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。
小題1:
A．Everybody B．SomebodyC．NobodyD．Each one
小題2:
A．provingB．questioningC．describingD．indicating
小題3:
A．wantB．haveC．seemD．need
小題4:
A．sheB．heC．itD．one
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)lwaysB．nearlyC．reallyD．a(chǎn)lmost
小題6:
A．withB．inC．to D．by
小題7:
A．oftenB．fastC．quicklyD．soon
小題8:
A．badB．uselessC．helplessD．poor
小題9:
A．timeB．chanceC．spaceD．places
小題10:
A．twoB．fourC．threeD．five
小題11:
A．themB．thatC．whomD．which
小題12:
A．liesB．sitsC．hidesD．stands
小題13:
A．businessB．interestC．storyD．fault
小題14:
A．fewB．someC．manyD．several
小題15:
A．unfortunateB．unhappyC．unthinkableD．miserable
小題16:
A．becauseB．butC．forD．since
小題17:
A．studyB．restC．playD．work
小題18:
A．noticedB．thoughtC．believedD．realized
小題19:
A．strangerB．poorerC．worseD．better
小題20:
A．rememberB．remembering.C．to rememberD．remembered

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:D
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:D
小題14:C
小題15:A
小題16:B
小題17:D
小題18:A
小題19:D
小題20:B

試題分析：本文論述了我們對記憶力的好壞應有個清楚的認識，記憶力差的人并非天生就記憶力不好，而是沒有讓大腦得到充分的利用。文中以不會寫不會讀的人為例來論證這個觀點，他們就是沒有把他們的思想寫在紙上，而他們卻充分利用了大腦。
小題1:考查不定代詞：A. Everybody每個人，B. Somebody一些人，C. Nobody沒有人，D. Each one每一個人，每個人都知道這點，但是沒有人質(zhì)疑它，選 A
小題2:考查動詞：A. proving證明，B. questioning質(zhì)疑，C. describing描述，D. indicating暗示，但是沒有人質(zhì)疑它，選 B
小題3:考查動詞：A. want 想要，B. have有，C. seem似乎，D. need需要，seem to do/be"似乎,好像是".有很多人似乎知道記憶力以同樣方式奏效，選C
小題4:考查人稱代詞：當有人說他有好的記憶力。指代someone用he，選B
小題5:考查副詞：A. always 總是，B. nearly幾乎，C. really真的，D. almost幾乎，actually=really"實際上,事實上".他實際的意思是他一直在訓練記憶力，選C
小題6:考查介詞：A. with 和…一起，B. in在…里面，C. to到…，D. by通過，他一直在通過經(jīng)常練習來訓練記憶力，選D
小題7:考查副詞：A. often經(jīng)常，B. fast很快，C. quickly 快地，D. soon很快，他一直在通過經(jīng)常練習來訓練記憶力，選A
小題8:考查形容詞：A. bad壞的，B. useless無用的，C. helpless無助的，D. poor窮，差，poor與strong構(gòu)成對比.當有人說他的記憶力很差，選D
小題9:考查名詞：A. time時間，B. chance機會，C. space空間，D. places地方，他的意思是他沒有足夠的機會練習，選B
小題10:考查數(shù)詞和上下文串聯(lián)：下文提到了兩個人，選 A
小題11:考查定語從句：其中有個人通過打球練習膀子和腿，先行詞是people，定語從句中用one of whom          引導，選C
小題12:考查動詞：A. lies躺，撒謊，B. sits坐，C. hides躲藏，D. stands站，另外一個人整天坐在椅子上或汽車里面，選B
小題13:考查名詞：A. business生意，B. interest興趣，C. story故事，D. fault錯誤，如果你的一個朋友說他的膀子很弱，我們知道這是他自己的錯，選D
小題14:考查形容詞：A. few 很少，B. some一些，C. many很多，D. several幾個，如果有人告訴你他的記憶力很差，很多人會認為這是他父母的責任，選C
小題15:考查形容詞：A. unfortunate不幸的，B. unhappy不快樂的，C. unthinkable不能思考的，D. miserable 痛苦的，從前面的內(nèi)容his parents are to blame可知我們會認為他是不幸的，選A
小題16:考查連詞：A. because因為，B. but但是，C. for為了，D. since 自從，我們不是每個人都很強壯很聰明，但是我們能夠提高身體和記憶力，選B
小題17:考查動詞：A. study學習，B. rest休息，C. play玩，打球，D. work工作，有用，通過同樣的奏效的方法，選 D
小題18:考查動詞：A. noticed 注意到，B. thought想，C. believed相信，D. realized意識到，你有沒有注意到不會讀書寫字的人比會寫字讀書的人記憶力更好？選 A
小題19:考查形容詞：A. stranger 更奇怪，B. poorer更差，C. worse更差，D. better更好，從后面的Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else.可知不會讀書寫字的人比會寫字讀書的人記憶力更好，選D
小題20:考查動名詞：如果你要有好的記憶力，一定要記住要練習記憶東西。Practise doing sth，選B。
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Over 60﹪of pupils in South African schools choose English for learning and teaching, but only 7﹪of pupils speak English as their home language, a recent South Africa survey shows.
Out of the country’s 12.2 million pupils only 851,536 speak English at home, yet 7.6 million pupils choose English as their favorite language of learning and teaching. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language, spoken by over 3.1 million pupils. However, less than a third of them choose to be taught in Zulu. The same thing is true of Pedi-speaking pupils, only a third of such pupils choosing to be taught in their home language. Besides English,
Afrikaans is the only language that has more pupils choosing it as their language of instruction than it has pupils who speak it at home. In primary schools, most pupils will choose African languages. As early as grade four, many would choose English or Afrikaans in their lessons.
The rising number of English-learning pupils is mainly caused by social and cultural reasons. English is the most common spoken language in official and public life in South Africa, the survey reports. In April 2011, the leaders of higher education and training said that they would take some steps to improve the university teaching and prevent the continuing decline of African languages. They suggested that in future every South African university student could be required to learn at least one African language in order to complete their studies at school.
小題1: We can learn from the passage that most South African pupils__________.
A．speak English both at home and at school
B．a(chǎn)re required to learn two languages at school
C．choose English as their primary school language
D．a(chǎn)re expected to speak their native language at home.
小題2: It can be inferred from the passage that__________________.
A．Afrikaans is the most popular home language in South Africa
B．it’s easier for South African pupils to learn Afrikaans at school.
C．the number of South African pupils learning Afrikaans has increased
D．many South African pupils use Afrikaans at school instead of at home.
小題3: The underlined word “decline” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A．going downhill
B．spreading widely
C．growing upwards
D．developing further
小題4: What is the survey in the passage mainly about?
A．The use of native languages in South African families.
B．The language choice and use among South African pupils.
C．The progress in South Africa’s language teaching education
D．The spread of English at schools in South Africa.

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