We each have a memory（记忆力）. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
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1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .
A．they always sleep very well
B．they often eat good food
C．they read a lot of books
D．they have very good memories
2.Everybody learns his mother language .
A．at the age of six
B．when he is a small child
C．after he goes to school
D．when he can read and write
3.Before a child can speak, he must .
A．read and write
B．make sentences
C．hear and remember the sounds
D．think hard
4.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because .
A．they have no good memories
B．they have no recorders
C．they have too much time for it
D．they are busy with other subjects
5.Your memory will become better and better .
A．if you have plenty of good food
B．if you do more and more exercises
C．if you do morning exercises every day
D．if you get up early
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As an American writer, Mark Twain, once said, “ Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody _______ anything about it.” It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people begin their talks______ saying:” Isn’t it a nice ____?” “ Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”
Many people think they can tell _____ the weather is going to be like. But they _____ ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man ____ say, “ Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We are going to have fun weather tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain and he won’t believe____ else. When friends have a picnic, they are so ____ the weather is going to be fine very ____ that they still sit eating their lunch while it is raining.
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still he is ____ most of the time.
1.A. do B. did C. does D. done
2.A. through B. by C. across D. in
3.A. day B. weather C. thing D. hour
4.A. how B. when C. where D. what
5.A. never B. all C. almost D. hardly
6.A. will B. would C. can D. could
7.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
8.A. true B. certainly C. surely D. sure
9.A. slowly B. much C. quickly D. quietly
10.A. right B. wrong C. mistaken D. all right
They found the body buried under a pile of leaves.
A. below B. down C. behind D. beneath
In addition to the names on the list, there are six other applicants.
A. beside B. except
C. besides D. except for
The water in the fish tank should be changed at regular intervals.
A. always B. sometimes
C. regularly D. never
He admitted that he had made an error
A. mistake B. truth C. money D. wrong
