Question

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; when you start using them again, they will gradually (逐漸地）become stronger again. Everybody knows this. Yet many people do not seem to know that it is the same with memory. When someone says that he has a

poor memory, he really means that he doesn’t give it enough chance to become stronger.

If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault (錯誤）.But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are the ones to blame (責(zé)怪),and few of us know that it is just his own fault too.

Have you ever found some people can’t read or write but they usually have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They must remember dates, names, songs and stories; so their memory is being exercised all the time.

So if you want a good memory, leam from these people: practise remembering.

Arms   or legs	Memory
Arms or legs will become weak  1 thev are used for some time. The more   you use them, the stronger they are.	Someone has a poor memory because he doesn’t practice remembering a 2   .
It is your own fault that makes your arms and legs in 3 a condition.	You should blame 4 if you don’t have a good memory. It isn’t your   parents’ fault.
	Some illiterates (文貫）have better   memories because their memory is always being exercised. They can’t read or   write, so they have to remember things 5 the help of notebooks.

Answer 1

 1. unless  2 lot    3.    such

4. yourself    5. without