Memory， they say，is a matter of practice and ...

Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious 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 “tricks" 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 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 in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent -mindedness. Stories about absent -minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however ，absent -mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks" of our memory can cause us great trouble.

1.If you want to have a good memory, you should ________.

A.never stop learning new things B.use your memory to play tricks

C.make a conscious effort of practice D.force yourself to remember things

2.What can be learnt from the text?

A.One night the writer locked the front door as usual.

B.The writer had had his hair cut two days before.

C.The writer got into trouble when crossing the street.

D.The writer was regarded as a forgetful professor.

3.How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 4?

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

B.We will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness.

C.Absent- mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people.

D.We are unwilling to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors.

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Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious 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 “tricks" 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 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 in incidents caused by people s forgetfulness or absent -mindedness. Stories about absent -minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however ，absent -mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks" of our memory can cause us great trouble.

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

A. never stop learning new things

B. use your memory to play tricks

C. make a conscious effort of practice

D. force yourself to remember things

2.What can be learnt from the text?

A. One night the writer locked the front door as usual.

B. The writer had had his hair cut two days before.

C. The writer got into trouble when crossing the street.

D. The writer was regarded as a forgetful professor.

3.How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 4?

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

B. We will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness.

C. Absent- mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people.

D. We are unwilling to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors.

4.The best title for this passage is 　　　　 .

A. "Tricks" of Memory B. Value of Good Memory

C. Absent-minded Professors D. Forgetfulness and Trouble

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Memory， they say，is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious（有意识的）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 remembered locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “tricks” 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 barbershop（理发店）waiting for my turn to get a haircut，and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and interesting in incidents（事件）caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years. Unfortunately，however，absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks”of our memory can cause us great trouble.

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

A. you should ask someone else to help you to remember things

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

C. you should never stop learning

D. you should try hard to remember things

2.In the passage，the writer seems to tell us _____.

A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous

B. always forgetting things is understandable

C. forgetting things at times is natural

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

3.The best title for this passage is“_____”.

A. How to Get a Good Memory

B. Tricks of Memory

C. The Danger of Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness

D. Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

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Time flies, or so they say. No matter where you are, humans are constantly measuring and checking time. Some of us are good at it—planning and doing things ahead of time—while others are always trying to beat the clock and do things at last. What about if you are behind time?

Delay can be serious. If you were one minute late for work, would you resign? It may sound extreme to many of us, but that is exactly what occurred in the UK upper chamber of parliament, the House of Lords, in January 2018. International development minister Lord Bates arrived one minute late, and, as a result, was unable to answer a scheduled question. Instead of trying to make up for lost time, he resigned on the spot. He apologised for his discourtesy and stated that he was ashamed. His resignation, though, was not accepted by the UK prime minister.

So, how late is too late? Many cultures take punctuality very seriously, whereas others seem to accept lagging behind

as just the normal way of things. BBC employees from Latin America, Rwanda and Sri Lanka said that there are more flexible attitudes to timekeeping in their cultures. In Latin America, things may happen five minutes, 20 minutes, an hour or even two after they were planned. Whereas, in Sri Lanka, lateness is a part of the daily routine. This is because of poor infrastructure and heavy traffic conditions. In Rwanda, those who attend to deadlines with strick timekeeping are said to be “like a typical European”.

On the other hand, German and Japanese employees mentioned a stricter adherence to time. In Japan, it is common to make an effort to arrive with time to spare for an appointment. Those who arrived at the stroke of nine to a meeting starting at 9 am would be considered late. In Germany, however, if a dinner party were to begin at eight, a person who had arrived five minutes prior, may walk around the block to make sure that they arrive at eight on the dot.

1.What did Lord Bates do when he arrived one minutes late?

A. He continued to answer questions.　　 B. He resigned on the spot.

C. He made up for lost time.　　 D. He apologized and ran away.

2.The underlined word “discourtesy” means “________”.

A. rudeness　　 B. misunderstanding

C. ignorance　　 D. position

3.It can be inferred from the third paragraph that ________.

A. many cultures take punctuality very seriously

B. people have flexible attitudes to timekeeping

C. what is considered acceptable is based on culture

D. heavy traffic conditions always lead to lateness

4.German people share the same idea about time with people from ________.

A. Rwanda　　 B. Latin America

C. Sri Lanka　　 D. Japan

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Good study habits

1.　 They’ll help you learn the material if you practice over and over again. P1ay around with them to fit your own personal needs, and you will make big progress.

Firstly, go to class. You won’t do well if you don’t have the information. 80％ of the grades depend on showing up, so be there. This should be your top choice when it comes to building study habits. 2.

Secondly, make sure that no matter what happens, you review your notes the day you take them. 　 3.　 If that means re-working difficult problems, getting tutoring, or reading, then do it. The more review work you do at a time, the better your grades will be. Don’t be one of those who wait until the last minute to study. It’s more fun to get sleep and do well in your exam.

