Can you imagine being able to remember every ...

Can you imagine being able to remember every single experience of your life and every word in your favorite book? That’s what Becky’s life is like.

Three years ago, Becky was reading a newspaper article which mentioned that it was impossible for people to remember the details of their life in the first three years.“What nonsense!” she thought, because she could clearly remember her life all the way back to when she was just 12 days old. Her parents had carried her to the driver’s seat of their car and laid her down for a photo. But it wasn’t nonsense. She was just one of only 80 known people suffering from a mysterious condition called HSAM（超忆症）.

Becky’s unusual case was shown on a program called 60 Minutes, where reporter Allison tested her ability by asking her about her favorite book series, Harry Potter, Allison would pick up a book and open a page and read her a line. Immediately Becky would name the book, chapter number, chapter name and could recite every word until Allison told her to stop.

Being able to remember every little detail is great, but as every HSAM suffer will tell you, it’s also tough to deal with it. We always forget things to get over sad experiences in our lives, but it’s something that people like Becky can’t do. Even walking on the street and lightly knocking into somebody can bring back bad memories from Becky’s childhood. Also, like Becky, people with HSAM never do well in school, because they have problems picking up the important information from what they've　 learnt.

Becky’s great brain could help scientists find a cure for terrible mental illnesses like Alzheimer’s.(老年痴呆症) Her condition could hold the secret to treating or even preventing Alzheimer’s.

1.Why was Becky asked questions on 60 minutes?

A. To help treat her illness.

B. To advertise Harry Potter.

C. To test her ability to remember.

D. To encourage other kids to read.

2.To Becky, forgetting painful experiences of her life is　　　 .

A. a heavy burden B. a happy thing

C. a great ability D. a big chance

3.Why does Becky do poorly in her school work?

A. She is always absent—minded in class.

B. She feels sad every time she begins to study.

C. She can't understand the teacher in class.

D. She remembers too much　 information and can't tell which is important.

4.What does the author want to say in the last paragraph?

A. There is a cure for Becky's illness.

B. Scientists have found a cure for Alzheimer’s.

C. Becky will suffer from another mental illness.

D. Becky’s case is helpful for scientists to treat Alzheimer’s.

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Can you imagine being able to remember every single experience of your life and every word in your favorite book? That’s what Becky’s life is like, and as wonderful as it sounds, it can also be quite terrifying at times.

Three years ago, Becky was reading a newspaper article which mentioned that it was impossible for people to remember the details of their life in the first three years. “What nonsense (胡说八道)!” she thought, because she could clearly remember her life all the way back to when she was just 12 days old. Her parents had carried her to the driver’s seat of their car and laid her down for a photo. But it wasn’t nonsense. She was just one of only 80 known people who have a condition called HSAM(Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory).

Becky’s unusual condition was recently shown on a program called 60 minutes, where reporter Allison tested her ability by asking her questions about her favorite book series, Harry Potter. Allison would pick up a book and open a page and read her a line. Immediately Becky would name the book, chapter number, chapter name and could recite every word until Allison told her to stop.

Being able to remember every little detail is a great ability, but as every person with HSAM will tell you, it can be very hard to deal with. Forgetting is one of the things we use to get over sad experiences in our lives, but it’s something that people like Becky are unable to do. Even walking on the street and lightly bumping(撞) into somebody brings back memories from Becky’s childhood, when a boy knocked her over. She’s taken right back to that time, living the experience all over again. Also, like Becky, people with HSAM never do well in school, because they have problems filtering(过滤) through all the information, remembering only the important bits.

Becky’s special brain could help scientists find a way to treat people with terrible illnesses like Alzheimer’s. Her condition could hold the secret to treating or even preventing Alzheimer’s.

1.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A. What people with HSAM feel like.

B. Why HSAM is unfamiliar to people.

C. How Becky knew she was different.

D. How Becky spent her early childhood.

2.Why was Becky asked questions on 60 minutes?

A. To help treat her illness.

B. To advertise Harry Potter.

C. To test her ability to remember.

D. To encourage other kids to read.

3.Which of the following troubles Becky?

A. She can’t forget her painful experience.

B. She feels tired remembering everything.

C. She can’t get along well with other kids.

D. She is different from other kids of her age.

4.Why does Becky do poorly at school?

A. She feels sad every time she studies.

B. She remembers too much information.

C. She can’t deal with difficult problems.

D. She can’t understand the teacher in class.

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I can remember being in middle school and high school and always wanting to be able to wear a hat while walking through the hallways or sitting in class. So far, I have always been fond of wearing different types of hats whenever I go out. I think the ban on hats has been around for as long as there have been schools, but I feel the reasoning behind the ban is pretty correct, especially with all of the violence that we lend to hear about going on with today's youth.

One of the main reasons why kids are not allowed to wear hats in school anymore is the fact that the hats could be hiding a weapon or drugs which would definitely not be a good thing for the other kids or teachers in the building. It seems that this issue has not been going on for very long in the school system, but it is definitely starting to pick up the pace as more and more kids react with violence towards their fellow students.

I am all for the ban of wearing hats in today's schools and feel that the safer that each and every child is, the better it will be for everyone in the long run. I think that we should also eventually look into installing metal detectors(探测器)in all of the schools as well because you really can't be very safe these days. It hurts to think about children causing such violence as we have all seen on TV over the past few years, but the threat is very real and should be taken seriously.

1.According to the first paragraph, we can know _______.

A.school should allow students to wear different types of hats.

B.students in middle school and high school are very happy.

C.the ban on hats had appeared before school existed.

D.forbidding students to wear hats in school is necessary.

