Some people have very good memory（记忆力） and they can easily remember quite long texts. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them again and again. The famous English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many great men of the world have a wonderful memory.
A good memory is greatly helpful in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children, like the boys and girls who live abroad(国外) with their parents, seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not so easy to learn a second language because the students have so little time for it, and they are very busy with other subjects too.
A man’s mind is like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but also of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, Some people have very good memory（记忆力） and they can easily remember quite long texts.In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever(永远) in our minds.
Memory is a diary, and we all carry it about us. We keep things we have experienced (经历)in this diary.
小题1:Which of the following is true?
A．Charles Dickens had a good memory because he was a famous writer.
B．People without a good memory cannot be great men of the world.
C．People became great because they have a good memory.
D．Many people may never become great though they have a good memory.小题2:To learn a language well, one must ________.
A．live abroad
B．write it every day
C．often hear it
D．go to school小题3:The writer thinks a camera in one’s mind can take photos of ______.
A．what we see
B．what we feel and hear
C．what we smell and taste
D．what we see, feel, hear, smell and taste小题4:If you have a good memory, ________.
A．you can learn a second language easily
B．you can remember things for ever easily
C．you can learn your own language easily
D．you can remember things better小题5:Which of the following is true?
A．We all keep a diary in our mind.
B．One has to do a lot of work before he can keep a picture in his mind forever.
C．A person with a good memory can remember things forever.
D．A good memory helps to remember everything forever.
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:B
题目分析：文章介绍好的记忆力对我们的重要性，以及记忆力对学习语言的重要性，还有人如何形成记忆的。
小题1:排除题：A项表述错误，狄更斯不是因为是著名作家才记忆力好的，B项太绝对，没有好的记忆不是就不能成为伟人，C项也是绝对的说法，选D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, 可知要想学好外语要多听。选C
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：but it takes photos not only of what we see but also of what we feel, hear, smell and taste.可知答案是D
小题4:推理题：从第一段的句子：Some people have very good memory（记忆力） and they can easily remember quite long texts.可知如果记忆力好，就可以很容易记住事情。选D
小题5:细节题：从文章的句子：Some people have very good memory（记忆力） and they can easily remember quite long texts.可知答案是B
点评：文章的内容有些抽象，但难度不大，在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，充分利用题干信息来定位准确。有的题目可以用排除的方法来做。
