A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children, like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents, seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
A man’s mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
小题1:We usually begin to learn our own language by ________ it.
A．speaking
B．hearing
C．saying
D．teaching小题2:If you have a good ________ , you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.
A．teacher
B．camera
C．memory
D．family小题3:The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily, because ______.
A．they are very clever
B．they have good teachers
C．they have more chances to use these languages
D．they have a better life小题4:Memory is ________ that we write in our mind and carry about.
A．the best diary
B．the best camera
C．a great help
D．a beautiful picture
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:A
本文讲述了我们人类的记忆力。
小题1:B 细节题。根据Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child，可知答案为B。
小题2:C 细节题。根据A good memory is a great help in learning a language.答案为C。
小题3:C推断题。根据第一段可知，生活在国外的孩子可以通过听来学会语言，而在学校学外语的孩子没有很多机会来学习外语。可知答案为C。
小题4:A 根据最后一句话，可知：记忆是我们所有人都随身携带的日记本。