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3．Recently I had a conversation in Beijing with an adult Chinese friend who was complaining how difficult it was to study English．No surprises there．It is a difficult language to master，just like Chinese．I made a few suggestions based on my experience．One involved a very valuable fact which I learned from my high school Latin and Greek teacher，Dr．Smith．He is a gifted linguist （语言学家），and has an amazing ability to remember things，like poetry，essays，speeches，etc．His advice to us students is that for memorization purposes，there is forty minutes each day in which our memory is more acceptable than it is during the other 23 hours and 20 minutes．
This 40-minute"super memory"period is divided into two parts：the 20 minutes before we sleep，and the 20 minutes after we first awake．The theory supporting this is pretty simple．First，the last information we input into our brain before bed has a better chance of taking root than information gained during the noisy daytime； and second，our mind is free of disturbance（干扰） when we first awake in the morning一so more receptive to inputs，like a blank slate（石板）．
I took the advice to heart and it served me well in my school years．In my university days，our Chinese teacher would assign us 200 new vocabulary words each day，on which we would be quizzed（测试）the following day．Without the"magic"40-minute technique，there's no way I would have passed those daily quizzes．
As far as language study goes，it's not only useful for memorizing vocabulary．It's also a very useful window of time to listen to the language we're studying even with background noise，and even if it's at a level we find difficult to understand．It might be audio（声音的）language study，aids，or just radio，TV or whatever．
Beyond our years of formal（正式的） education，memory skills are hugely important in any career．How many times have we heard a speaker read their speech from a prepared text，or read the word-by-word content of a PowerPoint presentation as they present each slide（投影片）？These are annoying，boring，and less effective ways of communicating．They are almost guaranteed（保证） to lose the audience's close attention and interest，let alone persuade or inspire anyone to do anything．And yet lots of people still make this mistake．
If we use the 40-minute technique，we may not succeed in memorizing our presentation content on a 100% word-by-word basis，but we'll be familiar enough so that we can spend much more time making eye contact with our audience．We will get them in the process，while looking at our text instead of staring at it．This will also free up our hands and arms to convey some extra messages through gesture．
As you see，the technique really works，but like many things，it takes practice to perfect it．Therefore，we'd better find ways to use the language outside of the classroom，as regularly and frequently as possible．One basic rule of language learning is，"Use it，or lose it•"
Seize the forty-minute learning window and we'll bring in a rich harvest of language learning．
32．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1？C
A．Dr．Smith is born with the great ability to memorize things．
B．It is surprising that English is as difficult to master as Chinese．
C．The author's high school Latin and Greek teacher has a positive influence on him．
D．The author made a few suggestions on learning English based on his teacher's experience．
33．The author's teacher suggested the 40-minute"super memory"period partly becauseD．
A．it is less noisy in the forty minutes than in the daytime
B．we are always more peaceful when we awake in the morning
C．our brain is more active in the forty minutes than the other time
D．the last information gained before bed is more likely to remain
34．We can learn from the passage that the 40-minute techniqueC．
A．ensures that we understand the difficult language
B．helps a speaker in reading his speech from a prepared text
C．helps the author pass those daily quizzes in his university days
D．makes a speaker remember the presentation content completely
35．Which of the following is the best title for this passage？C
A．The Best Way to Learn English
B．The Importance of Memory Skills
C．The"Magic"40-Minute Technique
D．My Advice on Learning English．

Answer 1

分析 作者就学英语问题向我们介绍了老师的神奇40分钟记忆法，值得我们借鉴和推广．

解答 32．C．正误判断题．根据第一段One involved a very valuable fact which I learned from my high school Latin and Greek teacher，Dr．Smith．和His advice to us students is that for memorization purposes，there is forty minutes each day in which our memory is more acceptable than it is during the other 23 hours and 20 minutes．可知老师的记忆方法对作者影响很大，作者又把这种方法介绍给我们，故选C．
33．D．细节推理题．根据第二段First，the last information we input into our brain before bed has a better chance of taking root than information gained during the noisy daytime； and second，our mind is free of disturbance（干扰） when we first awake in the morning一so more receptive to inputs．可知老师这种记忆方法的依据，故选D．
34．C．细节推理题．根据第三段Without the"magic"40-minute technique，there's no way I would have passed those daily quizzes．可知老师这种记忆方法帮我通过了大学里每天的单词测试，故选C．
35．C．主旨大意题．文章主要介绍神奇的40分钟记忆方法以及它的特别的效果．C项能概括全文适合作为标题，故选C．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．