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 ___55___ swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still ___56___ away. A mother who has not ___57___ 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: ___58___ we have learned something, additional learning increases the ___59___ 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 ___60___ ourselves of poems such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star. We not only learn but ___61___.
The law of over learning explains why cramming(突击学习) for an examination, ___62___ it may result in a passing grade, is not a ___63___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; ___64___, is usually a good investment toward the future.
55. A. only     B. hardly C. still     D. even
56. A. move    B. drive   C. travel  D. ride
57. A. thought about      B. cared for    C. showed up  D. brought up
58. A. Before  B. Once   C. Until   D. Unless
59. A. accuracy      B. unit    C. limit   D. length
60. A. remind B. inform       C. warn   D. recall
61. A. recite    B. overlearn    C. research     D. improve
62. A. though  B. so       C. if D. after
63. A. convenient   B. demanding C. satisfactory D. swift
64. A. at most B. by the way        C. on the other hand      D. in the end

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