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 in a short time, 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 students 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.

1.Some people can easily learn many things in a short time because .

A.they always sleep very well

B.they often eat good food

C.they read a lot of books

D.they have very good memories

2.Everybody learns his mother language .

A.at the age of six

B.when he is a small child

C.after he goes to school

D.when he can read and write

3.Before a child can speak, he must .

A.read and write

B.make sentences

C.hear and remember the sounds

D.think hard

4.In school the students can’t learn a foreign language well because .

A.they have no good memories

B.they have no recorders

C.they have too much time for it

D.they are busy with other subjects

5.Why can a Chinese learn English easily if he is in England?

A.Because he must speak English every day.

B.Because he will have a good memory in England, not in China.

C.Because his father is an Englishman.

D.Because his English teacher is better in England. [

Yesterday,I overheard our 9-year-old son,Aaron,talking to his friend,Zach.

“Oh,God!”Zach began,looking in Aaron’s closet “Where are all your toys?”

“Oh,we are doing something called Simplicity plan,so I basically got rid of 80% of my stuff(物品). ”

“What? Did your mom and dad make you do this?”

“No, Idecided to do it because I wanted to.When I give away a lot of my things,I make room for family activities. I did it because I wanted to live differently and have less stuff in my life.”

“But still,why would you choose to get rid of most of your toys?”

“Part of the reason is that my parents were doing it with their stuff .And my mom talked to me about it and explained how they felt happier afterwards. And I thought maybe I really had spent a lot of my time in my room playing with toys instead of spending time with my parents and sister.”

“Seriously?”

“I feel proud because I am a person who has just what I need and not more. And I’m starting

new activities like writing how I feel,reading more,and spending more time doing housework around the house.”

“OK.Let me get this. You have fewer toys,more housework,and you feel happier?”

“Well, it’s not that the housework is fun ,But I do it with my parents. We talk and connect while we are doing it, so that is the fun.And we’ve been doing more activities together, like reading aloud at night. And on weekends,we have conversations(交谈)or go out together, instead of my dad being at his computer,my mom cleaning and me playing with my toys.”

1.Why did Aaron give away most of his toys?

A.Because he didn’t like them.

B.Because his parents made him do it.

C.Because he had no time to play with them.

D.Because he wanted to spend more time with his family.

2.After Aaron’s parents got rid of some of their stuff,they .

A.hoped Aaron wouldn’t do it

B.decided to buy some new stuff

C.found it was good for them

D.felt upset and wanted it back

3.We can learn from the passage that Aaron .

A.used to enjoy reading

B.will get his toys back soon

C.used to write a lot about his feelings

D.enjoys doing housework with his parents

4.What can infer(推断)from the passage?

A.Zaron will not get rid of his toys.

B.Aaron doesn’t like going out with his parents.

C.Members in the writer’s family now feel closer.

D.His father still likes being at his computer on weekends.

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