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Practice your memory
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using
them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to
know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really
means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor,
he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that
he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just
his own fault (过错). Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better
memories? This is because they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days,
names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.
So if you want to have a good memory, practice remembering things in a way as other people do.
1. Someone can't have a good memory if ______. [ ]
A. he can't read or write
B. he doesn't use his memory
C. his parents don't have good memory
D. he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time
2. Which of the following is true? [ ]
A. Your memory works in a different way as your arms or legs.
B. Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.
C. Don't learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.
D. A good memory comes from less practice.
3. Few people know that it is only ______ if a man has a poor memory. [ ]
A. his own fault
B. his parents' fault
C. his teachers' fault
D. his grandmother's fault
4. The writer wants to tell us ______. [ ]
A. how to use our arms or legs
B. how to read and write
C. how to have a good memory
D. how to learn from the people
5. How to remember many new English words in a short time? Give your suggestion. [ ]
A. Copy them once and once.
B. Read aloud about them.
C. You should practice your memory as often as you can.
D. Get the help from a foreigner.
