The memory robot Passage 1

　　阅读理解一

　　Mrs Forgetful

　　Mrs Forgetful has a lot of friends, but she knows none of them well. She has a big house with a garden. The gardener grows all kinds of beautiful flowers in it. She has her own driver, cook and she doesn't do any housework. But she has felt lonely since her husband died. She wishes someone could talk with her.

　　One day the woman heard a new film was being shown at a cinema. She went there at once. When she got there, they told her the film was starting at a quarter past eight. She had a look at her watch and there were twenty minutes left. There were only some people there. She began to talk to a man next to her."I saw Mr Hunt this morning. He's much fatter than before,"said the woman."We should tell him to do more exercises."

　　"Mr Hunt? Who's he?" the man asked in surprise.

　　"Oh, you've forgotten our friend!" said the woman.

　　"But I don't know him at all, madam!"

　　The film began and she had to stop talking. When the film was over, she met the man at the exit.

　　"Oh, Mr Hunt," said Mrs Forgetful."Can you guess what I did just now?"

　　"Yes, I can, madam," said the man."You did the same thing you're doing now." With these words, the man hurried off.

　　注释

　　1、gardener n.花匠

　　2、lonely a.孤独的

　　3、in suprise惊异地

　　4、exit n.出口

　　5、hurry off匆匆离去根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　()1Mrs Forgetful feels lonely because .

　　A、she lives in a big house aloneB、she can't look after the flowers

　　C、she has no housework to doD、she has few good friends

　　()2When Mrs Forgetful got to the cinema, it was .

　　A、a quarter to eightB、five to eight

　　C、five past eightD、a quarter past eight

　　()3Mrs Forgetful thought , so she began to talk to him.

　　A、the man could help herB、the man felt lonely too

　　C、the man was her friendD、the man liked sports

　　()4The man was surprised because .

　　A、he knew neither Mrs Forgetful nor Mr Hunt

　　B、Mrs Forgetful was always bad to him

　　C、Mrs Forgetful had few poor friends

　　D、Mrs Forgetful talked too much about Mr Hunt

　　()5Which of the following is wrong?

　　A、Mrs Forgetful has few good friends.

　　B、Mrs Forgetful is rich but alone.

　　C、The man doesn't know Mrs Forgetful,either.

　　D、The man was interested in Mrs Forgetful's talk.

　　Passage 2

　　阅读理解二

　　Memory

　　We each have a memory. That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

　　A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

　　But your memory will become better when you do more and more exercises.

　　注释

　　1、memory n.记忆力

　　2、learn...by heart记住，背下

　　3、surpising adj.惊人的

　　4、subjets n.科目根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　()1Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .

　　A、they always sleep wellB、they often eat good food

　　C、they read a lot of booksD、they have very good memories

　　()2Everybody learns his mother language .

　　A、at the age of sixB、when he is a small child

　　C、after he goes to schoolD、when he can read and write

　　()3Before child can speak, he must .

　　A、read and writeB、make sentences

　　C、hear and remember the soundsD、think hard

　　()4In school the pupils can't learn a foreign language easily because .

　　A、they have no good memoriesB、they have no good teachers

　　C、they don't like itD、they are busy with other subjects

　　()5Your memory will become better and better .

　　A、if you have a lot of good foodB、if you do more and more exercises

　　C、if you do morning exercises every day

　　D、if you get up early

　　Passage 3

　　完形填空

　　Once there lived an old man in a town. He always 1 a lot of things, so his wife always had to say to him,"remember this." One day he went on a long 2 alone. Before he went out, his wife said,"Now you have all these things. Take care of them." He went to the station, bought a ticket and got on the train with 3. About an hour later, the conductor came to the old man and said,"Will you please 4 me your ticket?"The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could'tfind it. He was 5."I can't find my ticket. I really bought a ticket 6 I got on the train," said the old man."I 7 you bought a ticket. All right.You don't have to buy another one," said the conductor. But he 8 looked worried and said,"You don't know 9. If I can't find my ticket, I don't remember my 10 where I am going?"

