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In a memory – based competition between you and a chimp (猩猩); who do you think would win? If you put yourself on top, you might want to guess again.
In a test that challenged participants to remember numbers, a young chimp performed better than Japanese college students.
Here's how the test worked. At Kyoto University in Japan, human students and chimpanzee participants sat in front of a computer. Five numbers, ranging from 1 to 9, were combined with one another and then, they appeared at random places on the screen.
The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second. In the first test, for example, participants saw the numbers for 650 milliseconds (about two- thirds of a second).
Then, each number disappeared and they saw a white square instead. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order, based on the numbers that had been there a moment before.
In this test, the students touched the boxes in the correct order about 80 percent of the time. A young chimp named Ayumu performed equally well.
During a harder test, participants were only able to see the numbers for 210 milliseconds.
This time, students only succeeded in putting the boxes in the correct order about 40 percent of the time. But Ayumu still could select the boxes in the right order nearly 80 percent of the time.    
Some people have what's called a "photographic memory", which allows them to remember a surprising number of details after just a quick look at something. Ayumu's memory might work in a similar way, says lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa.
The chimp's young age might have something to do with his impressive performance, too. In previous tests, the Japanese researchers found that young chimps performed better than their mothers.
The scientists are interested to see whether Ayumu loses his strong memory as he arrows older. They already know that young children sometimes have sharp memories when offered something photographical, but they lose this ability over time.

Topic
A memory-based competition between human beings and chimps
(【小题1】) _______
To judge whose memory is better
The (【小题2】)      
of the first test
◆A chimp and some Japanese students participated in the (【小题3】) _____ and sat before a computer.
◆Different combinations of five numbers appeared on the screen.
◆Each of the number was (【小题4】)        by a white square.
The results of the second test
◆Students (【小题5】)        to put the boxes in the right order about 40% of the time.
◆Ayumu got the right order (【小题6】)       the time of the students
Conclusion
◆Some people have “photographic memory”, (【小题7】)       some people to remember numbers after they 【小题8】)         at something quickly.
◆The chimps have the similar (【小题9】)       to human beings’.
◆Young children, just like chimps, have strong memory but they’ll lose it when they (【小题10】)       .
 

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Children find meanings in their old family tales.  
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,    21   all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times   22   his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   23    , he loaded his family into the car and   24    them to see family members in Canada with a   25   ,“there are more important things in life than money. ”
The  26   took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   27    house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was  28    that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t.    29     , their reaction echoed (共鸣) their great-grandfather’s. What they   30    was how warm the people were in the house and how  31     of their heart was accessible.  
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   32    hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing   33     in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university   34    of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to   35  parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.  The   36    is telling the stories in a way children can   37    . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that   38    , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s   39    , and make eye contact (接触) to create “a personal experience”,. We don’t have to tell children   40  they should take from the story and what the moral is. ”
【小题1】.

A.missedB.lostC.forgotD.ignored
【小题2】
A.whenB.whileC.howD.why
【小题3】
A.friendlessB.worthlessC.pennilessD.homeless
【小题4】 A fetched    B. allowed         C. expected        D. took
【小题5】
A.hopeB.promiseC.suggestionD.belief
【小题6】
A.taleB.agreementC.arrangementD.report
【小题7】
A.largeB.smallC.newD.grand
【小题8】
A.surprisedB.annoyedC.disappointedD.worried
【小题9】
A.ThereforeB.BesidesC.InsteadD.Otherwise
【小题10】.
A.talked aboutB.cared aboutC.wrote aboutD.heard about
【小题11】
A.muchB.manyC.littleD.few
【小题12】
A.beyondB.overC.behindD.through
【小题13】
A.argumentB.skillC.interestD.anxiety
【小题14】
A.studyB.designC.committeeD.staff
【小题15】
A.provideB.retellC.supportD.refuse
【小题16】
A.troubleB.giftC.factD.trick
【小题17】
A.performB.writeC.hearD.question
【小题18】
A.meansB.endsC.beginsD.proves
【小题19】
A.needsB.activitiesC.judgmentsD.habits
【小题20】
A.thatB.whatC.whichD.whom

