If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; and when you start using them again, they will slowly become strong again. knows this, but nobody would think of the fact.
Yet there are many people who to know that the memory works in the same way. When someone says that has a good memory, he means that he keeps his memory in practice exercising it very , either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is , he means that he does not give it enough to become strong. The position is exactly the same as that of people, one of exercises his arms and legs by playing ball, while the other in a chair or a car all day. If a friend of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own , But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become very strong in body or very clever in mind, all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means that .
Have you ever that people who cannot read or write usually have memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else. They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised.
In a word, if you want to have a good memory, do practice things。
1.A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Each one
2.A. proving B. questioning C. describing D. indicating
3.A. want B. have C. seem D. need
4.A. she B. he C. it D. one
5.A. always B. nearly C. really D. almost
6.A. with B. in C. to D. by
7.A. often B. fast C. quickly D. soon
8.A. bad B. useless C. helpless D. poor
9.A. time B. chance C. space D. places
10.A. two B. four C. three D. five
11.A. them B. that C. whom D. which
12.A. lies B. sits C. hides D. stands
13.A. business B. interest C. story D. fault
14.A. few B. some C. many D. several
15.A. unfortunate B. unhappy C. unthinkable D. miserable
16.A. because B. but C. for D. since
17.A. study B. rest C. play D. work
18.A. noticed B. thought C. believed D. realized
19.A. stranger B. poorer C. worse D. better
20.A. remember B. remembering. C. to remember D. remembered
He ________up early and cook breakfast for himself when he lived alone ,
A. was used to get B. used to get C. is used to get D. has been getting
After the introduction of the modern equipment, the factory produced _______ cars as the year before.
A. twice more B. as twice as many C. twice as many D. twice the amount of
I was crazy because it _____me two hours to get_____ in the restaurant the other day.
A. took, served B. cost, serving C. took , serving D. spent, served
Sam _____ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.
A. brought up B. looked up C. picked up D. set up
I was putting on my shirt ______ my telephone rang.
A. while B. when C. as D. before
