Question

    If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning the 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. 3., 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. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever; 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.Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things: they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.

5., learn from the poor: practice remembering.

A.Why is this?

B.What do you think of it?

C.So if you want a good memory

D.But if he tells us that he has a poor memory

E.When someone else says that he is poor in the health

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

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

Answer

1.G

2.F

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了经常锻炼会使身体变得强壮，记忆也一样。经常练习记忆力会变好。就像那些不能读或者写的人，因为长时间的记忆，记忆力会变好。由此可见，如果你想要一个好的记忆，就一定要多练习。

1.

根据后文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.可知当有人说他记忆力好时，他的真正意思是他通过有意识或无意识地有规律地练习来保持记忆力。由此可知，记忆和上文提到的锻炼的例子一样，都是以同样的方式工作的。故G选项“然而，许多人似乎不知道记忆是以同样的方式工作的”符合上下文语境，故选G。

2.

根据后文One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day.可知他们中的一个通过打网球来锻炼胳膊和腿，而另一个整天坐在椅子上或汽车上。由此可知，此处将记忆的工作方式与后文这两个人情况相比较，一个人锻炼胳膊和腿，另一个整天坐着。故F选项“这个情况就和这两个人的情况完全一样”符合上下文语境，故选F。

3.

根据上文If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault.可知如果一个朋友抱怨他的手臂无力虚弱，我们知道这是他自己的错。由此可知，结合上文说明了记忆好坏与手臂强弱的原因是一样的，那么本段中上文提到了“如果手臂无力虚弱，我们知道是个人的错”，那么本句就应当是假设记忆很差的情况。故D选项“但是如果他告诉我们他的记忆力很差”符合上下文语境，故选D。

4.

根据后文Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things: they cannot write them down in a little notebook.可知当然，因为那些不会读或写的人必须记住一些事情:他们不能把它们写在一个小笔记本上。由此可知，本句是在提出“为什么”的因为，后文回答。故A选项“这是为什么呢？”符合上下文语境，故选A。

5.

根据后文learn from the poor: practice remembering.可知向差的人学习：练习记忆。由此可知，本句位于最后一段，结合上文主要强调了记忆是通过锻炼才变好的，那么此处应当是指出“如果你想要一个好的记忆，就要练习记忆”。故C选项“所以如果你想要一个好的记忆”符合上下文语境，故选C。