摘要： The author wants to express an idea that . A. one cannot be good at both memorizing and understanding things B. some people are actually quite stupid though they seem clever C. having a good memory does not mean having good intelligence D. the more you can memorize, the more stupid you will certainly be C Last year, my boyfriend suggested that I should run the London marathon, and I laughed. He laughed too, but he laughed too long and too loud. That made me think. I realized that he didn't believe that I could do it. That made me angry, and determined, Now he knows that I can! Training wasn't easy, but I kept going. I didn't need special training but I did need to buy very good shoes. Each day, I went a little further. By the end of three months, I was running five days a week. Some- times in the evenings I ran 10 km, on Sunday mornings, I sometimes ran about 30 kin. I used to come home, have a shower and eat my breakfast. I felt wonderful ! On the day of the race in London, I lined up with about 30,000 other runners. The faster runners were at the front, while slower runners like me were placed further back. In that way, the professional runners and club runners were not slowed down by the amateurs. At first, there were so many runners close together that we were almost falling over each other. We could only run very slowly but that was a good thing because it meant that we didn't rush off too quickly. Gradually the runners spread out and there was more space. There were thousands of people watching us along the route and they cheered and clapped everyone, even the slowest runner. It was wonderful! For the first 10 km I felt very happy and my legs felt very comfortable. However, at 15 km I got a pain in my side and running became difficult, but I kept going and the pain disappeared. At the 30 km mark, I felt extremely tired, and wanted to stop, but I kept on going. I covered another 3 km and then I began to feel better again. By the time I reached the 35 km mark, I knew I was going to get to the end of the course. Somehow that confidence made me feel lighter and faster and it seemed as if my legs flew over the last few kilometers. I passed hundreds of slower runners, some of whom had passed me earlier, and I felt wonderful! AS I came round the last bendand saw the finishing line, I could see three runners ahead of me. I raced past all of them to finish the race in just under four hours. The winner had completed the race in 2 hours and 10 minutes, but I didn't care! I had run 42 km and com-pleted my first marathon!
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Solomon Shereshevski was a man with an amazing memory. He was one of the world's most famous
me-monists (记忆能手). Born in Russia in about 1900, he spent much of his life performing memory
skills that people found difficult to believe. He could memorize long lists of numbers after reading them
through once, and he could then recite them forwards or back-wards. He could also remember the same
numbers months later. He could easily remember lists of names, dozens of playing cards or hundreds of
cities.
Although he had a wonderful memory, he found some normal skills very difficult. For example, he
found it difficult to learn to read. He also found it difficult to recognize patterns in words or numbers.
When presented with a long list of numbers like this: 1234 4231 5678 8765 6789 9876 he could not
see that there was a pattern. If he could see or hear a collection of numbers, he could remember it.
However, this did not mean that he could understand what he was looking at. He could remember long
complex mathematical formulas, but could not understand what the numbers meant.
Solomon suffered from a condition known as Synaesthesia. This meant that all of his senses were
connected in a special way. In other words, when he heard a particular word he also experienced a
unique taste, or saw a unique color. Each word that he heard brought a particular description into his
mind. Each word for him was unique, because he remembered it as a taste, a smell, a color or a sound,
or all of them together.
He was not a clever man except this ability and people found him rather stupid. He found it difficult to
become friends with other people because his mind was so different. In a way, his memory was a curse (祸根). He remembered everything, and that made it difficult for him to understand anything.
me-monists (记忆能手). Born in Russia in about 1900, he spent much of his life performing memory
skills that people found difficult to believe. He could memorize long lists of numbers after reading them
through once, and he could then recite them forwards or back-wards. He could also remember the same
numbers months later. He could easily remember lists of names, dozens of playing cards or hundreds of
cities.
Although he had a wonderful memory, he found some normal skills very difficult. For example, he
found it difficult to learn to read. He also found it difficult to recognize patterns in words or numbers.
When presented with a long list of numbers like this: 1234 4231 5678 8765 6789 9876 he could not
see that there was a pattern. If he could see or hear a collection of numbers, he could remember it.
