56. He encouraged Chinese students ___________.

　　 　　 A. to work for Microsoft in China or in America B. to follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself

　　 　　 C. to work on software 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to go on and finish their college education

55. It seemed that Ballmer came to China mainly ___________.

　　 　　 A. to meet some government officials　　　　　　　 B. to give a talk at Qinghua University

　　 　　 C. to manage business matters　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. to visit places of interest

54. Ballmer gave a talk on ___________ at Qinghua.

　 　　　 A. the future of the Internet　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. how to use the software made in his company

　 　　　 C. what computers will bring to universities　 D. his own experience from Harvard to Microsoft

53. The writer mainly wants to well us some ideas on ________.

　 　　 A. how to keep something in mind long　　　　　　 B. how to learn English well

　 　　 C. how to make a telephone call 　　　　　　　　　　 D. how to remember a person’s name

PASSAGE THREE

Steve Ballmer is always exciting, as he was this time in front of over 2,000 students from Qinghua University and Beijing University.

Ballmer, president(总裁) of Microsoft Corp., received a warm welcome at Qinghua University when he gave a talk on the next generation(一代) of the Internet on September 19th. He came to China last week for a two-day visit, during which he slept only four hours and had many meetings with government officials(政府官员) and men of business. After all those business matters, he came to Qinghua and was asked thousands of questions from the excited students.

Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in 1980, is the first business manager hired(聘用) by Bill Gates, a schoolmate of Ballmer at Harvard. Gates first dropped out of school to start Microsoft and Ballmer was still studying, but he also gave up his studies and joined Bill Gates’ five-year-old Microsoft in 1980.

In his talk to the students, Ballmer described what the Internet would bring to their life. He said there are several hundred Qinghua graduates now working or being trained at Microsoft both in China and in the US. He also warned the students not to drop out of school and follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself.

52. According to the passage, what is helpful for you to remember better?

　 　　 A. Use your short-term memory to learn things.

　 　　 B. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.

　　　 C. Look something up often.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Learn something well in the end.

51. Which is easier to forget?

　 　　 A. Something that you understand. 　　　　　　　　 B. Your best friend’s name.

　 　　 C. The new information that you have practiced a lot.

　 　　 D. Something that you didn’t learn well in the beginning.

50. According to the passage, you forget the telephone number that you don’t call often because ________.

　 　　 A. the telephone number is too long 　　　　　　　　 B. the telephone number is very strange

　 　　 C. you use your short-term memory to remember it　 D. you look it up in the telephone book

49.　 ___________ couldn’t find his money.

　 　　　 A. The man　　　　　　　　 B. The manager 　　　　　 C. The assistant　　　　　　　 D. Nobody

PASSAGE TWO

When you want to call a store or an office that you don’t call often, you may look the number up in a telephone book. You dial(拨) the number, and then you forget it! Your short-term(短期) memory last about 30 seconds. However, you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.

Why do you forget things sometimes? There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting something is that you did learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and soon you forget their names. You hear the names but you do not learn them, so you forget them.

You can help yourself remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practise the new information for more times.

48. When the man opened the bag, he found __________ in it.

A. food　　　　　　　　　　　 B. drink　　　　　　　　　　　 C. money　　　　　　　　　　　 D. nothing

47. The man wanted to have his lunch ___________.

　　 A. in a hotel　　　　　　　　 B. in a shop　　　　　　　　　 C. in a restaurant　　　　　　 D. in a park