We each have a memory（记忆力）. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
【小题1】、Some people can easily learn many things by heart because                .

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My mother seemed to be able to make dolls (洋娃娃) out of anything. She made some dolls for me and my two elder sisters. I 36 playing with them, but still, secretly, I hoped for a store-bought 37 like the one our rich cousin had. Her doll 38 open and close its blue glass eyes and even say "Mamma". I 39 stopped admiring it and hoping to have one.

However, my dream 40 came true when I was six. One day my father came back from his business trip with three 41 dolls! They were much smaller than our cousin’s doll and their eyes were just painted ones, but I did not 42 such differences. They were 43 "store-bought" dolls. We each chose one and I named 44 Misako.

Soon my sisters and I became 45. Our "children" kept us 46 all day. We gave them a bath, 47 them, brushed their hair, took them out for a walk and put them to bed. Several months later, they got more like real children — their 48 and bodies became dirtier; their dresses got stained; their hair less smooth.

But, by then, 49 interests seemed to have moved into 50 toys. Their dolls were abandoned (被抛弃) and in bad condition. One had 51 one of her arms, and 52 was one-legged. "You can 53 them if you want," my sisters said to me. Thus, I had 54_ dolls. They were more or less handicapped (残疾) and they often looked at me as if they needed me to 55 them. I enjoyed this feeling of being needed — being the only one in the world who could protect them with a lot of love. Indeed, they made the rest of my childhood days very happy.

36. A. wanted      B. expected         C. hoped                    D. enjoyed

37. A. doll          B. toy                    C. girl                      D. baby

38. A. might       B. should           C. could                    D. dared

39. A. often       B. never                  C. sometimes              D. seldom

40. A. immediately B. firstly           C. hardly                   D. finally

41. A. beautiful   B. lovely           C. store-bought           D. new

42. A. care about        B. care for          C. think about          D. worry about

43. A. total       B. real               C. like                      D. true

44. A. my        B. one              C. them                    D. mine

45. A. sisters      B. fathers                 C. friends                    D. mothers

46. A. free        B. busy           C. hard                D. tired

47. A. wore       B. put on         C. dressed             D. wash

48. A. faces       B. legs             C. arms                D. hands

49. A. my        B. their                   C. my sisters’          D. my doll’s

50. A. tiny             B. different        C. curious                 D. humorous

51. A. lost        B. wounded        C. cut                       D. damaged

52. A. the other   B. another         C. it                  D. other

53. A. look out for        B. take care of       C. pay attention to     D. have a look at

54. A. two        B. few               C. many               D. three

55. A. teach       B. feed                   C. satisfy              D. help

John and I _____ friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we _____ each other a couple of times before that.

A. had been; have seen  B. have been; have seen

C. had been; had seen  D. have been; had seen

We first met on a train in 2000. We both felt immediately that we ______ each other for years.

A. knew                       B. have known                     C. had known        D. know

We each took ______ tea after having ______ wonderful supper at my aunt’s yesterday.