2.Why are kids not allowed to wear hats in school anymore?

A.Because there are probably dangerous things in them.

B.Because teachers are not fond of wearing hats.

C.Because hats are likely to have an effect on kids' studies.

D.Because kids are always buying extremely expensive hats.

3.What can you infer according to the passage?

A.Kids' safety in school is more important than anything else.

B.Metal detectors should be installed as soon as possible.

C.It is a pity that kids always do great harm to their teachers.

D.The threat that appears on TV should be taken seriously.

4.The passage mainly tells us _______.

A.how kids are protected from danger in school.

B.why kids are not allowed to wear hats in school.

C.the ban on hats in middle school and high school.

D.different opinions on the ban of wearing hats in school.

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Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grow older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.

Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.

On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.

After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express one's idea, such as "1 want to go out and play with my friends." This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.

1.　　　　 can remember the day when___________.

A. One; he spoke his first word

B. No one; he spoke his first word

C. Most people; they spoke their first words

D. None; they spoke their first words

2.When you were a little baby, you_________.

A. made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eat

B. spent most of your time playing with your parents

C. could not hear any sound around you

D. spent most of your time eating, playing and crying

3.The secret of language is that____________.

A. one sound might be as good as another

B. people can understand each other

C. a certain sound is for a certain thing

D. there is a special sound for each person

4.You could learn words_____________.

A. before you knew what the language was

B. after you knew what the language was

C. if you knew the secret of the language

D. when you were a baby

5.The aim in using language is　　　　　　　 .

A. to get everything one wants from others

B. to say what one wants to know

C. to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one another

D. to make oneself understood by others

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Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously (好奇). You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.

Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.

After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM, and other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express your idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.

1._________ can remember the day when __________.

A. One, he spoke his first word

B. No one, he spoke his first word

C. Most people, they spoke their first words

D. None, they spoke their first words

2.The secret of language is that__________.　　　　　　　 .

A. one sound might be as good as another

B. people can understand each other

C. a certain sound is for a certain thing

D. there is a special sound for each person

3.You could learn words________.

A. before you knew what the language was

B. after you knew what the language was

C. before you knew the secret of the language

D. when you were a baby

4.The aim in using language is ________.

A. to get everything one wants from others

B. to say what one wants to know

C. to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one another

D. to make oneself understood by others

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Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grow older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.

Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.

After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express one’s idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.

1.When you were a little baby, you_________.

2.The secret of language is that___________.

3.You could learn words__________.

4.The aim in using language is___________.

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I still remember the day when my mom said, “Let’s get you some new clothes.” You can imagine that to any little girl that would mean the world, but to me it meant the universe, because we were not very rich. After she said that, all I could think about was what kinds of clothes I would choose. To my surprise, my mom allowed me to pick out three dresses: a pink one, a blue one and a yellow one. The yellow one was my favorite.

I had a best friend named Seema, whose family was even poorer than ours. We played and studied together, and spent the best days of our childhood laughing at the silly stories we made up. I was excited to show her my three beautiful new dresses. She loved them all and was happy for me, but tearfully explained to me that her father could only afford to buy her clothes for her birthday. I felt sorry, and then did something that surprised even myself: I asked her to pick out one of my dresses for herself. To my disappointment, she picked up my favorite—the yellow one. Please remember, I was only seven years. My heart almost popped out (跳出) of my chest. But as she held it against her body, and I saw how brightly she smiled, I stopped feeling any hurt. I told her it looked lovely on her.

I’ll always remember Seema’s smile, and how at that moment nothing mattered more. When you value your friendships, nothing else matters! We’re still best friends today.

1.Why did the new clothes mean the universe to the author?

2.The author let Seema pick out one of her dresses because she wanted to _______.

3.When Seema chose the yellow dress, the author was disappointed because ________.

4.What can we conclude from the passage?

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You can hardly imagine Tom _____ the boy so cruelly (残暴地)

A to treat       B to be treated       C being treated        D treating

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Only in this way _________ progress in your English.

A. you make　　 B. can you make

C. you be able to make　　 D. will you able to make

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Everyone would like to be a millionaire , a person with a lot of money, but can you imagine having over $30 million and only being 20 years old? Britney Spears from Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana, is only 20 years old. She is a world famous film star with not only $30 million but also a $2 million house in LA. At her young age, she can look after her family financially all her life. This year is a big year for Britney. She is now on a 31-day tour of the US and every concert is a sell-out. That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18,000 people every time. It’s a tiring schedule but brings her a lot. When touring, she goes to bed around 1 a.m. and then has a lie-in until 1 p.m. the next day. Her philosophy is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fun.

Spears is not pleased with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to step into the movie business and try a bit of acting. She made an appearance in “Austin Power 3” this year and she is filming a teenage light play that will come out in March 2003. In this movie, she has a starring role.

For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic about it all. If her movies are successful, her money in the bank is sure to grow by another few million dollars but she does it for the love, not the money, as she herself tells the reporters .

1.We can infer from the text that most millionaires are __________.

A. older than 20　　 B. around 20

C. in their 30s　　 D. in their 40s

2.The underlined word “you” in the first paragraph refers to __________.

A. a person in general　　 B. a special person

C. Britney Spears　　 D. a person interested in money

3.Which of the following is not true according to the text?

A. Though young, Britney can support her family now.

B. While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day.

C. The teenage comedy movie was based on Britney’s own story.

D. Britney will be even richer with her movies successful.

4.According to Britney Spears, she works __________.

A. to be a great actress　　 B. for the enjoyment

C. for money　　 D. to be more famous

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