However, this did not mean that he could understand what he was looking at. He could remember long
complex mathematical formulas, but could not understand what the numbers meant.
Solomon suffered from a condition known as Synaesthesia. This meant that all of his senses were
connected in a special way. In other words, when he heard a particular word he also experienced a
unique taste, or saw a unique color. Each word that he heard brought a particular description into his
mind. Each word for him was unique, because he remembered it as a taste, a smell, a color or a sound,
or all of them together.
He was not a clever man except this ability and people found him rather stupid. He found it difficult to
become friends with other people because his mind was so different. In a way, his memory was a curse (祸根). He remembered everything, and that made it difficult for him to understand anything.
1. We know from the first paragraph that ____.
A. all of his life, Solomon was kept busy doing memory tricks
B. if Solomon read a list of numbers he could immediately remember them
C. Solomon could memorize long list of numbers and found their patterns
D. people thought Solomon could remember the most things in the world
B. if Solomon read a list of numbers he could immediately remember them
C. Solomon could memorize long list of numbers and found their patterns
D. people thought Solomon could remember the most things in the world
2. Solomon had very powerful memory, but he _____.
A. could not read or write
B. never knew what people meant when they said to him
C. could not work out some simple math problems
D. found everything he did was meaningless
B. never knew what people meant when they said to him
C. could not work out some simple math problems
D. found everything he did was meaningless
3. When a person suffers from Synaesthesia, he (or she) _____.
A. senses things usually in a wrong way
B. confuses feelings with c61ors or tastes
C. often connects words he (or she) hears with things he (or she) experienced
D. each word he (or she) hears changes its meaning completely
B. confuses feelings with c61ors or tastes
C. often connects words he (or she) hears with things he (or she) experienced
D. each word he (or she) hears changes its meaning completely
4. The author wants to express an idea that _____.
A. one cannot be good at both memorizing and understanding things
B. some people are actually quite stupid though they seem clever
C. having a good memory does not mean having good intelligence
D. the more you can memorize, the more stupid you will certainly be
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B. some people are actually quite stupid though they seem clever
C. having a good memory does not mean having good intelligence
D. the more you can memorize, the more stupid you will certainly be
Solomon Shereshevski was a man with an amazing memory. He was one of the world's most famous me-monists （记忆能手）. Born in
Although he had a wonderful memory, he found some normal skills very difficult. For example, he found it difficult to learn to read. He also found it difficult to recognize patterns in words or numbers. When presented with a long list of numbers like this : 1234 4231 5678 8765 6789 9876 he could not see that there was a pattern. If he could see or hear a collection of numbers, he could remember it. However, this did not mean that he could understand what he was looking at. He could remember long complex mathematical formulas, but could not understand what the numbers meant.
Solomon suffered from a condition known as Synaesthesia. This meant that all of his senses were connected in a special way. In other words, when he heard a particular word he also experienced a unique taste, or saw a unique color. Each word that he heard brought a particular description into his mind. Each word for him was unique, because he remembered it as a taste, a smell, a color or a sound, or all of them together.
He was not a clever man except this ability and people found him rather stupid. He found it difficult to, become friends with other people because his mind was so different. In a way, his memory was a curse（祸根）. He remembered everything, and that made it difficult for him to understand anything.
68. We know from the first paragraph that
A. all of his life, Solomon was kept busy doing memory tricks
B. if Solomon read a list of numbers he could immediately remember them
C. Solomon could memorize long list of numbers and found their patterns
D. people thought Solomon could remember the most things in the world
69. Solomon had very powerful memory, but he .
A. could not read or write
B. never knew what people meant when they said to him
C. could not work out some simple math problems
D. found everything he did was meaningless
70. When a person suffers from synaesthesia, he （or she） .
A. senses things usually in a wrong way
B. confuses feelings with c61ors or tastes
C. often connects words he （or she） hears with things he（or she） experienced
D. each word he （or she） hears changes its meaning completely
71. The author wants to express an idea that .
A. one cannot be good at both memorizing and understanding things
B. some people are actually quite stupid though they seem clever
C. having a good memory does not mean having good intelligence
D. the more you can memorize, the more stupid you will certainly be
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