“Memorize (记住) these words.” “Learn this spelling rule.” “Don’t forget about the exam tomorrow.” You remember things every day, but how do you do it?
When you want to call a store or an office that you don’t call often, you look in the telephone book for the number. You dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term (短暂的) memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about half a minute. However, you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years. The major reason for forgetting something is because you do not learn it well at the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and right away you forget their names. You hear the names but you do not learn them, so you forget them.You remember things every day, but you also forget things easily because you use _______ remember them.
| A．your long-term memory | B．your short-term memory |
| C．the telephone book | D．your notebook |
How long does the long-term memory last?
| A．About half a minute | B．About 60 minutes | C．As long as you live | D．Through many years |
Your long-term memory includes _________.
| A．only your best friend’s telephone number |
| B．all information you read on the newspaper |
| C．almost everything that you remember through the years |
| D．the names of the new people you meet for the first time |
What does the underlined word “dial” mean in Chinese?
| A．拨打 | B．背诵 | C．抄写 | D．默写 |
According to the passage, people forget things mainly because _________.
| A．they are too lazy to remember them |
| B．they don’t have a long-term memory |
| C．they only have a short-term memory |
| D．they don’t learn them well at the beginning |
Mr and Mrs Green married thirty years ago and they have lived in the same house since then. Mr Green goes to work at eight every morning from Monday to Friday and Mrs Green does the housework everyday. Both of them enjoy their work very much.
There are quite a lot of houses in their street, and most of their neighbors are kind and friendly. One day, the old lady in the house opposite them died and, after a few weeks, a young man and a young woman came to live in it.
Mrs Green watched them for a few days from her window. One day when her husband came back from work, she said to him, “Bill, the man in that house opposite us always kisses his wife when he leaves in the morning and kisses her again when he comes home in the evening. Why don’t you do that, too?”
Mr Green thought for a while and answered, “ Well, I don’t know her very well yet.” From then on, Mrs Green never mentioned it again.After they got married, Mr and Mrs Green .
| A．have never kissed each other |
| B．have moved from one place to another |
| C．have stayed in the same house for 30 years |
| D．have had no children yet |
Mrs Green hoped that .
| A．Mr Green would kiss the young woman |
| B．Mr Green would kiss her |
| C．her husban d would make a lot of money |
| D．she would live in the opposite house |
From the passage, we can see that Bill is.
| A．the young man | B．Mr Green |
| C．the young woman | D．Mr Green’s son |
Mr and Mrs Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey ( 新泽西) in the past, staying in a small inn(旅店）at the foot of the hill.
One year, however, Mr Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around the famous city.
They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. “ Are you still serving dinner?” asked Mr Smith. “ Yes, certainly, sir,” answered the waiter. “ We serve it until half past nine.”
“ What are the time of the meals then?” asked Mr Smith. “ Well, sir, We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine.” answered the waiter.
“ But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London.” said Mr Smith.Mr and Mrs Smith always spent their holidays in before they made a lot of money.
| A．New York | B．London |
| C．New Jersey | D．Washington |
They went to London by .
| A．sea | B．plane | C．train | D．bus |
From the story we know that this was the time for Mr and Mrs Smith to go to London.
| A．first | B．second |
| C．third | D．fourth |
Even in early time, people could realize the important of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement (成就) has been the result of years of dreaming. If a person has a dream and holds fast to it, he or she will find a way to bring it into reality (现实).
Children do not have much experience or knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not laugh at them for being naive. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used to be ostracized (排斥) when he was in primary school, but his achievements were greater than everyone else’s in his time.
Teenagers and young people should also be encouraged to dream. The world is full of successful teenagers and young people. They dreamt big and their dreams changed their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They have developed technology and brought great progress (进步) to human besides making money for themselves.
Older people should believe that it is never too late to dream and that human mind is never too old to make dreams turn into reality. Colonel Saunders realized his dreams at the age of 67 and set up the biggest fried chicken company (KFC) in the world.
To dream is a wonderful ability which can lead to wonderful results. Olympic records were broken by players who were brave enough to dream. No one is too young or too old to dream and to make dreams come true. Young people should be encouraged to dream because ______.
| A．their dreams are natural |
| B．they are greater than everyone else |
| C．they have much knowledge |
| D．their dreams might change the world |
What does the example of Colonel Saunders show us?
| A．Setting up a big company is a wonderful ability. |
| B．Developing technology can bring great progress. |
| C．Even older people can make their dreams come true. |
| D．People should be brave enough to dream when they are young. |
The underlined word “naive” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.
| A．逆反的 | B．幼稚的 | C．调皮的 | D．冲动的 |
The best title (题目) for the passage is “______”.
| A．From Dream to Reality |
| B．Good Examples of Dreams |
| C．Achievements in History |
| D．A list of Successful Dreamers |
Once there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains(锁链)， no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn’t try to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they still believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”
How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes. But because they always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldn’t.
Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before? We should never give up the struggle(挣扎) in life. What did the writer see in the village?
| A．Chains | B．Elephants |
| C．Cages | D．Farmers |
Why do the elephants never try up to break free from the ropes?
| A．Because they think they can not. |
| B．Because they are too old to do it. |
| C．Because they like their living places. |
| D．Because they get on well with the trainer. |
How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?
| A．Moved | B．surprised |
| C．Angry | D．Nervous |
Which of the following is the missing part in the last paragraph?
| A．Failing is part of learning. |
| B．We should be different from others. |
| C．Helping animals is helping ourselves. |
| D．Traveling always makes people relaxed. |
（1）Shirley Temple, the once-famous child movie star, died at the age of 85 on February 10, 2014. She was born on April 23, 1928. She was good at acting and dancing. In 1934, she starred(主演) in the movie Bright Eyes. From then on she became famous around the world. Later she starred in other movies and won a Juvenile Oscar in February, 1935.
For many Americans born in the 1930s and 1940s, Temple was not just an on-screen star but also a close friend in their childhood. She was remembered by the world as the forever “little angle”. An American movie star said, “Little Shirley Temple encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression(大萧条).”
（2）Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband and wife. They are disabled. They complete the first Chinese encyclopedic(百科知识的)dictionary for deaf people and people with hearing problems.
The dictionary includes words on medicine, education, psychology, law, history and culture about deaf people’s life. This book provides a learning tool for this special group of people and it helps them know about the world more easily.
They spent six years and over 1,000,000 yuan on the book. They first collected material for the book by themselves, then they invited a lot of experts(专家) across the country to write.
The book is warmly welcomed by the deaf. One of the readers said, “The book shows that we’re not alone. We can have our own way to communicate with the world. ” Temple won the first Juvenile Oscar in .
| A．1928 | B．1934 | C．1935 | D．1948. |
From the passage we know that Temple .
| A．was not good at dancing |
| B．began to star in her first movie when she was ten years old. |
| C．was unfriendly to her fan |
| D．encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression |
According to the passage, Shi Li and Cui Jiping .
| A．are disabled people full of love |
| B．wrote many famous books. |
| C．finished the book by themselves |
| D．live a very poor life |
Which of the following is TRUE about the book?
| A．It is the first world encyclopedic dictionary. |
| B．It can help deaf people know about the world more easily. |
| C．It took them sixteen years to finish the book. |
| D．It includes medicine and art about the life of deaf people. |