Many people think they have a bad memory. The...

Many people think they have a bad memory. They always spend so much time reciting(背诵) lessons. What can we do to improve our memory? Here are some suggestions.

Vivian, 15, from Beijing

I have some tricks to help remember lessons. First, you need to understand the meaning of each sentence. The better you understand, the easier it is to remember. Second, you can do research to get some background on it, like its writer and how he or she wrote it. It can help you understand the story better. Finally, read it aloud and imagine things in the story. You may find a lot of pictures come to mind. Then try to describe them.

Zhao Yujie, 14, from Jiangsu

Finding the best way to learn and remember can be hard sometimes. But don’t worry. It’s all about finding what works for you. One thing that always helps me is taking good notes while I read my lessons. But instead of copying it word for word, I put it into my own words. This will help you think through things better. Also, you can use the notes to go back and review later. Try this on your next lesson and see if it helps!

九年级英语填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

All in the memory…

Many people complain that their memory is bad, especially as they get older. Phone numbers, names, facts we studied only a few days ago – life would be so much easier if we could remember them all effortlessly. So how can we improve our memory?

Many people think that repeating things is the best way to remember them. While this undoubtedly helps short-term memory (remembering a telephone number for a few seconds, for example), psychologists (心理学家) doubt whether it ca help you to remember things for very long. The British psychologist Ec Stanford seemed to prove this point when he tested himself on five prayers (祈祷文) that he had read aloud every morning for over 25 years. He found that he could remember no more than three words of some of them! More helpful, especially for remembering numbers, is grouping the information. The following numbers would be impossible for most of us to remember: 1492178919931848. But look at them in chunks, and it becomes much easier: 1492 1789 1993 1848.

So what about “memory training”? We’ve all heard about people who can memorize packs of cards by heart—how is this done and can anyone learn how to do it? According to experts, there are many ways of training your memory. Many of them involve forming a mental picture of the things to be memorized. One method, which may be useful in learning foreign languages, is to create a picture in your mind connected to a word you want to remember.

Another method is to invent a story that includes all the things you want to remember. In experiments, people were asked to remember up to 120 words using this skill; when tested afterwards, on average, they were able to recall 90% of them!

However, not all of us are interested in learning long lists of names and numbers just for fun.For those studying large number of information, psychologists suggest that the best way to form meaningful connections is to ask yourself lots of questions as you go along. So, for example, if you were reading about a particular disease (疾病), you would ask yourself questions like: “Do people get it from water?”, “What parts of the body does it influence?” and so on. This is said to be far more effective than time spent “passively” reading and re-reading notes.

1.Which of the following is true about repeating things according to the passage?

A. It helps short-term memory for sure.　　 B. It makes remembering things interesting.

C. It helps to remember things for long.　　 D. It makes remembering prayers effortlessly.

2.The word “chunks” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.

A. details　　 B. turns　　 C. groups　　 D. lines

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Creating a picture is useful in learning math.

B. Inventing a prayer trains our memory quickly.

C. Remembering long numbers is easy for people.

D. Asking yourself questions activates the memory.

4.What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To complain that his memory is bad.

B. To recognize some memory problems.

C. To explain some memory experiments.

D. To share some ways of improving memory.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

Many people have talked about whether or not computing machines can think. Can they or can’t they?

Almost certainly, a machine can do any work in thinking that a person can do—if the correct way for doing the thinking work can be told exactly. Besides, many programs have been made to direct machines so that they work in very clever ways. Machines have been taught to play chess and to learn from what happens in the games so as to make their play better and better. Machines can beat many persons who play chess. Machines can translate from one language to another. They can prove statements in geometry（几何） as taught in school. Machines can notice printed marks on paper, so that a person is no longer needed to look at the marks.

Computers can be used in many ways, such as business, science, industry, and government. Computers study oilfield examinations made by airplanes； they keep record of oil sales； they study the working condition of the machines； they help in planning and producing oil； and much more.

If people cannot tell exactly the correct way to do certain work in thinking, it is still a question how much of this work a machine can do. Suppose a person is “teaching” the machine and telling the machine “yes” when the machine is right, and “no” when the machine is wrong. Then the machine can keep on searching among possible ways for solving a problem—until the machine can do as well as the person, and perhaps much better.

But, what is thinking？ People can agree about much that is thinking, and much that is not thinking； but they can’t reach agreement because the word “think” is not a scientific word with an exact meaning. A lot of the discussion is wasted breath because the persons are using different meanings of the word “think”.

