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 slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault (過錯(cuò)). Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and when they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. As a result, they have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is being exercised the whole time.
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering things in a way as other people do.
【小題1】Someone can't have a good memory if ________.

                   Foreign Teachers Wanted
Age: 30—40
From: America, England & Australia
Careful and patient with a teacher’s licence
Good at both spoken and written English
At least five years’ teaching experience in high schools
Come for an interview before August 15^th
Address: No. 39 Lakeside Road
Tel: 0591-8780519
E-Mail : sis2009@yahoo.com
【小題1】 What job is wanted above?
A. Cooks      B, Drivers       C. Teachers
【小題2】__________ will probably get the job.
An English lady at the age of 27.
A woman who is good at French
An Australian of 35 with a teacher’s licence.
【小題3】What is not mentioned ?
A. Age       B. Pay         C. Address
【小題4】If a foreigner wants to have an interview, he or she should make it ________ .
A．August 18^th    B.August 25^th  C.August 13^th
【小題5】What do you think it is ?
A. An ad      B. An article      C. A film

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(責(zé)備), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories ? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.

1.Someone can’t have a good memory if ________.

A. he can’t read or write     

B. he doesn’t use his memory

C. his parents haven’t a good memory      

D. he doesn’t use his arms or legs for some time

2.If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ______.

A. you can’t use them any more             

B. they will become stronger

C. they become weak but they slowly become strong again

D. they become weak and won’t become strong until you use them again

3.Which of the following is TRUE ?

A. Your memory works in the different way as your arms or legs

B. Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice

C. Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory

D. A good memory comes from less practice

4.Few people know that it is only ______ if a friend has a poor memory.

A. his own fault  ?????????? B. his parents’ fault      

C. his teachers’ fault  ?????? D. his grandmother’s fault

5.The writer wants to tell us ________.

A. how to use our arms or legs  ???   B. how to read and write  

C. how to have a good memory    ? D. how to learn from the people

                   Foreign Teachers Wanted

Age: 30—40

From: America, England & Australia

Careful and patient with a teacher’s licence

Good at both spoken and written English

At least five years’ teaching experience in high schools

Come for an interview before August 15^th

Address: No. 39 Lakeside Road

Tel: 0591-8780519

E-Mail : sis2009@yahoo.com

1. What job is wanted above?

        A. Cooks      B, Drivers       C. Teachers

2.__________ will probably get the job.

A.  An English lady at the age of 27.

B.  A woman who is good at French

C.  An Australian of 35 with a teacher’s licence.

3.What is not mentioned ?

          A. Age       B. Pay         C. Address

4.If a foreigner wants to have an interview, he or she should make it ________ .

5.What do you think it is ?

          A. An ad      B. An article      C. A film