If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; and when you start using them again, the will slowly become strong again.   1  knows this, and nobody would think of   2  the fact.

Yet there are many people who   3  to know that the memory works in the same way. When someone says that   4  has a good memory, he   5  means that he keeps his memory   6  practice by exercising it very  7  , either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is   8  , he means that he does not give it enough   9  to become strong. The position is exactly the same as that of   10  people, one of   11  exercises his arms and legs by playing balls, while the other   12  in a chair or a car all day. If a friends of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own   13  . But if he tells us that he has a poor memory,  14  of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just   15  , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become very strong in body or very clever in mind,  16  all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means   17  .

 Have you ever   18  that people who cannot read or write usually have   19  memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else. They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised.

In a word, if you want to have a good memory,  20  practise remembering.

1．A．Somebody             B．Everybody           C．Nobody               D．Each one

2．A．proving                 B．describing            C．questioning          D．indicating

3．A．want                     B．need                    C．have                   D．seem

5．A．always                  B．really                   C．nearly                 D．almost

6．A．with                     B．in                        C．to                       D．by

7．A．soon                     B．fast                     C．quickly                D．often

8．A．bad                       B．useless                C．poor                   D．helpless

9．A．chance                  B．time                    C．space                  D．places

10．A．three                   B．four                    C．two                    D．five

11．A．them                   B．whom                 C．that                     D．which

12．A．lies                     B．stands                 C．hides                   D．sits

13．A．business              B．fault                    C．story                   D．interest

14．A．few                    B．some                   C．several                D．many

15．A．unhappy              B．unfortunate          C．unthinkable          D．miserable

16．A．because               B．since                   C．for                      D．but

17．A．study                  B．work                   C．play                    D．rest

18．A．found                  B．thought               C．noticed                D．realized

19．A．better                  B．poorer                 C．worse                 D．stranger

20．A．remember          B．try                      C．do                     D．need

Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)．He asked the king to declare

him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was about to do so when an old

servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a

much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three

years．”

The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he

went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one

day, when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this

old man，then 1 will be the greatest archer．”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his

shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The

old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow

turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took Out the

arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s  why

I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，

and I’m nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is

very old, so go fast! Find the old man!”

The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“       ”

A．admire    B．advise    C．announce     D．admit

The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the

A．he had nothing more to learn from him

B．he could then become the greatest archer

C．the old man refused to teach him everything

D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO

The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his

   master．Which is the right order of the events?

A．1—2—3—4    B．4—3—2—1

C．4—2—3—1    D．4—2—1—3

What do you think would most probably happen next?

A．The young archer died from the wound soon after．

B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．

C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him．

D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’ S master．

What lesson can you learn from the story?

A．There’s always someone better than you in this world．

B．You must never try to become better than your teacher．

C．The older a man is，the better archer he usually becomes．

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．

  Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)．He asked the king to declare
him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was about to do so when an old
servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a
much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three
years．”
The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he
went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one
day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this
old man，then 1 will be the greatest archer．”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his
shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The
old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow
turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took Out the
arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s  why
I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，
and I’m  nothing before him．You must be  with him for at least thirty years．And he is
very old，SO go fast! Find the old man!”
56．The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“       ”
A．admire    B．advise    C．announce     D．admit
57．The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the
A．he had nothing more to learn from him
B．he could then become the greatest archer
C．the old man refused to teach him everything
D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do SO
58．The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his
master．Which is the right order of the events?
A．1—2—3—4    B．4—3—2—1
C．4—2—3—1    D．4—2—1—3
59．What do you think would most probably happen next?
A．The young archer died from the wound soon after．
B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．
C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him．
D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’S master．
60．What lesson can you learn from the story?
A．There’s always someone better than you in this world．
B．You must never try to become better than your teacher．
C．The older a man is，the better archer he usually becomes．
D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．

Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)．He asked the king to declare
him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was about to do so when an old
servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a
much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three
years．”
The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he
went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one
day, when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this
old man，then 1 will be the greatest archer．”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his
shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The
old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow
turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took Out the
arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s  why
I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，
and I’m nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is
very old, so go fast! Find the old man!”
【小题1】The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“       ”

Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手)．He asked the king to declare

him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was about to do so when an old

servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a

much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three

years．”

The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he

went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one

day, when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this

old man，then 1 will be the greatest archer．”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood On his

shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The

old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow

turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took Out the

arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s  why

I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，

and I’m nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is

very old, so go fast! Find the old man!”

1.The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to“       ”

2.The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the

3.The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his

master．Which is the right order of the events?

4.What do you think would most probably happen next?

5.What lesson can you learn from the story?