People, however, have only had experience with machines that appear to think since 1944.

It would be too early to say that after the next 200 years, machines will not be thinking. And to consider that machines can think gives people a big push to give to machines more and more work in thinking.

1.The underlined part in paragraph three is about computers used in ________.

A．Education.　　　　 　　 　　 B．Government.　　

C．Sports.　　　　　　　　 　 D．Industry.

2.What does “this work” mean in paragraph four？

A．Thinking.　　　　　　 　　 　 B．Teaching.　　　　　　

C．Searching.　　　 　　　　 　　 D．Telling.

3.What is the main idea of paragraph five？

A．There is much to say about thinking.

B．People discuss a lot about thinking.

C．There is no answer to what thinking is.

D．People already know what thinking is.

4.What does the writer want to say in the passage？

A．A machine will do any work in thinking like a human being.

B．A machine can do better translation than human beings.

C．A machine won’t be able to beat every chess player.

D．A machine will be able to make plan programs.

5.Which probably is the best title for the passage?

A．What Is Thinking?

B．Can Machines Think?

C．Can Machines Be Taught to Think?

D．Can Machines Beat All Checkers Players?

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

How to improve my life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They'll say, "This is my fate, my destiny. I cannot change it."

Of course not! You don't have to suffer needlessly. Your destiny depends on you, not on any other outer factors. I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, then goes to sleep. Next day, the same things cycle follow.

Huh! Is this what she calls "doing her best"? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that God has intended for her to live; that her luck can only change if God wills it. Of course God wants us to be happy and live our life to the fullest, but we have to do our share of exerting (运用) the effort to live the life of our dreams.

Remember that you reap what you sow. You just don't sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone. Don't expect your luck to change unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don't just regard it as a temporary(临时的) setback; but use it as feedback. Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It's not enough to think positively; you also have to act positively.

If someone's life is in the trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don't just stand (or sit) there, do something to improve your life.

1.According to the woman mentioned in Para.3, her life _______.

A. doesn't need improving　

B. couldn't be improved

C. will be better some day　

D. will be worse in the future

2.What does the author think of the woman's life?

A. positive　 B. satisfying　 C. colorful　 D. passive

3.Which of the following statements is the author's opinion?

A. Your temporary problem is not discouraging.

B. Your luck can be changed by your hard work.

C. You can only achieve success when God wills it.

D. You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends.

4.In Para.5, the author emphasized the importance of _______.

A. positive action　

B. positive thinking

C. hope for the best

D. intention to succeed

5.The text is mainly written to advise you to _______.

A. understand yourself　

B. improve your life　

C. believe in yourself

D. change your normal way

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

How can we improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, “this is my destiny (命运). I cannot change it.”

Certainly not! You don’t have to suffer too much. Your destiny depends on yourself, not on any other factors.

I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows. Huh! Is this what she calls “doing her best”? She believes she has tried her best. But in fact she hasn’t.

Remember that you get what you pay. You just don’t sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone. Don’t expect your luck to change unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a little failure, but use it as feedback (反馈). Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It’s not enough to think positively (积极地), you also have to act positively.

If someone’s life is in the trouble, do you just hope that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don’t just stand (or sit) there, do something to improve your life.

1.The writer’s attitude towards destiny is that ________.

A. we can change it　　                         B. we can’t depend on ourselves

C. we must accept it　　　　                     D. we have to suffer it

2.According to the passage, what should you do if something goes wrong?

A. Regard it as a little failure.                    B. Get your hands off your phone.

C. Sit around and wait for luck.　　　　　　　　     D. Do something to solve the problem.

3.The underlined word “turn out” in the passage means ________.

A. 翻转                                     B. 关闭

C. 变得　　                                 D. 清空

4.From the passage, we know ________.

A. we only need to hope for the best in our life.

B. we can get what we pay if we think positively.

C. the woman has tried her best to improve her life.

D. maybe our luck will change if we do something about the life

5.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Understand Yourself　                     B. Improve Your Life

C. Believe in Yourself　　                     D. Accept Your Life

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can't remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn't with their memory. The problem is with how they study.

To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it's organized .When you put away a book - or memory - you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is "height", you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.

1.In the writer's opinion, students can't remember words because_____.

A.they have memory problems B.they are too worried

C.they don't use a proper way D.they don't like to study

2.Which is TRUE about memory according to the passage?

