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. [

Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class some fun homework---to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.

Most of the class drew a turkey or other traditional things. But Douglas drew a different kind of picture. He drew a hand. Just an empty(空的) hand.

Douglas was a different boy. He was poor and unhappy. As other children played, Douglas was likely to stand close by the teacher’s side.

His classmates were surprised at his picture. One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. Others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us.

The teacher asked him whose hand it was. The little boy said in a low voice, “It’s yours.”

She remembered the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there, as she had the other students. How often she said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.

Tears came into the teacher’s eyes.

1.The underlined word “raise” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 卖 B. 饲养 C. 买 D. 做饭

2. Douglas drew a hand of ________.

A. a farmer B. God C. the teacher D. his own

3.When other children played, Douglas __________.

A. played with other children

B. stood quietly by the teacher’s side

C. sat in the classroom quietly

D. stood by them and watched them play

4. When the teacher knew the truth, she felt ___________.

A. surprised B. sad C. moved D. happy

5.Douglas drew the picture of a hand because ___________.

A. the teacher asked the students to draw a hand of the teacher

B. most of the class drew traditional things used for celebrating Christmas Day

C. Douglas only liked drawing the hand

D. Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand

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