题目内容
18.How to Improve Your MemoryWouldn't it be nice to just look at a page and never forget what was on there?What if you could never again forget a friend's birthday?(36)DThe good news,however,is that everyone can take steps to improve their memory.(37)G
Exercise your brain.(38)C By developing new mental skills,especially complex ones such as learning a new language or learning to play a new musical instrument,and challenging your brain with puzzles and games you can keep your brain active.
(39)BThere are a lot of products on the market that claim to improve memory,but none have yet been shown to be effective in clinical tests.A healthy diet,however,contributes to a healthy brain,and foods containing antioxidants like broccoli,spinach,and berries,for example--and omega-3fatty acids appear to promote healthy brain functioning.
Take better pictures.Often we forget things not because our memory is bad,but rather because our observation skills need work.(40)EOften we don't really learn people's names at first because we aren't really concentrating on remembering them.You'll find that if you make a conscious effort to remember such things,you'll do much better.
A.Organize your life.
B.Eat well and eat right.
C.Regularly exercising the brain can help improve memory.
D.The bad news is that not everyone has such a good memory.
E.One common situation where this happens is meeting new people.
F.Most people are not very good at remembering abstract information.
G.Most people can gain the ability to memorize amounts of information.
分析 本文主要介绍了并不是所有的人都有很好的记忆力,而每个人都可以通过采取措施来提高记忆力.方法有:1、锻炼你的大脑;2、吃得好,吃的对;3、刻意地记忆一些事.
解答 DGCBE
36.D承上启下题.根据前文Wouldn't it be nice to just look at a page and never forget what was on there?What if you could never again forget a friend's birthday?问了两个问题:只看着一页,就永远不会忘记写的什么吗?倘若你再也不会忘记朋友的生日?根据后文The good news,however,is that everyone can take steps to improve their memory.可知好消息是,每个人都可以采取措施提高记忆力.故D项:坏消息是不是每个人都有这么好的记忆力,符合上下文.故选D.
37.G联系上文题.根据前文The good news,however,is that everyone can take steps to improve their memory.可知好消息是,每个人都可以采取措施提高记忆力.故G项:大多数人能获得记忆大量信息的能力,符合上下文.故选G.
38.C主旨归纳题.根据本段的小标题Exercise your brain.锻炼你的大脑.由此可知,C项:定期锻炼大脑有助于改善记忆.故选C.
39.B小标题选择题.根据本段的内容可知,健康的饮食有助于促进大脑的功能.故B项:吃的好,吃的对,符合上下文.故选B.
40.E承上启下题.根据前文Often we forget things not because our memory is bad,but rather because our observation skills need work.我们经常忘记事情不是因为我们的记忆力不好,而是因为我们的观察能力有待提高;根据后文Often we don't really learn people's names at first because we aren't really concentrating on remembering them.可知通常我们一开始并不真正了解别人的名字,因为我们并不是真的专注于记住他们的名字.故E项:在结识新的朋友是,这是一种很常见的情况,符合上下文.故选E.
点评 完成七选五阅读时,我们可以从关联词上查找答案.由于英语的句段之间经常会运用关联词表示衔接和过渡,使文章逻辑更清楚和连贯,因此文章中和选项中表示各种逻辑关系的路标性信号词在选择答案时都是很重要的线索.在做题时可将这三个层面的线索很好地结合起来.

Every summer the teachers at his school(71)Cgive the students a reading list,and there was a contest to see who could read the most books.He was so(38)C,and he always wanted to win.And he often(39)B.But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so(40)B.He didn't just want to learn about(41)C things.He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped(42)A his curiosity in every way.(43)A an unfamiliar word came up in conversation,we'd turn to the(44)C,looking up the word,and reading the definition aloud.Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question,the(45)B exists somewhere.All you have to do is(46)Bit.
Bill remains as much of a(47)A today as when he was a child,and he seems to(48)Ceverything he reads.He's often(49)Bto share what he's learned with the next person he meets.He(50)Dreads at the dinner table,though-which is a good thing because the books he's attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的):The Eradication of Infectious Diseases,Mosquitoes,Malaria & Man,and Rats,Lice,and History.
31.A.school | B.library | C.office | D.museum |
32.A.pick | B.store | C.talk | D.return |
33.A.advantage | B.explanation | C.discovery | D.consequence |
34.A.play | B.laugh | C.read | D.study |
35.A.advise | B.promise | C.warn | D.convince |
36.A.issues | B.occasions | C.services | D.duties |
37.A.could | B.should | C.would | D.might |
38.A.sincere | B.crazy | C.competitive | D.positive |
39.A.went | B.did | C.failed | D.proved |
40.A.confident | B.curious | C.diligent | D.excellent |
41.A.simple | B.past | C.some | D.any |
42.A.develop | B.protect | C.examine | D.follow |
43.A.If | B.Until | C.Though | D.Because |
44.A.teacher | B.newspaper | C.dictionary | D.partner |
45.A.person | B.answer | C.book | D.matter |
46.A.use | B.find | C.tell | D.ask |
47.A.reader | B.speaker | C.maker | D.user |
48.A.imagine | B.believe | C.remember | D.create |
49.A.afraid | B.eager | C.careful | D.sure |
50.A.now and again | B.at all time | C.just now | D.no longer |
I tried to stop him,tried to (47)C him understand that my watch kept perfect time,but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time.It (48)Dfaster and faster day by day.By the end of the second month it(49)Aall the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do?To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated.I expected him to regulate the watch immediately(50)A he asked me to come in a week's time.When at last I took my watch from him it began to(51)D down.And I began to be late for trains,business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to (52)B watchmaker.While I waited for him to repair my poor watch,he (53)C it to pieces and said that he could finish this work(54)B three or four days.I could do nothing but(55)A.That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept (56)B my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not (57)C the time by my watch.The thing was getting (58)A.My watch had (59)D two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred.At last I decided to buy(60)D watch,which I did.
41.A.for reality | B.for truth | C.for certainty | D.for certain |
42.A.told | B.kept | C.observed | D.struck |
43.A.turn | B.pick | C.wind | D.put |
44.A.be turned | B.be set | C.be taken | D.be put |
45.A.as if | B.when | C.as | D.if |
46.A.slow | B.slowly | C.faster | D.fast |
47.A.get | B.persuade | C.make | D.explain |
48.A.won | B.lost | C.went | D.gained |
49.A.had left | B.had remained | C.had stayed | D.had fallen |
50.A.but | B.and | C.however | D.therefore |
51.A.go | B.walk | C.take | D.slow |
52.A.the second | B.the third | C.the first | D.the fourth |
53.A.broke | B.tore | C.took | D.cut |
54.A.after | B.in | C.before | D.over |
55.A.agree | B.to agree | C.agreeing | D.agreed |
56.A.bringing | B.taking | C.carrying | D.fetching |
57.A.recognize | B.know | C.tell | D.understand |
58.A.serious | B.pleasant | C.badly | D.seriously |
59.A.spent | B.took | C.paid | D.cost |
60.A.one more | B.the other | C.one | D.another |
A. | Even if | B. | Now that | C. | As though | D. | As soon as |