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【题目】Do you find it hard to memorize words? You must not be the only one. It could be 【1】(help) if you say the words aloud. But this often isn’t good in a quiet classroom.

Now, researchers from the University of Waterloo, Canada, have come up 【2】a new idea. They suggest 【3】(draw) a picture of what you are trying to memorize!

The researchers did a study 【4】(base) on the idea. They first gave a group of students some words such as “apple” or “balloon”. Then they gave the students 40 seconds, during 【5】the students could either write the words again and again, or draw a picture.

When the time 【6】(be) over, the researchers asked the students to do something else, like sing a song. After that, they gave the students 60 seconds to write down as many words 【7】they could remember. The results showed that those who drew the words did a much 【8】(good) job than those who wrote them.

So the next time you are having a hard time memorizing a word, 【9】(draw) it! No worries if you’re not good at drawing. The 【10】(research) say the quality of the drawing doesn’t matter at all.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】helpful

【2】with

【3】drawing

【4】based

【5】which

【6】was

【7】as

【8】better

【9】draw

【10】researchers

【解析】单词难记是一个普遍的问题，研究者发现把你所要记的东西用图画的形式画出来会大大提高你的记忆能力。

【1】考查形容词。句意：如果你大声说单词可能有用。此处用形容词作表语，故填helpful。

【2】考查介词。此处为固定搭配，come up with“提出，想出”。

【3】考查动名词。此处为suggest的用法，suggest doing sth建议做某事，后接动名词，故填drawing。

【4】考查非谓语动词。此处为非谓语动词，base的逻辑主语是study，且两者是被动关系，故填based。

【5】考查连词。此处为非限制性定语从句，此处指代前文中的40秒，前面又有during这个介词，故用which。

【6】考查时态。此处是前文提到的实验研究，用过去时描述的，故此处也为过去时，主语是单数，故填was。

【7】考查固定短语。此处前面有一个as，是固定短语：as many as和……一样多。

【8】考查比较级。此处为比较级，因为有than这个词的提示，故填better。

【9】考查祈使句。句意：因此下次你很难记住单词的时候，把它画下来。此处根据意思是祈使句，为作者的建议，故填动词原形，draw。

【10】考查名词。此处作主语，表示人，故填researchers，意为“研究者”。