Question

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.
小題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

小題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

小題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

小題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

小題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

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要通過舉例介紹了如何才能擁有好的記憶力，及提高記憶力的方法。
小題1:細節理解題。根據短文第一段Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.可知，記憶力也遵循這一規律；故選B。
小題2:細節理解題。根據短文第一段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.可知，答案為D。
小題3:細節理解題。根據短文第一段Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.可知，記憶力也符合這一規律，故A錯誤；第二段When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.可知B項正確；根據最后一段So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.可知C項錯誤；D項與原文的意思背道而馳，錯誤；故選B。
小題4:細節理解題。根據短文第三段But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(責備), and few of us know that it is just his own fault.可知，一個人的記憶力低下是與個人缺乏鍛煉引起的，即自己的責任；故選A。
小題5:主旨大意題。根據短文內容可知，其核心話題就是如何提高我們的記憶力；故選C。