Question

Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.

Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.

Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you’ll just accept that, the following will show you how.

First, relax. If you are over worried about remembering something, you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t follow up with sayings like “Oh, my God! I always forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.

But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory, you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.

If you don’t take notice of things actively, you won’t remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.

1.The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.

A. Barbara was a very rich person

B. Mark often forgot his friends’ names

C. examples of memory problems

D. language problems of two persons

2. When you forget things, you ________.

A. must be too careless

B. shouldn’t lose heart about your memory

C. must accept the fact

D. shouldn’t take notice of the result

3.The word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________”.

A. places   B. activities  C. positions  D. chances

4. According to the passage, ________ can make your memory better.

A. realizing your memory problems

B. talking to your friends

C. making mind pictures of what you see

D. doing sports every day

5.The purpose of the passage is to help you ________.

A. to improve your memory  B. to introduce the guest

C. to remember new words D. to forget unhappy things

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了现在有一些人的记忆力不是很好，作者就如何来提高记忆力提出了一些的方法和建议。

1.C 综合理解题。前两自然段介绍的是记忆问题的两个例子。故选C。

2.B细节理解题。根据Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you’ll just accept that, the following will show you how.可知，如果你有了记忆方面的问题，你不应该对自己的记忆力失去信心，你的记忆还是可以提高的。故应该选B。

3.D词语翻译题。Look for opportunities to exercise your memory句意：寻找锻炼自己记忆力的机会。A地方；B活动；C职位；D机会。故选D。

4.4】C细节理解题。根据If you don’t take notice of things actively, you won’t remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day.可知如果你不曾积极地注意到事情，你不会记得他们。所以，每天你可以把你所看到在你的脑海中制成图片，可以帮助你提高你的记忆力，故选C。

5.A综合理解题。本文讲述了现在有一些人的记忆力不是很好，作者就如何来提高记忆力提出了一些的方法和建议。故选A。

考点：考查社会现象类阅读。