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    For adults,memories tend to lose with time. But there are conditions under which the opposite is true for small children.

    While playing a video game that asked them to remember relations between objects,4-and 5-year-olds who replayed the game after two days scored more than 20 percent higher than kids who replayed it later the same day. “An idea is that kids can be smarter than we thought they could be,” said Kevin Darby,co-author of the study. “They just need more time."  

    The findings give ?s. a window into understanding memory. First,we showed that if children are given pieces of similar information in a close "we 5/7训(时间跨度) ,there is almost a complete loss of memory. Second,we showed that introducing delays prevents that loss. It seems surprising that children can almost completely forget what they have just learned,and that their memories can actually improve with time.

    We know from previous research that kids struggle to form difficult connections in the moment,so we thought that with some time off and periods of sleep they might be able to do better. And it turned out that when they had time to remember the information,they did better.

    Researcher Slo?tsky said that the study does not in any way suggest that kids can absorb (吸收)adult-sized quantities of information if only they are given time to sleep on it. Rather,it means that they can remember kid-sized quantities of information in given time,even if they seem forgetful in the moment. “We’ve shown that it's possible for children's memories to improve with time,but it's not like we’ ve discovered a method for super-charging how much they can remember,” he said.

9. What can we learn from Kevin Darby’s words?

   A. Children are good at learning things.

   B. Children can remember better than thought.  

    C. Children are better at remembering than adults.

   D. Children can learn better through computer games.

10. The third paragraph is mainly about.

   A. the meaning of the study

   B. the problems with the study 

    C. the background of the study   

    D. the process of the study

11. The purpose of what Sloutsky said is .

   A. to provide an example for the study

   B. to stress the importance of the study 

    C. to avoid misunderstanding the study

   D. to remind people to put the study into practice

12. What might be the best title for the text?

   A. The power of memory

   B. The best way to learn 

    C. Delayed remembering   

    D. Free kids from pressure 

    You may have heard the story about the world's most dedicated(专心致志的) fisherman. He 2l more fish than his companion all morning long. They used the same 22 and fished together in the same river. But he had almost caught his limit of fish 23 his friend hadn't caught even one. ^

   “What's yoilr 24 ?” asked the friend. “I haven’t even gotten ? bite!” The 25 fisherman replied, “That's (投入) ”.

    Do you know there are at least three types of 26 ? First,there are those who fish only for 27 . They usually “catch and 28 ”, quickly throwing their catch back into the water. Then there are those who fish because they like the 29 of fish. They only keep those fish they will someday eat. 30,there are those who fish in order to survive. If they don't succeed in catching fish,they skip a 31 . It is this group of people who are most likely to 32 .

    Whether we fish or eat fish,the 33 is the same. We are most likely to succeed if we 34 it with dedication,especially if the task before US is 35 or there seems little chance of success. Whether we want to 36 a new business or go back to school,we must decide if our task is 37 enough to commit to it. We should 38 bear in mind that our own determination to succeed is more important than any other things. For often,we will succeed only after we have firmly determined to 39. something.

   Please 40,when we are fully committed,the impossible can happen.

21. A. caught          B. discovered

   C. ate            D. drew

22. A. house              B. manner

   C. language            D. equipment

23. A. since             B. because

   C. while            D. until

24. A. number             B. secret

   C. job               D. goal

25. A. brave   B. shy    C. successful   D. honest

26. A. fishermen          B. friends

   C. workers           D. students

27. A. food         B. money

   C. art         D. sport

28. A. sell   B. raise     C. release    D. kill 

29. A. growth        B. behavior

   C. color        D. taste

30. A. Fortunately       B. Obviously

   C. Finally         D. Similarly

31. A. meal   B. beat    C. business   D. part

32. A. escape         B. succeed

    C. die          D. regret

33. A. exercise        B. lesson

   C. form          D. result

34. A. complete        B. watch

    C. keep          D. describe

35. A. interesting       B. difficult

   C. useless         D. new

36. A. build        B. imagine

  C. give up        D. set aside

37. A. strange        B. challenging

   C. amusing        D. important

38. A. never        B. sometimes

    C. always       D. still

39. A. find   B. carry   C. admit   D. do

40. A. promise      B. remember

   C. study       D. explain

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