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 just accept that, the following will show you how.
First, relax. If you are over worried about 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 saying 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.
小題1:The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.
A．examples of memory problems
B．Barbara was a very rich person
C．language problems of two persons
D．Mark often forgot his friends’ names
小題2:When you forget things, you ________.
A．must be too careless
B．must accept the fact
C．shouldn’t lose confidence in your memory
D．should keep telling yourself that your memory is bad
小題3:The underlined word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________.”
A．chancesB．doctorsC．placesD．projects
小題4:According to the article, ________ can make your memory better.
A．doing sports every day
B．talking to your friends
C．realizing your memory problems
D．making mind pictures of what you see
小題5:The purpose of the article is to help you________.
A．introduce the guest
B．improve your memory
C．remember new words
D．forget unhappy things

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了人們都有遺忘的經(jīng)歷，但是不要認為自己的記憶力變差了，因為記憶力可以通過鍛煉得到改善。文章就此介紹了一些提高記憶力的方法。
小題1:歸納理解題。根據(jù)短文第一二段描述的事實可知都是人們忘記事情的經(jīng)歷，故選A
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第三段Memory can be improved及第四段描述可知，當忘記了事情不要自我暗示自己的記憶力差，要對自己有信心記憶力能提高。故選C。
小題3:詞意猜測題。根據(jù)后文給的例子For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.可知是尋找鍛煉的機會，故選A
小題4:是非判斷題。對比四個選項根據(jù)you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day.可知可以在頭腦中繪制你看到的物體的圖像。故選D。
小題5:歸納理解題。根據(jù)短文描述可知這篇文章主要告訴我們如何提高記憶力。故選B。
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