Finally, practicing is very good for you. Classes involving problem-solving require you to work on your problem-solving skills in order to get good grades. So practice working on those physics, maths, chemistry, etc. problems. 　 4.　 Put forward your questions in class, and then you can make progress in a short time.

As you build your habits, get into a groove(成为习惯). 　 5.

A. If you don’t go to class, you’ll miss need-to-know information and any other important things.

B. Pick up a good habit like exercising or give up an unhealthy one like smoking.

C. I’ve got a list of practical good study habits that you may want to know.

D. Come up with some questions that you could ask your professor.

E. The goal is to understand what you are taught the same day.

F. Good habits, on the other hand, tend to take more time to make.

G. The more you do it, the more natural it’ll feel.

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.In the character-training of children, what really much is what their parents say and do.

A. matters　　 B. cares　　 C. considers　　 D. minds

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If you know something is bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to stop. Drug and alcohol abusers (滥用者) struggle to give up the bad habits that hurt their bodies and destroy families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more. So why don’t we do it?

Some scientists have been searching for answers. They’ve studied what happens in our brains as habits form. They’ve found answers to why bad habits, once formed, are so difficult to kick. And they’re developing ways to help us make the changes we’d like to make.

Habits are a normal part of life, and are often helpful. “ We wake up every morning, shower, comb our hair or brush our teeth without being aware of it,” Volkow says. We can drive along familiar routes without really thinking about the directions. “When behaviors become automatic(不加思索的), it gives us an advantage, because the brain does not have to perform the action on purpose.” Volkow says. This frees up our brains to focus on different things.

One way to kick bad habits is to focus on your unhealthy habits. Then try your best to stop them. For example, habits can be linked in our minds to certain places and activities. You could develop a plan, say, to avoid walking down the hall where there’s a candy machine. Try to avoid going places where you’ve usually smoked. Stay away from friends and situations linked to problem drinking or drug use.

Another helpful way is to replace unhealthy habits with new, healthy ones. “It doesn’t work for everyone,” Volkow says. “But certain groups of patients who have a history of taking a drug can do something else like running and it helps them stay away from drugs.”

1.In the first paragragh the writer mainly wants to tell us ______.

A. we should stop something bad for us

B. most smokers would like to stop smoking

C. bad habits are really difficult to give up

D. eating right and exercise more can lose weight

2.Scientists studied what happened in our brains as habits form in order to______.

A. find answers to solve the problem

B. find ways to form good habits

C. kick their own bad habits

D. help us see how bad habits form

3. If you want to kick bad habits you’d better_______.

A. focus on them on purpose

B. go to the places linked with them

C. do something linked with them

D. ask your friends for help

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Breaking bad habits.

B. Forming good habits.

C. Finding reasons for bad habits

D. Replacing bad habits with good ones.

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this form of exercise is good for the old and the young as well remains________ .

A. What, seen   B. If,  seeing   C. Whether, to be seen  D. If, unknown

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________ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.

A. In view of                         B. In memory of

C. In case of                         D. In favor of

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“Regardless of social class, race and age, men say they hate to shop,” says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor. “Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say, ‘Well, that's not shopping. That's research.’”

In other words, what men and women call “buying things” and how they approach that task are different.

Women will wander through several 1,000­square­metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the perfect digital camcorder. Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a special task or a game to be won.

“Men are frequently shopping to win,” says Ann, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. “They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best and latest one and if they do that, it makes them happy. When women shop, they're doing it in a way that they want everybody to be very happy,” says Ann. “They're kind of shopping for love.”

“Teenage girls learn to shop from their mums and elder sisters, and they also learn to shop by examining articles in magazines like Seventeen,” Zukin says. “And although men's magazines such as GQ and Esquire have long had shopping articles, it's TV that has the eye of young male shoppers,” say Ann and Zukin.

“Television shows are used by young men in the same way Seventeen or Lucky is used by girls,” says Zukin, “to help make clothing and toiletry choices.”

“Of course, there are men who love to shop and are proud of it,” Ann says. And that is important no matter whether you buy a car or a frying pan. All men love to buy but don't want to get cheated. Ann adds, “There actually are men who are interested, for example, in cooking or shopping or chinaware or things around the home—they become kind of girl magnets. Women like it.”

1.From the first paragraph we can find that 　　　　　　　　 .

A.men are all dishonest B.men like to shop in fact

C.men hate to shop actually D.men are all book­lovers

2.Compared to women, men usually treat shopping 　　　　　　　　 .

A.honestly B.frequently

C.seriously D.foolishly

3.As is shown in this passage, teenage girls go shopping 　　　　　　　　 .

A.only with their sisters B.often following magazines

C.only with their mums D.often following TV shows

4.The underlined word “magnets” in the last paragraph means “　　　　　　　　 ”.

A.vegetables that make women beautiful

B.magazines that attract young women

C.persons that have a powerful attraction

D.tools that can help housewives much

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