Yesterday afternoon, my little sister Misty and I played soccer in the park. After a few minutes, we saw an old man walking with his eyes looking around. He told people he was lost, _____they didn’t help him.

I walked over to him and asked, “Where do you come from?” he said he didn’t know. I asked him his ______ . He said he was Ray. I asked him how long he was lost. He said he was lost almost two hours. I then asked, “Would you like ______ to eat?” He said he was a little ____ And then I walked over to Misty and told her what happened. Then we _____to help him and bring him some food.

We asked the old man to_______us in the park so that he could sit down and have a rest _______.

Then we ran to the shop nearby to buy some food _______him. After eating some food, the old man felt much better. Misty and I waited with him until his family arrived.

After three hours, his daughter found him and she______us. I was ______that life gave us the chance (机会)to do just the right thing: the kind thing; the loving thing. To give is better than to get.

1.A. and B. because C. if D. but

2.A. age B. name C. job D. time

3.A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something

4.A. full B. fantastic C. hungry D. serious

5.A. decided B. wondered C. broke D. knew

6.A. wake up B. think of C. wait for D. talk to

7.A. friendly B. quietly C. lovely D. loudly

8.A. for B. from C. with D. to

9.A. showed B. disliked C. missed D. thanked

10.A. happy B. bored C. useful D. popular

Getting a high grade in an exam depends partly on how much you can remember. So, improving memory is important to success in studying. But is there anything that we can do about it? One way might be walking backwards. According to a new study, walking backwards, whether doing it really or just imagining it, can improve the memory in the short term.

In the study, 114 volunteers were asked to watch a video. In the video a woman had her bag stolen. Then they answered 20 questions about the details shown in the video. Ten minutes later, the volunteers were divided into three groups. The first two groups were told to move forwards or backwards 10 meters while the third group was asked to stay still on the same point. The researchers found that the backwards-walking group got two more correct answers on average (平均) than the other two groups.

This suggests that a relationship between time and space is basic to the way our minds form memories. When we walk backwards, everything we learn becomes strange to us. “This forces the brain to think in a different way—the brain needs to match all the things again and changes the focus(关注点),” the researcher Christine Weber said. It almost always means that our brain needs to be more active in the short time. Naturally, our short-term memory will be improved.

Backward walking also plays an important role in physical health, especially fitness. A study published in Journal of Biomechanics in 2012 found that there is less pain in the knees.

Moreover, backward walking, compared to forward walking, is more challenging. It requires you to use muscles(肌肉) and movements that you probably seldom use, making it a perfect way to change your exercise habit for greater fitness gains. At the same time, by making people put in extra effort, it naturally burns more fat and calories.

1.Backward walking can________ according to the passage.

A. improve the memory in the long term B. improve the memory in the short term

C. cause much more pain in our knees D. force the brain to think in the same way

2.Which one is the correct order of the following according to the passage?

①The backwards-walking group got two more correct answers on average.

②The volunteers answered 20 questions about the details shown in the video.

③The volunteers were divided into 3 groups and 1 group moved backward 10 meters.

④The volunteers watched a video in which a woman’s bag was stolen.

A. ④②③① B. ④③①② C. ④②①③ D. ③④②①

3.What does the underlines word It in Paragraph 5 refer to__________?

A. Short-term memory B. Physical health

C. Forward walking D. Backward walking

4.In which part of the newspaper can we read this passage?

A. Youth Voice B. Star Stories C. Our World D. Science Study

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