Question

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, and when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If a friend says that his arms and legs 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 may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault (过错). Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and when they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. As a result, they have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is being exercised the whole time.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering things in a way as other people do.

1.Someone can’t have a good memory if ________.

A. he can’t read or write

B. his parents haven’t a good memory

C. he doesn’t use his arms or legs for some time

D. he doesn’t make good use of his memory

2.If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ________.

A. they will become thin

B. they will become weak

C. they begin to ache all over

D. you can’t use them any more

3.Few people know that if someone has a poor memory it is ________.

A. his own fault    B. his parents" fault

C. his teachers" fault    D. his friends" fault

4.Give the best title for this passage. ____.

A. Don't Stop Using your Arms or Legs    B. Learn from the People

C. How to Have a Good Memory    D. Strong Arms and Good Memories

Answer

1. D

2. B

3. A

4. D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲了如果你有一段时间不用你的胳膊和腿，它们会变弱。当你重新开始使用它们的时候，它们又会变强壮。一个人的记忆力也是以同样的方式工作。

1.推理判断题。答案定位在第二段When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.（当一些人说他的记忆力不好，他意味着没有给大脑足够的机会变得强壮。）由此推断出如果一个人不好好利用他的记忆力，他就不会有好的记忆，故选D。

2.细节理解题。答案定位在第一段If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, and when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again.可知如果你有一段时间不用你的胳膊和腿，它们会变弱，故选B。

3.细节理解题。答案定位在倒数第二段But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault (过错).可知很少有人知道，如果一个人记忆力不好，是他自己的错误，故选A。

4.主旨大意题。文章讲了如果你有一段时间不用你的胳膊和腿，它们会变弱。当你重新开始使用它们的时候，它们又会变强壮。一个人的记忆力也是以同样的方式工作。所以这篇文章最好的题目是强壮的胳膊和好的记忆力，故选D。