People who remember other people’s names enjoy a huge advantage(优势). They may become the most popular person simply by recalling(记起) people’s names and introducing them to each other.

★Listen.

Improving your memory, in any field, begins with one simple rule: paying attention. When you want to remember a new person’s name, you have to listen when he says it. Forget for a moment what you want to say and simply listen.

★Repeat it immediately.

Pretend you don’t hear the name clearly and repeat it, “You said your name was John.” Or you may say it out loudly when you shake hands. Try to use the name several times in conversation like “What do you think about this, John?” Or “See you, John.”

★Write the name on their forehead.

John Smith. Imagine his name is written on his forehead. This may seem childish(孩子气的), but the more unusual the picture we see, the better we recall it.

★                                   .

Look for a special feature(特征) of the person, like a long face or big eyes. Next time you meet this familiar person, you will remember his name.

★Find the famous name in the person.

Imagine the person standing in front of you as a famous person with the same name and you will remember his name. And then you have it, the secret of your amazing memory.

49. How many ways does the writer tell us to remember people’s names?

   A. Two.                         B. Three.                      C. Four.                              D. Five.

50. What is the advantage of remembering people’s names?

   A. You can become clever.                          B. You will become a popular person.

   C. You can remember more things.                    D. You don’t need the introduction.

51. Which sentence can help you remember Kate’s name?

   A. How do you do?                                            B. Nice to meet you. I am Linda.

   C. Hello! Kate.                                                   D. Is your sister Lucy there?

52. Which of the following can be put in the blank (空白处) ? 

A.Find the picture in the person.                         B. Find the name in the person.

C. Find the size in the person.                             D. Find the weight in the person.

Last month I went to Kate’s school in the UK.It was really different from my school in China.

    Girls wore grey skirts and white shirts, boys wore grey trousers, and everyone wore the school tie.

    Some of Kate’s lessons were a bit strange for me. We were reading Shakespeare in the English lesson, and there were quite some old words like “thou” and “thee” to mean“you ”. In history we studied 20th Century China. It was strange hearing a foreign side of history-and hearing English people trying to say all our Chinese names!

Classes were also a lot more relaxed than in China . Teachers were called “sir ” or “miss”,everyone shouted answers and raised their hands in classes. It was more like a debate than a class. A bell rang at the end of each lesson and everyone jumped up to go to the next class.

    At break we bought potato chips and cookies in the dining room. Lunch was later than in China at 1 o’clock.We had big plates of pie with carrots. For dessert there was hot sweet rice called rice pudding.

    It was good that I’d had an excellent lunch, because at Kate’s school Monday afternoons are taken up with sports.

    I played my first game of netball— a bit like basketball, but with some differences. Luckily I’d had a quick look in the rule book before I tried to join in the game.

Kate’s weekly schedule of classes

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00—9:30	Math	English	Free period	French	History
9:45—10:15	Math	English	French	French	History
10:20—10:50	Biology	Free period	French	Biology	Biology
10:50—11:20	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
11:20 —11:50	History	Physics	Biology	Chemistry	Physics
11:55—12:25	History	Physics	Biology	Math	Music
12:30—13:00	English	Math	History	Math	Music
13:00—14:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14:00—14:30	PE	Chemistry	Chemistry	Free period	PE
14:35—15:05	PE	Chemistry	English	English	PE
15:10—15:40	PE	Music	Physics	English	PE

1 The underlined word debate_ in Paragraph 4 means ________.

 A. study                  B. discussion                C. exam            D. suggestion

2 What do they have for lunch at Kate’s school ?

    A.Bread.        B. Carrots.              C.Potato chips  D. Pie and sweet rice.

3How many hours do they have for foreign language study ?

    A.4 hours.       B. 2 hours.              C. 3 hours.     D. 6 hours.

4What’s the best title for the passage ?______.

   A. A Day in Kate’s school

   B. Clothes, Food and Sports in a UK School 

   C.Relaxed Classes in the UK 

D.Strange Lesson in Kate’s School .

                             

 

从方框中选择恰当的短语并用其适当形式填空.(每空1分，共10分)

be willing to,     give one’s seat to,   be famous for,          give sb.some advice,    be able to,     next to,   drive sb. to school,     agree with,      go on a school trip,    have three weeks off

【小题1】China __________ the Great Wall.
【小题2】I’m sure I __________ speak English well in the future.
【小题3】David is polite and helpful. He always __________ the old on the bus.
【小题4】It rained heavily yesterday, so my father __________.
【小题5】Betty __________ always __________ share things with her friends. She is generous.
【小题6】Lucy and Lily don’t __________ what you said.
【小题7】There is a new bookshop __________ Kate’s new school.
【小题8】Mike __________ in the Spring Festival. He enjoyed himself during it.
【小题9】We are planning __________ to the seaside next week.
【小题10】Miss Smith __________ on our English study in 2012.

  --- Whose hair band is this ?  ________ it be Kate’s ?

   --- I’m not sure . It ________ be hers.

A. May ; must   B. Must ; may   C. Can ; must   D. Can ; may

 

Are        Kate's       ?

       A. this; book          B. that; book      C. these; books    D. those; book