1.　　　 A。learn slowly意为“慢慢学”，也就是说不要急于求成，应循序渐进。

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　　　 There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to __1__ all his money for him.

　　　 It __2__ the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two __3__ dollars, he was __4__ with joy and asked, “ How much __5__ do you want?” He thought that __6__ she was only a child, he could __7__ her into taking a very small amount of money.

　　　 The girl said, “well, I worked for six days, so I think you __8__ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.

　　　 The __9__ thought that in this __10__ he would only have to give her a __11__ dollars. What a __12__ little girl! So immediately, he __13__ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her __14__ .

　　　 On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.

　　　 Each day after that, he gave her __15__ number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.

14. D。表示学习也会变得生动有趣。

13. B。take another big jump 表示有大的飞跃或进展。

12. C。mustn’t表示禁止，语气最为强烈。needn’t表示没必要。couldn’t和may not均表示猜测。

11. C。根据第10题， 因为学习停滞不前，所以你就会觉得没学到什么东西。故选nothing。

10. D。stay the same 表示“维持原样”， 也就是没有任何进步了。

9. C。“take sth as an example” 为固定词组，意为“以……为例”。

8. A。首先根据从句是一般现在时可排除C、D两个选项，再根据文意，心理学家发现，可知选A。

7. B。表示并列。

6. D。“return to” 这里指返回到……， 也就是从上述的活动中返回到学习中。