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Mr. and Mrs. Black opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant that said “Meals on the House for Three Days.”

A foreign student who didn’t know much English happened to pass by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt very hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant. I am going to have something to eat.”

He walked towards the restaurant when he saw the notice. “American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on their houses! But how can I get up to the top of the house?” he said to himself.

He looked around and found a ladder against a tree nearby. He started climbing up. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him.

“Hey, what are you doing up there?” Mr. Black shouted at him. Next to him was a policeman. “Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the House for Three Days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered.

On hearing this, both Mr. Black and the policeman laughed. “Do you know what ON THE HOUSE means? Look it up in the dictionary,” the policeman said.

1.How did Mr. and Mrs. Black attract customers?

A. They played jokes on them.

B. They offered them meals 24 hours a day.

C. They let them enjoy meals on the top of their house.

D. They put up a notice in front of their restaurant.

2.How much English did the foreign student know?

A. A lot. B. A little. C. None. D. An average amount.

3.The foreign student decided to have _____ at Mr. Black’s restaurant.

A. breakfast B. lunch C. dinner D. nothing

4.Mr. Black and the policeman laughed at the young man because _____.

A. he climbed up trees

B. he was very hungry

C. he misunderstood the notice

D. he was a foreign student

5.The phrase “on the house” probably means “_____”.

A. 免费的 B. 屋上的 C. 家常的 D. 美味的

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In the study, 114 volunteers were asked to watch a video. In the video a woman had her bag stolen. Then they answered 20 questions about the details shown in the video. Ten minutes later, the volunteers were divided into three groups. The first two groups were told to move forwards or backwards 10 meters while the third group was asked to stay still on the same point. The researchers found that the backwards-walking group got two more correct answers on average (平均) than the other two groups.

This suggests that a relationship between time and space is basic to the way our minds form memories. When we walk backwards, everything we learn becomes strange to us. “This forces the brain to think in a different way—the brain needs to match all the things again and changes the focus(关注点),” the researcher Christine Weber said. It almost always means that our brain needs to be more active in the short time. Naturally, our short-term memory will be improved.

Backward walking also plays an important role in physical health, especially fitness. A study published in Journal of Biomechanics in 2012 found that there is less pain in the knees.

Moreover, backward walking, compared to forward walking, is more challenging. It requires you to use muscles(肌肉) and movements that you probably seldom use, making it a perfect way to change your exercise habit for greater fitness gains. At the same time, by making people put in extra effort, it naturally burns more fat and calories.

1.Backward walking can________ according to the passage.

A. improve the memory in the long term B. improve the memory in the short term

C. cause much more pain in our knees D. force the brain to think in the same way

2.Which one is the correct order of the following according to the passage?

①The backwards-walking group got two more correct answers on average.

②The volunteers answered 20 questions about the details shown in the video.

③The volunteers were divided into 3 groups and 1 group moved backward 10 meters.

④The volunteers watched a video in which a woman’s bag was stolen.

A. ④②③① B. ④③①② C. ④②①③ D. ③④②①

3.What does the underlines word It in Paragraph 5 refer to__________?

A. Short-term memory B. Physical health

C. Forward walking D. Backward walking

4.In which part of the newspaper can we read this passage?

A. Youth Voice B. Star Stories C. Our World D. Science Study

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