Joe moved to Canada with his family at the age of 41. There were many stressful(压力重的) days for them in the beginning. Since Joe had no job, the savings(存款) they brought with them were diminishing quickly.

One day, Joe went out to look for a job. As he walked, he saw many things on the street that people threw away. Joe could not believe his eyes. “Why would people throw away such things?” he asked himself. Joe saw a “new” television and decided to take it home to see what the problem was.

Since he was 12 years old, Joe’s main hobby has been electronics(电子产品). As a teenage boy, he began to repair radios, TVs and so on.

Joe brought the television home and turned it on. There were pictures on the screen, but there was no sound. He opened the back cover. Before long, Joe found the problem. The loudspeaker(扬声器) was broken. He went out again. Among the waste on the street, he found a toy piano. He carried the piano home. Luckily its loudspeaker worked. Fifteen minutes later, Joe had a TV with both pictures and sound.

Joe began to question people about why they were throwing away electronics. The answer was the same from everyone: getting them repaired was too expensive. People would rather(宁愿) buy new products.

Joe decided to open an electronics repair shop that would offer fair prices.

Today, Joe has been very successful in his new country. Instead of losing hope, he chose to make the best out of a difficult situation.

1.The underlined word “diminishing” means “________” in Chinese.

A.增加 B.减少 C.节省 D.饱和

2.How did Joe feel when he saw the things thrown away by people?

A.Surprised. B.Angry. C.Bored. D.Tired.

3.What was Joe mainly interested in when he was a teenage boy?

A.Watching TV. B.Playing the piano.

C.Listening to the radio. D.Repairing electronics.

4.Why did Joe bring the toy piano home?

A.To play it for fun. B.To put it in his shop.

C.To repair the television. D.To sell it for money later.

5.When something was wrong with electronics, people would rather buy new products than get them repaired because ________.

A.the people there were really wealthy (富有的) B.they wanted to offer Joe some help

C.the government asked them to do so D.the cost of getting them repaired was too high

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they 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 his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance (机会) 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, they have to remember them. Since they cannot write them down in a small notebook, they have to remember days, names, songs and stories. Therefore, their memory is being exercised the whole time.

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

1.Someone can't have a good memory if ________.

A.he can't read or write B.he doesn't use his memory

C.his parents don't have a good memory D.he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time

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

A.you can't use them any more

B.they will become stronger

C.they become weak but they slowly become strong again

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

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Your memory works in the different way as your arms or legs.

B.Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.

C.Don't learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.

D.A good memory comes from less practice.

4.Few people know that it is only ________ if a friend has a poor memory.

A.his own fault B.his parents' fault

C.his teachers' fault D.his grandmother's fault

5.The writer wants to tell us ________.

A.how to use our arms or legs B.how to read and write

C.how to have a good memory D.how to learn from the people

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