16.Memory,they say,is a matter of practice and exercise.If you have the wish and really made a conscious(自覺的) 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"trick"work the other way as well.Once in a while you remember not doing something,and then find out what 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 sick of hearing new ones.Unfortunately,however,absent-mindedness is not always funny.There are times when"trick"of our memory can cause us great trouble.
8.If you want to have a good memory,B.
A.you should force yourself to remember things
B.you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise
C.you should never stop learning
D.you should try hard to remember tings
9.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A
A.One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.
B.One night the writer forgot having locked the front door
C.The writer remembered to lock the door
D.the writer remembered unlocking the front door
10.In the passage,the writer seems to tell youC.
A.forgetting things is serious and dangerous
B.a(chǎn)lways forgetting things is understandable
C.forgetting things at times is natural
D.the way to protect yourself from memory"tricks"
11.The best title for this passage isB.
A.How to play tricks on Memory
B."Tricks"Of Memory
C.Forgetfulness or Absent-mindedness is Dangerous
D.Get Rid of Absent-mindedness.
分析 本文主要講述的就是記憶力在很多情況下出錯的話題.
解答 BACB
8 B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段"If you have the wish and really made a conscious(自覺的) effort,then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things."可知應(yīng)該自覺練習(xí)和鍛煉.故選B.
9 A 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段"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."說明,實際上我的確忘記了關(guān)門.故選A.
10 C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段"Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years,and we never got tired of hearing new ones.",說明這樣的事情很正常,也是經(jīng)常會發(fā)生的.故選C.
11 B 主旨大意題.本文主要講述的就是記憶力在很多情況下出錯的話題.故選B.
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