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.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

本文是一片说明文，主要介绍了虽然记忆力可以通过练习来提高，但有时记忆力会作弄我们。

1.细节理解题。由第一段“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.”可知，记忆力是多练习的一件事。如果你有这种打算，并且有意识地努力之后，你能很容易改善你记东西的能力。所以说，要想记忆力好，就要有意识地努力实践。故选C项。

2.细节理解题。由第三段“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.”可知，上个月的一天，我坐在理发店等着轮到我，突然我意识到两天前才在办公室对面的理发店理过头发了。这里记忆力的戏弄，原本已经理过发，但是不记得，又进了理发店，但事实是确实理过头发了。故选B项。

3.词句猜测题。由最后一段“Stories about absent -minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones.”可知，关于心不在焉的教授的故事已经谈了好多年，而我们永远不会厌倦听到新的故事。说明这种事很正常，也是经常发生。所以不仅仅教授会心不在焉，很多人也会。故选C项。