Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime. A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can ___1___ swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still 2 away. A mother who has not 3 the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.
One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: 4 we have learned something, additional learning increases the 5 of time we will remember it.
In childhood, we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and 6 ourselves of poems such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White. We no only learn but __7 .
The law of over learning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, 8 it may result in a passing grade, is not a 9 way to learn a school course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little over learning, 10 , is usually a good investment toward the future.
1. A. only B. hardly C. still D. even
2. A. move B. drive C. travel D. ride
3. A. thought about B. cared for
C. showed up D. brought up
4. A. Before B. Once C. Until D. Unless
5. A. accuracy B. unit C. limit D. length
6. A. remind B. inform C. warm D. recall
7. A. recite B. overlearn C. research D. improve
8. A. though B. so C. if D. after
9. A. convenient B. demanding C. satisfactory D. swift
10. A. at most B. by the way
C. on the other hand D. in the end
Education is endless, 3(compare) with schooling. It can take place anywhere. It includes both the standard learning that takes place in schools and 4_whole universe of learning out of class. Though the experience of schooling can be known in 5 (advanced), education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a 6 (foreign) may lead a person to discovering how little he knows of another country. People obtain education from babies on. Education, then, is a very broad and 7 (limit) term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school.
Schooling, 8the other hand, is a basic experience, 9style changes little from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 10 (fix) seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught.
Even though very small amounts of each vitamin are enough for the needs of the body, the worry people have about vitamins has some reasons. And this has to do with their __1_--- the food they take in. A person eating a good variety of food get all the vitamins now __2___ (know) to be needed.
The problem is that there are many people who don’t ___3___ foods wisely. So the answer ___4___ this question is: No extra ___5___ are needed, ___6__ you eat proper foods. In fact, many of the vitamins cannot be ___7___（store） in the body, so when extra vitamins are taken in, the body simply gets rid of them. It is even ___8 ___ (harm) to put too much of certain vitamins into the body. This has been found to be ___9(truth) of vitamin A and D, when ___10 ___ amounts are taken in.
However, most children are 2 ( face ) with a completely different situation. Most parents fear that games will prevent children from increasing new knowledge and 3the children will fail in the future examinations. So, instead of 4 ( let ) the children 5find and learn naturally from their surroundings, they force their children to take part in various kinds of classes, learning English, playing 6piano or practising drawing, etc. What’s more, some parents put 7the children’s toys which are very useful in developing children’s imagination and practical abilities.
8is a piece of good advice to those parents: 9you want to expect your child to be able to accomplish something, you must first of all develop his ability to adapt to the new surroundings. That cram education can lead to nothing 10a failure in the children’s growth.
He always walks sideways so 3not to inconvenience anyone. Instead of saying “Excuse me”, he prefers to glide by one side. 4the gap is so narrow that it will not allow him to pass, Luke waits patiently 5the obstruction (障碍物) moves by itself. Stray dogs and cats panic him, and in order to avoid them, he constantly crosses from one side of the road to the 6.
He speaks in 7very thin, subtle voice, so inaudible that it is hard to tell if he is speaking at 8. He has never interrupted anybody. On the other hand, he can never manage more than two words without 9(interrupt). This does not seem to irritate him; in fact, he actually appears happy 10(be) able to utter(发出) those two words.
Temperature changes during the day or night can be great 6small. This depends partly 7how many clouds are in the sky.8there are many clouds during the night, they act like tile covers on your bed. They blanket the earth and keep the air from losing much of 9heat. The temperature usually does not drop much during such a night. When there are many clouds during 10day, some of the sun's energy will not reach the earth. The temperature usually does not rise much on such a day.