选项有含中心句的成分，就认为可以作为中心句，就犯了以点概面、以偏概全的错误。

⑵．范围过宽，即选项的内容大于文章的内容。考生认为中心句的内容全涵盖在此选项里，就认为此选项正确，就犯了外延大而内涵小的错误。

3. 过于笼统。即选项中归纳的主题太泛，与细节脱节或是没有对细节加以充分论证。这样的选项貌似与主题句接近，实则经不起推敲，不应该扰乱考生的判断。

4. 把观点强加给作者。考生往往根据自己对文章的判断而选择了与自己观点相接近的选项，而忽视了文章中客观的作者见解。

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