You hurry into the kitchen，open the refrigerator and suddenly you forget why you open it．“What am I looking for？”You ask yourself．“What am I doing here？”Don"t worry．You are not losing your mind．We have all had this kind of thing．If you think about something very quickly，it goes into your short-term memory and it goes right back out in just a few seconds．You have not moved things from short-term to long-term memory，so you won"t be able to remember it later on．
What can you do to help get back your missing short-term memory？You may go back to where you were．So，for example，if you were sitting in a chair listening to the music in the living room，just go back into the living room．This will help you remember，and when you are back in the living room，you will suddenly think，“Oh，yes，I was thirsty and I wanted something cold to drink．That is why I went to the fridge．”If，sometimes，you can"t go back to where you were before，just try tracing your steps back in your mind．Think back to things you did before，and this may help you．
小题1:We sometimes forget why we open the refrigerator, probably because___________. | A．We lose our mind. | B．We are not thirsty. | | C．We think about something too quickly. | D．we won’t be able to remember things. |
小题2:What can you do to help get back the missing short-term memory?| A．Stay where you are. | B．Make yourself thirsty. | | C．Listen to some music. | D．Try tracing your steps back in your mind |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Only a few of us will have such experiences, | | B．People always forget why they hurry into the kitchen. | | C．It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember why you do a certain thing at times. | | D．Have something cold to drink can help you to remember the things. |
小题4:Which is the best title?| A．Lose your memory | B．What’s wrong with you? | | C．Learn to forget | D．Just open the refrigerator |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B |
试题分析：走进厨房，打开冰箱，突然你忘记你打开它的原因。这是一个普遍现象，经常出现短暂失忆。怎样做来帮助找回丢失的短期记忆，你可以去你在曾经带过的地方，如果你不能回到你曾经呆过的地方。就尝试跟踪你记忆中的步伐，回想一下你以前的事情，这都可以帮助你找回失去的记忆。
小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句 “If you think about something very quickly，it goes into your short-term memory and it goes right back out in just a few seconds．”理解可知。我们短暂失去记忆的原因是思考事物太快，故选C。
小题2:细节理解题，根据文中语句“If，sometimes，you can"t go back to where you were before，just try tracing your steps back in your mind．Think back to things you did before，and this may help you．”理解可知，选择D。
小题3:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Don"t worry．You are not losing your mind．We have all had this kind of thing．”理解可知。出现短暂失忆的现象是很普遍的，故选C。
小题4:标题理解归纳题，根据文中语句理解可知，本文主要介绍了短暂失忆的原因和解决的办法，故选B。
点评：此题考查的内容广泛，既有对语句的理解，还有对短文标题的推测，对这类题目把握难度稍大，这就要求对整篇文章有较深的理解，因此要对文章多读两遍，把握好每个小细节，读懂文章后作出正确选择。 |
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We have no idea about 1 men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways __2___ the history.
For example, in many history books it is __3__ that people who lived three thousand years ago __4__salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt __5_ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies __6__ decay.（腐烂）
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was __7__ to have broken the __8__. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into __9__. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century _10__ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took __11__ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be __12__ punished(惩罚).
Salt was very __13__ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put __14__ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt __15_ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.
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| 小题2: | | A．throughout | B．thought | C．though | D．although |
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| 小题3: | | A．say | B．reported | C．recorded | D．reading |
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| 小题4: | | A．eat | B．ate | C．eating | D．have eaten |
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| 小题5: | | A．used to | B．was used to | C．was used | D．used |
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| 小题7: | | A．think | B．consider | C．thoughtful | D．thought |
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| 小题8: | | A．law | B．glass | C．computer | D．time |
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| 小题9: | | A．pool | B．hill | C．prison | D．river |
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| 小题10: | | A．because | B．because of | C．by | D．as |
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| 小题11: | | A．more | B．less | C．fewer | D．most |
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小题12:A. serious B. bad C. terrible D seriously
| 小题13: | | A．important | B．necessary | C．clever | D．cheerful |
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小题14:A. in the front of B behind C. in front of D. before
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According to some predictions, human beings will die out in 2012. Nearly all people think it’s impossible, but there are some more earthquakes in recent years.
Animals can predict the weather or other natural events. It may sound strange, but farmers living in the countryside think so. For hundreds of years , they have observed animals.
