If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will bee weak; and when you start using them again, they will slowly bee strong again. knows this, but nobody would think of the fact.
Yet there are many people who to know that the memory works in the same way. When someone says that has a good memory, he means that he keeps his memory in practice exercising it very , either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is , he means that he does not give it enough to bee strong. The position is exactly the same as that of people, one of exercises his arms and legs by playing ball, while the other in a chair or a car all day. If a friend of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own , But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can bee very strong in body or very clever in mind, all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means that .
Have you ever that people who cannot read or write usually have memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else. They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised.
In a word, if you want to have a good memory, do practice things。
【小题1】A．Everybody B．SomebodyC．NobodyD．Each one【小题2】A．provingB．questioningC．describingD．indicating【小题3】A．wantB．haveC．seemD．need【小题4】A．sheB．heC．itD．one【小题5】A．alwaysB．nearlyC．reallyD．almost【小题6】A．withB．inC．to D．by【小题7】A．oftenB．fastC．quicklyD．soon【小题8】A．badB．uselessC．helplessD．poor【小题9】A．timeB．chanceC．spaceD．places【小题10】A．twoB．fourC．threeD．five【小题11】A．themB．thatC．whomD．which【小题12】A．liesB．sitsC．hidesD．stands【小题13】A．businessB．interestC．storyD．fault【小题14】A．fewB．someC．manyD．several【小题15】A．unfortunateB．unhappyC．unthinkableD．miserable【小题16】A．becauseB．butC．forD．since【小题17】A．studyB．restC．playD．work【小题18】A．noticedB．thoughtC．believedD．realized【小题19】A．strangerB．poorerC．worseD．better【小题20】A．rememberB．remembering.C．to rememberD．rememberedA
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解析：本文论述了我们对记忆力的好坏应有个清楚的认识，记忆力差的人并非天生就记忆力不好，而是没有让大脑得到充分的利用。文中以不会写不会读的人为例来论证这个观点，他们就是没有把他们的思想写在纸上，而他们却充分利用了大脑。
【小题1】考查不定代词：A. Everybody每个人，B. Somebody一些人，C. Nobody没有人，D. Each one每一个人，每个人都知道这点，但是没有人质疑它，选 A
【小题2】考查动词：A. proving证明，B. questioning质疑，C. describing描述，D. indicating暗示，但是没有人质疑它，选 B
【小题3】考查动词：A. want 想要，B. have有，C. seem似乎，D. need需要，seem to do/be似乎,好像是.有很多人似乎知道记忆力以同样方式奏效，选C
【小题4】考查人称代词：当有人说他有好的记忆力。指代someone用he，选B
【小题5】考查副词：A. always 总是，B. nearly几乎，C. really真的，D. almost几乎，actually=really实际上,事实上.他实际的意思是他一直在训练记忆力，选C
【小题6】考查介词：A. with 和…一起，B. in在…里面，C. to到…，D. by通过，他一直在通过经常练习来训练记忆力，选D
【小题7】考查副词：A. often经常，B. fast很快，C. quickly 快地，D. soon很快，他一直在通过经常练习来训练记忆力，选A
【小题8】考查形容词：A. bad坏的，B. useless无用的，C. helpless无助的，D. poor穷，差，poor与strong构成对比.当有人说他的记忆力很差，选D
【小题9】考查名词：A. time时间，B. chance机会，C. space空间，D. places地方，他的意思是他没有足够的机会练习，选B
【小题10】考查数词和上下文串联：下文提到了两个人，选 A
【小题11】考查定语从句：其中有个人通过打球练习膀子和腿，先行词是people，定语从句中用one of whom 引导，选C
【小题12】考查动词：A. lies躺，撒谎，B. sits坐，C. hides躲藏，D. stands站，另外一个人整天坐在椅子上或汽车里面，选B
【小题13】考查名词：A. business生意，B. interest兴趣，C. story故事，D. fault错误，如果你的一个朋友说他的膀子很弱，我们知道这是他自己的错，选D
【小题14】考查形容词：A. few 很少，B. some一些，C. many很多，D. several几个，如果有人告诉你他的记忆力很差，很多人会认为这是他父母的责任，选C
【小题15】考查形容词：A. unfortunate不幸的，B. unhappy不快乐的，C. unthinkable不能思考的，D. miserable 痛苦的，从前面的内容his parents are to blame可知我们会认为他是不幸的，选A
【小题16】考查连词：A. because因为，B. but但是，C. for为了，D. since 自从，我们不是每个人都很强壮很聪明，但是我们能够提高身体和记忆力，选B
【小题17】考查动词：A. study学习，B. rest休息，C. play玩，打球，D. work工作，有用，通过同样的奏效的方法，选 D
【小题18】考查动词：A. noticed 注意到，B. thought想，C. believed相信，D. realized意识到，你有没有注意到不会读书写字的人比会写字读书的人记忆力更好？选 A
【小题19】考查形容词：A. stranger 更奇怪，B. poorer更差，C. worse更差，D. better更好，从后面的Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else.可知不会读书写字的人比会写字读书的人记忆力更好，选D
【小题20】考查动名词：如果你要有好的记忆力，一定要记住要练习记忆东西。Practise doing sth，选B。