A.Short-term memory is seldom used.

B.What we see goes into long-term memory first.

C.We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory.

D.We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory.

3.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 means long-term memory____.

A.keeps many books like a large library B.works like a well-organized library

C.provides any book you want D.leaves memory anywhere

4.This passage mainly tells us about_____.

A.language students' problems in study B.how to make the meaning of words stronger

C.short-term and long-term memory D.how to improve ways to remember words

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can’t remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn’t with their memory. The problem is with how they study.

To remember word better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear or read something. It goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it's organized. When you put away a book-or memory- you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is “height”, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.

1.In the writer's opinion, students can't remember words because_____.

A.they have memory problems B.they are too worried

C.they don’t use a proper way D.they don't like to study

2.Which is TRUE about memory according to the passage?

A.Short-term memory is seldom used

B.What we see goes into long-term memory first.

C.We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory.

D.We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory.

3.The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refers to_____.

A.everything in life B.something you’ve seen, heard or read

C.short-term memory D.long-term memory

4.This passage mainly tells us about_____.

A.language students' problems in study B.how to make the meaning of words stronger

C.short-term and long-term memory D.how to improve ways to remember words

九年级英语阅读单选简单题查看答案及解析

Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can’t remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn’t with their memory. The problem is with how they study.

To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it’s organized (有条理的). When you put away a book - or memory - you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences using it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is height, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.

1.In the writer’s opinion, students can’t remember words because __________.

A. they are too worried

B. they don’t use a proper way

C. they have memory problems

D. they don’t like to study

2.The underlined word long-term means __________ in Chinese.

A. 长的学期 B. 长期的 C. 长的术语 D. 长的条款

3.The long-term memory __________.

A. lasts for only a few seconds

B. is like a very big lake with lots of fishes

C. is like a very big library with many, many books

D. is bad for students’ study

4.According to the passage, you can memorize vocabularies by __________.

A. reading as often as possible

B. writing e-mails to the people you know

C. taking many photos about them

D. making pictures in your mind with the words

5.This passage mainly tells us about __________.

A. how to improve ways to remember words

B. language students’ problems in study

C. short-term and long-term memory

D. how to make the meaning of words stronger

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can’t remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn’t with their memory. The problem is with how they study.

To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it’s organized (有条理的). When you put away a book – or memory – you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is height, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.

1.In the writer’s opinion, students can’t remember words because _______.

A. they have memory problems

B. they are too worried

C. they don’t use a proper way

D. they don’t like to study

2.Which is TRUE about memory according to the passage?

A. Short-term memory is seldom used.

B. What we see goes into long-term memory first.

C. We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory.

D. We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory.

3.The underlined (划线的) part in Paragraph 2 means long-term memory _______.

A. keeps many books like a large library

B. works like a well-organized library

C. provides any book you want

D. leaves memory anywhere

4.Which is one example of “thinking about the word in new ways” in Paragraph 3?

A. Making sentences with the word.

B. Listening to some familiar stories.

C. Talking with people that you know.

D. Drawing pictures of the word on paper.

5.This passage mainly tells us about _______.

A. language students’ problems in study

B. how to make the meaning of words stronger

C. short-term and long-term memory

D. how to improve ways to remember words

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many top students around us spend lots of time working for the class, but they always get good grades in all subjects. How do they do that? Here are some valuable suggestions.

Studying is a matter of your personal interest, so choose the way you are most comfortable with. Some people like working at night when the house is quiet, while others like doing their work early in the morning. However, others like studying their lessons as soon as they arrive home from school while the work is fresh in their minds. No matter which way suits you, try to do your best.

Studying is your business and the business comes before entertainment. When you are studying, don’t answer phone calls, don’t watch TV shows and don’t eat snacks. Studying is the only thing in your mind. Nothing can pull your attention away from what you are studying.

Studying is like eating. You should eat a little at a time. You can plan what to do today, but don’t do too much. When you can’t finish the work you planned to do, you will feel stressed and may lose confidence. On the other hand, you will not study well without a good plan. It all depends on how you manage your time.

The students who hand in a clearly written paper are already half way to get an “A”. Tidy papers are likely to get higher marks than messy ones. When you write clearly and do your work carefully, the thoughts in your mind are clear. You are able to make fewer mistakes.

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九年级英语任务型阅读中等难度题查看答案及解析