阅读练习室

阅读在英语学习与考试中分量很重，而提高英语阅读水平是一个循序渐进、不断积累的过程。认真对待每一篇文章，读懂读透，是我们攻克阅读堡垒的必由之路。

A

When you want to call a store or an office that you dont call often， you may look the number up in a telephone book. You dial （拨） the number， and then you forget it！ Your short-term （短期） memory last about 30 seconds. However， you dont need to look in the telephone book for your best friends 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.

Why do you forget things ？ There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting things is that you didnt learn it well in the beginning. For example， you meet some new people， and soon you forget their names. You hear the names but you dont learn them， so you forget them.

You can help yourself remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practise the new information for more times.

1. Why do you forget the telephone number that you dont often call ？

A. Because the telephone number is too long.

B. Because the telephone number is very strange.

C. Because you look it up in the telephone book.

D. Because you use your short-term memory to remember it.

2. Which is easier to forget？

A. Your best friends name.

B. Something that you understand.

C. The new information that you have practised a lot.

D. Something that you didnt learn well in the beginning.

3. How long does a persons short-term memory last？

A. About half a second. B. About half a minute.

C. About half an hour. D. About half a day.

4. Whats helpful for you to remember better？

A. Learn something well in the end.

B. Look something up often.

C. Use your short-term memory to learn things.

D. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.

5. The writer mainly wants to tell us some ideas on how to _______.

A. keep something in mind long B. learn a foreign language well

C. make a telephone call D. remember a persons name

B

Many famous people had dreams when they were y______. They often w______ hard to make their dreams come true.

When I was only 13 years old， I first t________ about what I should do in the future. I used to dream about being a b________ player， a soccer player， or a baseball player. However， I gave up these dreams b_________ I was too short. Then I thought about going into music， so I b_______ a guitar. But I couldnt play it very w______. Then I had to give up my dream a_______. After that I thought about being a reporter and I worked really hard at it. At the a_____ of 25， my dream came true and I became a reporter.

F_________， I learned the truth about making dreams come true. I should never give up and I must work hard.

参考答案：

A篇：DDBDA

B篇：young， worked， thought， basketball， because， bought， well， again， age， finally