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NBA commissioner David Stern was in Orlando on Thursday night, getting ready for Sunday’s All-Star Game. Of course, all he could talk about was the only player anyone wants to talk about these days: New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.
Hours before Lin took the court against the Heat, a few hundred miles South down I-95 in Miami, Stern told reporters that Lin’s instant popularity hasn’t ever been matched in sports history, not even by Sunday’s biggest names, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant.
The Associated Press had the details.
“I haven’t done a calculation, but it’s fair to say that no player has created the interest and the craze in this short period of time, in any sport, that I’m aware of like Jeremy Lin has,” Stern said Thursday.
Lin, an undrafted(未选秀的)guard from Harvard, has become the NBA’s biggest story since coming off the Knicks’ bench earlier this month to lead them to nine wins in 11 games heading into their matchup with Miami on Thursday night.
With Lin’s popularity in Asia as the league’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, and with the religious community because of his strong Christian faith, Stern says he’s “never quite seen anything like” the attention on Lin.
“It’s fascinating,” Stern said after the All-Star Jam Session opening ceremonies.
The top five videos on NBA.com since Feb. 4, when Lin joined the circulation, are all Lin or Knicks related. Lin went from 190,000 followers on Sina, China’s version of Twitter, on Feb. 2 to more than 1 million as of Feb. 16.
Indeed, Lin’s popularity is so out of this world that the NBA made a late list switch to ensure his participation in the Rising Stars Challenge on All-Star Saturday, a game that includes the NBA’s best rookies(新秀球员)and sophomores. Lin is in such high demand that all of the game’s other participants will meet with the media following a team practice on Friday while Lin will have his own, separate press conference later in the night. 
This is Jeremy’s world, folks. We’re all just living in it. Even David Stern and the rest of the league’s All-Stars, at least for the moment. 
【小题1】The following statements about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity are true EXCEPT that ______.

A.Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks to win all the recent games this month
B.David Stern said Lin was the only instant popular player in NBA’s history
C.Lin has become the NBA’s greatest story though he was an undrafted guard
D.no player has created the interest and the enthusiasm in such a short period of time
【小题2】Why did Jeremy Lin have so many followers in Asia on Sina, China’s version of Twitter?
A. Because Jeremy Lin was born in Taiwan with strong Christian faith.
B. Maybe because he is the first player born in America but has Chinese descent.
C. Because Sina has a large group of surfing people, maybe more than 10 million.
D. Because the top five videos on NBA. com since Feb. 4 are all Lin or Knicks related.
【小题3】The underlined phrase “out of this world” in Paragraph 9 may probably be replaced by ______.
A.impossibleB.importantC.exceptionalD.excellent
【小题4】What can we learn from the above passage about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity?
A.Knowledge starts with practice.B.Failure is the mother of success.
C.Every dog has its day.D.No pains, no gains.

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Steinbeck, John, 1902-68, American writer, born in Salinas, Calif., studied at Stanford. He is probably best remembered for his strong sociological novel The Grapes of Wrath, considered one of the great American novels of the 20th century. Steinbeck's early novels-Cup of Gold (1929), The Pastures of Heaven (1932), and To a God Unknown (1933)-attracted little critical attention, but Tortilla Flat (1935), an affectionate(亲切的)yet realistic novel about the lovely, Spanish-speaking poor of Monterey, was enthusiastically received.
A merciful understanding of the world's poor was to be Steinbeck's mark. The novel In Dubious Battle (1936) defends striking immigrant agricultural workers in the California fields. In the novel Of Mice and Men (1937; later made into a play), Steinbeck again presents immigrant workers, but this time in terms of human worth and integrity(完好)-a theme he also used in The Moon Is Down (1942; later made into a play), about Norwegian resistance to the Nazis. The Grapes of Wrath (1939; Pulitzer Prize), while treating the hard situation of dispossessed Dust Bowl farmers during the 1930s, presents a universal picture of victims of disaster. Steinbeck's description of the westward migration of the Joad family, and their following struggles in the agricultural industry of California, is realistic and moving, and he presents his inferior characters with nobility.
Steinbeck's other works are diverse, ranging from the literal account of a voyage, The Sea of Cortez (1941; written with the marine biologist E. F. Ricketts),to a moral story, The Pearl (1948); to a French folk piece, The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957). Love of his native land shines through the delicately nostalgic story "The Red Pony" in The Long Valley (1938). The somewhat emotional attitude of Tortilla Flat appears again in Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1947), and Sweet Thursday (1954). 
【小题1】 How many novels adapted into a play are mentioned in the passage ?_________.

A.NineB.SevenC.FourD.Two
【小题2】Accoding to the passage , which of the following is true?
A.The Grapes of Wrath, is considered one of the great novels of this century.
B.Only in the novel In Dubious Battle Steinbeck referred to immigrant workers.
C.In The Grapes of Wrath, farmers living in Dust Bowl possess almost nothing.
D.All Steinbeck’s late works are related to his love of his native land.
【小题3】We can learn from the passage that Steinbeck         .
A.did not draw much attention until Tortilla Flat was published
B.wrote all his novels in terms of human worth and integrity
C.presented poor but noble characters in all his novels
D.showed his love for his native land in The Short Reign of Pippin IV
【小题4】The passage is mainly about Steinbeck’s          .
A.worksB.lifeC.fameD.prize

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