“Animals ’ behavior can be connected to future weather conditions or events.” They say. For example, if cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming. There are many traditional stories connecting animals and natural events. Many people think that these stories don’t have scientific evidence( 根据 ) at all. Scientists, however, are beginning to take another look at some of these ideas.
A Japanese earthquake researcher named Kiyoshi Shimamura noticed an increase in dog bites a short time before earthquake hit. Then he did research on twelve public health centers in Kobe, Japan. These health centers treated people after the 1995 earthquake . He got some interesting information about the month before the big earthquake: treatment for animals’ bites had increased . In fact, aggressive(侵略的)behavior in dogs, such as biting and barking loudly , jumped 60 percent.
There are also other changes in animals’ behavior before the earthquake. For example, fish began swimming together in large groups , but only in the middle of the water and not near the edges. Birds flew away from their nests for many days, leaving their eggs unprotected . These animals’ behavior suggests that animals may be able to predict natural events better than people.
小题1:What would cows behave before a rainstorm?| A．Running | B．Biting | C．Lying down | D．Sleeping |
小题2:What do dogs begin to do just before an earthquake?| A．They leave their homes. | B．They hurt people. | | C．They lie down in grass. | D．They stay together in large groups. |
小题3:Which of the following animals behave strangely before an earthquake according to this passage?| A．Fish | B．Cows | C．Pigs | D．All of the above. |
小题4:In Kiyoshi Shimamura’s investigation(调查)，before the big earthquake, treatment for animals’ bites had _________.| A．disappeared | B．increased | C．been the same as before. | D．never changed. |
小题5:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．Natural events and animals’ actions. | | B．What animals do during earthquakes | | C．Many earthquakes of Japan. | | D．Some stories about animals. |
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At last, the mid-term exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you are not alone. Students in other countries hate them as well.
Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students. And they only have them once a year. Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams don’t count for much, even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next grade. When the results come out, they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is sent to the child’s parents. It describes how the student studied at school.
This report is private, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This means that the students don’t know how other students scored(得分) in the test. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret.
Parents’ meetings are held twice a year, at the end of winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance at school.
小题1:For British students, the school life is than that of Chinese students.| A．more relaxing | B．much tenser | C．more boring | D．much harder |
小题2:The underlined phrase “don’t count for much” means 小题3:Which of the following is NOT true for British students?| A．They have exams once a year. | | B．They don’t know their classmates’ scores. | | C．Parents’ meetings are held at the end of the terms. | | D．They like to tell each other their scores |
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Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly 1 bamboo, and each panda 2 a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different 3 ,so pandas have 4 land to live 5 . Pandas don’t have many babies, and baby pandas often 6 . The situation is becoming very serious.
Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 natures reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan 7 pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow 8 .Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may 9 live in the nature reserves.
Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known 10 in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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| 小题2: | | A．need eating | B．needs eating | C．need to eat | D．needs to eat |
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| 小题3: | | A．causes | B．excuse | C．reasons | D．result |
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| 小题4: | | A．fewer and fewer | B．more and more | C．less and less | D．bigger and bigger |
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| 小题6: | | A．dying | B．die | C．death | D．dead |
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| 小题7: | | A．help | B．helping | C．to help | D．helps |
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| 小题8: | | A．well | B．better | C．bad | D．worse |
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| 小题9: | | A．goes back | B．go back to | C．go back | D．goes back to |
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| 小题10: | | A．animals | B．animal | C．an animal | D．the animals |
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Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all round Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.
Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use the chemicals (化学制品)in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning and killing insects. There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines of shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from home and businesses and then carries them into the lake . They pollute the water and kill the animals.
Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats（汽船）. But oil and gas from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.
People in Hartwell are worried . They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn’t use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people’s lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.
小题1:In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ________.| A．forests | B．rain | C．birds | D．fish |
小题2:Chemicals from homes and businesses _________.| A．are always clean | B．can help the animals | | C．are good for the lake | D．get into the rainwater |
小题3:Cleaner rainwater will mean _________ .| A．more boats on the lake | B．more dirty things in the lake | | C．a cleaner lake | D．a dirty lake |
小题4:To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ________.| A．be more careful about chemicals | B．use the water | | C．grow fewer plants in the gardens | D．use more motorboats on the lake |
小题5:The passage is about ________.| A．boats on the Lake Pankapog | B．why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog | | C．clean rainwater | D．dirty lakes |
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