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It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of words, the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.

Memory can be considered as the ability to keep information available for later use. It includes not only “remembering” things like maths or historical facts but also involves(包括)any change in the way an animal acts . Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has smelt something different in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.

Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain equipment for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage ability of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory(快速记忆) teenager probably recognizes the meanings of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is only a piece of total amount of information which the teenager has. For example, the teenager can recognize a large number of faces and places.

The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings.

A large part of a person’s memory is in terms of words and combinations (组合) of words .

66. According to the passage, memory is considered to be     .

A. the basis for decision making

B. an ability to store information for future use

C. an ability owned only by human beings

D. the data mainly made up of words

67. From Paragraph 3 we can know that     .

A. the computer’s memory has a little bigger ability than a teenager’s

B. the computer’s memory ability is the same as a teenager’s

C. the computer’s memory ability is much smaller even than a teenager’s

D. the computer’s memory ability is as small as a teenager’s

68. The whole passage implies (暗示) that     .

A. only human being can solve problems

B. a person’s memory is different from a computer’s in every way

C. animals can only solve very simple problems

D. animals solve problems by intelligence

69. In people’s memory, ________ play the most important part in solving problems.

A. language       B. skills       C. experiences     D. habits

70. The main idea of this passage is     .

A. life will not change without memory

B. memory is of great importance to life

C. how a person’s memory is different from a computer’s

D. what is contained in memory

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 Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this __2__ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”

The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”

Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy  ___14___  of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David,  a young engineer traveling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.

Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.

1. A. sorry      B. successful   C. first    D. wonderful

2. A. dance     B. moment     C. show   D. party

3. A. voice      B. face    C. dress   D. life

4. A. think of  B. bring back  C. go back      D. come back

5. A. age B. friend C. mother       D. teacher

6. A. musician B. pop star      C. lady    D. girl

7. A. French   B. music  C. piano  D. dance

8. A. actress    B. student       C. singer D. dancer

9. A. prepared B. learning     C. driven D. waiting

10. A. some    B. any     C. no     D. enough

11. A. eight     B. eighteen     C. eighty D. eighty-eight

12. A. lucky    B. sure    C. afraid  D. fond

13. A. fill       B. live     C. lead    D. take

14. A. heard    B. knew  C. talked D. thought

15. A. saw off       B. learned from      C. heard of    D. met with

16. A. love     B. feeling       C. music  D. touch

17. A. assistant       B. teacher       C. wife    D. student

18. A. him      B. engineering       C. herself       D. music

19. A. certainly      B. possibly     C. only    D. mainly

20. A. thought           B. hope     C. purpose      D. will

If you travel around the world , you will be surprised to find just how different the foreign customs can be from your own .

A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table . The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself . Also in India , you might see a man apparently shaking his head at another and assume that he is disagreeing . But in many parts of India a shake of the head is a gesture that shows agreement of acceptance .

Nodding your head when offered a drink in Bulgaria is likely to leave you thirsty . In that country you shake your head to indicate “yes” —a nod indicates “no”. The Arabs are known for their hospitality . At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula , you will find that any drinking vessel (容器,器皿)is repeatedly refilled as soon as you drink it up .

In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legs when sitting talking to someone , even at an important meeting . Doing this when meeting an important person in Thailand , however , could cause offence . It is too informal an attitude for such an occasion . Also when in Thailand you are not supposed to touch the head of an adult —it’s just not done . In Japan , it is quite usual for men to plan evening entertainments for themselves and leave their wives at home . In Europe such attitudes are disappearing .

Customs vary from country to country . Visitors may be at a loss as to what to do in a foreign environment . In such circumstances , the golden rule to follow is : When in Rome , do as the Romans do .

60.In which country , a left — hand is not welcomed ?         .

       A.Thailand B.India       C Arabic peninsula D.Bulgaria

61.In which country , if someone shakes his head at another , it shows that he agrees or accepts ?

            .

       A.Bulgaria B.Thailand C.China      D.Arabic Peninsula

62.Which of the following is impolite in Europe ?         .

       A.to cross your legs

       B.to touch the head of an adult

       C.That men plan evening entertainment and leave their wives at home

       D.To drain the glass in your hand

63.If you don’t know the customs in the country where you visit , the golden rule to follow is          .

       A.to do as the Romans do B.to do nothing

       C.to visit Rome only D.to do as the natives do

One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I believe I have some idea of why the failure is so total.  21  the faults already found out in the education system as a whole — such as child-centred learning, the “discovery” method, and the low expectations by teachers of pupils — there have been several serious  22  which have a direct effect on language teaching.

The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English  23 . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.

Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so  24  that the most able groups are  25  and are bored while the least able are lost and  26  bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favour of mixed-ability school football teams.

Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 27  lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school, even those who got good grades, have  28  it a few years later. Because they never need it, they do not practice it.

Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and  29  modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop  30  resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.

21. A. Due to                 B. In addition to       C. Instead of            D. In spite of

22. A. errors                  B. situations             C. systems               D. methods

23. A. vocabulary           B. culture                C. grammar             D. literature

24. A. wide                    B. similar                C. separate               D. unique

25. A. kept out               B. turned down        C. held back            D. left behind

26. A. surprisingly          B. individually         C. equally                D. hardly

27. A. extra                   B. traditional           C. basic                   D. regular

28. A. needed                 B. forgotten             C. practised             D. left

29. A. restored               B. absorbed             C. prohibited           D. withdrawn

30. A. wasting                B. focusing              C. exploiting            D. sharing

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