Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise．If you have the wish and really make a conscious （自覺(jué)的） effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability （能力） to remember things．But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you．

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen．One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before．

Memory "tricks" work the other way as well．Once in a while you remember not doing something and then find out that you did．One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber （理發(fā)師） shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two clays before at the barber shop across the street from my office．

    We always seem to find something funny and amusing （有趣的） in incidents （事件） caused by people's  forgetfulness or absent-mindedness．Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones．Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny．There are times when "tricks" of our memory can cause us great trouble．

1．lf you want to have a good memory ________．

A．you should force yourself to remember things

    B．you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise

    C．you should try to remember as many poems as possible

    D．you should try hard to remember things

2．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

    A．One night the writer forgot to lock the front door

    B．One night the writer forgot having locked the front door

    C．The writer remembered to lock the door

    D．The writer remembered unlocking the front door

3．From the sentence "We never get fired of hearing new ones．"we can infer that ________．

    A．we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors

    B．we don't want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors

    C．we will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness

    D．a(chǎn)bsent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people

4．In the passage, the writer seems to tell you ________．

    A．forgetting things happens to learned people

    B．a(chǎn)lways forgetting things is understandable

    C．forgetting things at times is natural

    D．ways to protect yourself from memory tricks

5．The best title for this passage is _________．

A．How to Get a Good Memory                    

B．"Tricks" of Memory

C．Stories about Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness 

D．Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

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