Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day the feelings were told that the island would sink, so all built boats and left, except Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold on until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?”

Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

Love decided to ask Vanity(虚荣心) who was also passing by in a beautiful ship. “Vanity, please help me!”

“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage(破坏) my boat,” Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.”

“Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. So thankful and happy, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed(欠) the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”

“It was Time,” Knowledge answered.

“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how valuable Love is.”

1.How did the feelings go away from the island?

A. By flying. B. By swimming. C. On foot. D. By water

2.How many feelings did Love ask for help but failed?

A. 5. B. 4 C. 3 D. 2

3.Which of the following is true?

A. Happiness was blind. B. Richness had a small boat.

C. Sadness wanted to stay alone. D. Vanity’s ship was damaged

4.Who saved Love?

A. Happiness. B. Knowledge. C. Richness. D. Time.

5.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. Different Feelings B. An Accident C. A sinking island D. Love and Time

When you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak. When you start using them again,they will slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory(记忆)works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps practicing his memory by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault(过错).But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备),and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write but they have to remember things;they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memories are being exercised the whole time.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from those people:practice remembering things in a way as other people do.

1.If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, .

A. they will become weak and won't become strong until you use them again

B. they will become stronger

C. they will become weak but they will slowly become strong again

D. you can't use them any more

2.The writer wants to tell us .

A. how to have a good memory B. how to read and write

C. how to use our arms or legs D. how to learn from other people

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