　　注释

　　1、ticket n.票

　　2、conductor n.列车员

　　通读短文选出一个最佳答案

　　()1A、lostB、rememberedC、forgotD、carried

　　()2A、picnicB、walkC、tripD、road

　　()3A、itB、oneC、himD、her

　　()4A、showB、giveC、bringD、take

　　()5A、sadB、tiredC、worriedD、angry

　　()6A、asB、beforeC、as soon asD、after

　　()7A、thinkB、hopeC、don't thinkD、don't hope

　　()8A、justB、stillC、almostD、hardly

　　()9A、whatB、howC、whyD、that

　　()10A、villageB、homeC、stationD、train

　　Passage 4

　　判断正误

　　A Clever Teacher

　　I can still remember my first day at school. I was only six years old at that time. It was a very big room. I sat at the desk near the window, but I couldn't see anything because the windows were too light. There was a big map of the world on the wall and on the blackboard. I don't think I was worried or afraid at that time. There was another little boy next to me. He sat there and kept silent at first. Then he began to cry, because he didn't want to stay there.

　　More and more students came in, but the boy didn't stop crying."Mom, I want to go home." He cried again and again. Later, the teacher came in. She went to the little boy, and said something to him. I couldn't hear what she said. Soon the boy stopped crying and began to smile. To this day, I still don't know what the teacher said to the little boy.

　　注释

　　1、keep silent保持沉默

　　2、cry v.哭、喊

　　根据文章内容判断正误

　　()1The writer went to school when he was 6 years old.

　　()2There were beautiful pictures on the wall of the classroom.

　　()3She sat near the window, so she could look outside.

　　()4She was not worried. She was afraid.

　　()5The little boy cried, because he wanted to go home.

　　()6When the teacher came in, the little boy stopped crying.

　　()7The teacher said something interesting and made the boy smile.

　　()8The writer knew what the teacher said to the little boy.

　　参考答案

　　Passage 1

　　1、A从第一段后两句话推测出她是独自一个住在大房子里，她丈夫死后她感到很孤独，她希望有人能跟她说说话。

　　2、B电影开始的时间是八点一刻，又因为她是提前二十分钟到的，所以选B。

　　3、C从文章的前两句话推测，她一定是把这个男的当作朋友了。

　　4、Aneither...nor既不……也不……

　　5、D从文章最后一句话判断这个男的对她的话不感兴趣。

　　Passage 2

　　1、D文章第一段第三句话就解释了一些人记东西快的原因，是他们有好的记忆力。

　　2、B第二段第二句话告诉我们每人从小就开始学母语了，所以选B。

　　3、C第二段第三句话讲了孩子学说话的过程：先听，记住再去说。

　　4、D第二段最后一句话解释了学生们学外语困难的原因是时间太少了。

　　5、B文章的最后一句话告诉了我们提高记忆力的办法。

　　Passage 3

　　1、C据下文判断，应是"他总是忘记许多事情"，所以选C。

　　2、C根据上下文判断，他要独自长途旅行。

　　3、A带着的应是前面说的票，所以用it。

　　4、A列车员让他出示车票，应用动词show，即"出示"，"给……看"。

　　5、C找不着票自然是着急。

　　6、B买车票应是上火车前，所以选before。

　　7、A此句应是："我认为你买了票，所以，你不用再买一张了。"

　　8、B从文中的意思判断是"他仍很着急"，still"仍然，还"的意思。

　　9、C表示原因用why。

　　10、C最后我们得知这位老人还是急着找到票的原因是想知道到哪个车站下车。

　　Passage 4

　　1、T由文章前两句话"我仍记得我第一天上学的情景，那时我只有六岁"判断此题句意正确。

　　2、F教室的墙上有地图但没有画，从文中可以看出。

　　3、F文中没有说她朝窗外看的内容，而是说窗子的光线太亮，使她什么也看不见了。

　　4、F根据第一段的这句话I don't think I was worried or afraid at that time.可以作为判断。

　　5、T第二段前两句话介绍，这个男孩哭着说："我要回家"。此题与文章内容相符。

　　6、F此题跟文章的内容不符。这个男孩是听了老师的话才停住哭泣。

　　7、T文章介绍老师进来后，走向小男孩并对他说了些话，男孩不哭了，开始笑了。由此我们来判断一定是老师说了有趣的事。

　　8、F文章最后一句为此题的答案。