Question

    Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious 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 “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 barber 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 in incidents caused by people s forgetfulness or absent -mindedness. Stories about absent -minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones. 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, you should       .

A. never stop learning new things

B. use your memory to play tricks

C. make a conscious effort of practice

D. force yourself to remember things

2.What can be learnt from the text?

A. One night the writer locked the front door as usual.

B. The writer had had his hair cut two days before.

C. The writer got into trouble when crossing the street.

D. The writer was regarded as a forgetful professor.

3.How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 4?

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

B. We will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness.

C. Absent- mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people.

D. We are unwilling to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors.

4.The best title for this passage is       .

A. "Tricks" of Memory B. Value of Good Memory

C. Absent-minded Professors D. Forgetfulness and Trouble

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了虽然记忆力通过练习，可以提高，但很多时候我们的记忆力会捉弄我们。文章介绍了记忆欺骗我们的几个事例。

1.细节理解题。答案定位在第一段If you have the wish and really make a conscious effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things.（如果你有这个愿望，并且真的有意识地努力，那么你就可以很容易地提高你的记忆力。）可知如果你想有一个好的记忆，你应该有意识地努力练习，故选C。

2.细节理解题。答案定位在第一段One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber 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.（例如，上个月的一天，我坐在理发店里等着轮到我理发，突然我意识到两天前我在我办公室对面的理发店理发了。）由此可知这位作家两天前理发了，故选B。

3.推理判断题。上文Stories about absent -minded professors have been told for years说多年来，关于心不在焉的教授的故事被讲了许多年，由此推断出划线句子意思是我们永远不会厌倦听到新消息。也就是心不在焉不仅发生在教授身上，也发生在许多其他人身上，故选C。

4.主旨大意题。第一段But even if you are successful，there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.是全文的主题句，结合全文内容，可知这篇文章主要讲了虽然记忆力通过练习，可以提高，但很多时候我们的记忆力会捉弄我们，故选A。