The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners _________.    

A. accelerate        B. accumulate      C. arise        D. advance

Take a taxi , _____ you'll miss your train .

A. and         B. if          C. otherwise           D. or

Why is he always forcing his daughter to practise playing the piano if she is not ___ for a pianist?

A. mean       B.intended        C. trained        D. asked

I think the doctor is able to care of _____ is the matter with your son .

A. all   B. what    C. whatever     D. anything

.He told me the news_____, believe it or not, he had earned $1 000 in a single day.?

　　A. that     B. which?    C. as      D. because??

 “She's not a dancing teacher, is she?” “_____.”?

　A. Yes, and she isn't      B. Yes, but she was? C. No, but she isn't      D. No, but she was

 Is there a shop around _____ we can buy some toilet articles??

　　A. that 　   B. which   ?   C. where　   D. what

We’ll be free tomorrow，so I suggest ______ to the history museum.

A. to visit   B. visiting  C. we should visit   D. a visit

Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious（自觉的）effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “trick” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber（理发师）shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and amusing（有趣的）in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble.

1. If you want to have a good memory, __________.

   A. you should force yourself to remember things

B. you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise

   C. you should never stop learning    

D. you should try hard to remember tings

2. From the sentence “We never get tired of hearing new ones”, we can infer that_________.

   A. we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors

   B. we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors

   C. we will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness

   D. absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people

3. In the passage, the writer seems to tell you______-.

   A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous

   B. always forgetting things is understandable

   C. forgetting things at times is natural

   D. the way to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

4. The best title for this passage is__________

   A. How to Get a Good Memory

   B. “Tricks” Of Memory

   C. Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness is Dangerous

   D. Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

 —Thank you for your wonderful meal.

   —______.

   A. No, it was just so-so    B. The same to you

   C. No, that’s all right           D. It’s my pleasure