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

One day a rich man met Jack. He asked, “I hear you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?”

Jack answered with a smile, “Oh, I’m not clever. Instead, you are too silly(傻).” The rich man became angry.

Jack said, “Please don’t be angry. Now let me ask you a question. If you have a group of sheep(羊). I give you another group. Then how many groups of sheep do you have?”

“Two, of course. Anyone knows that I have two groups of sheep.” Jack laughed and said, “You’re wrong. Two groups of sheep together(一起) are still one group. That’s the easiest question in the world.”

根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误，正确的句子写T,错误的写F,

1 Jack answered the rich man with a red face.

2  The rich man was happy to hear Jack’s words.

3 The rich man knows one and one is two.

4 The rich man answered Jack’s question correctly(正确地).

5  In maths, one and one is always two, but in life, sometimes one and one is still one.

When Mr Black was young, he often played football, and he was good   1 it. But then he went and worked in a town and there was   23   football team for him there, so he stopped  3. Then he began to get fat, so he thought, “I stopped playing football and I’ve got fat. What shall I do?” He thought about it for  4 days and he said to 5  , “I’ll play pingpong.” He had some  6 and he played for a few months. He met a nice girl at the club  7   day and they played a game of pingpong against  8   young man and young woman. Mr Black played very 9 , and he was very sad about this. “I never played 10   than this before,” he told the girl. “Oh,” she said, “you played pingpong before, didn’t you?”

1  A. at          B. in       C. for        D. about

2  A. no           B. an        C. on       D. a

3  A. play   B. playing     C. played      D. to play

4  A. every       B. much      C. a little   D. a few

5  A. himself    B. herself    C. themselves     D. itself

6  A. games    B. friend     C. times     D. lesson

7  A. every    B. one     C. each     D. whole

8  A. the other    B. others   C. each other   D. another

9  A. worse    B. badly      C. good     D. well

10  A. badly     B. well   C. worse    D. better

—Would you like some tea or coffee?     —______ is OK.

   A. Neither       B. Either        C. Both        D. Any

I think a dog is a good pet for _________ child.

   A. a 6-year-old     B. an 6-years-old  

C. a 6-year old     D. a 6 years-old

—Where is Bill?      —He ________ Sydney with his father.

               A. has gone to                          B. has been to

               C. have gone to                        D. have been to

 10 years ago， _____only one classroom building in our school.

And in 10 years， _____ five classroom buildings in our school.                                

A.there will be, there are     B. there was, there will be

C. there will be; there was    D.there had; there will have.

---Do you like the city life or the country life?

---It’s hard to say. In the city there are _____interesting things, but in the country there is _____ pollution.

A. less; more  B. more; less   C. more; fewer   D.many; much

This bag ________ him 100 yuan last year.

              A. cost                         B. spend                 C. took                        D. paid

--Today he is very happy, isn’t he?

      --     . He didn’t pass the exam.

               A. Yes, he is        B. Yes, he isn’t   C. No, he is                D. No, he isn’t