Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really ma

Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a self-effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
　　Sometimes you remember things that did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remembered locking it carefully the night before.
Memory “trick” works the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber(理发师) shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.
　　We always seem to find something funny in incidents（小事） caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness(心不在焉). Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble. （words: 169）
【小题1】If you want to have a good memory, .A．you should force yourself to remember thingsB．you should make a self-effort of practice and exerciseC．you should never stop learningD．you should try hard to remember things【小题2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A．One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.B．One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.C．The writer remembered to lock the door.D．The writer remembered unlocking the front door.【小题3】From the sentence We never get tired of hearing new ones, we can infer that .A．we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professorsB．we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professorsC．we will never get rid of（摆脱） listening to new stories about absent-mindednessD．absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other peopleB

(答案→)B 解析：文章介绍了虽然记忆力通过练习，可以提高的，但很多时候我们的记忆力会作弄我们。【小题1】细节题：从第一段的句子：If you have the wish and really make a self-effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things 可知通过练习，记忆力是可以提高的。选B【小题2】细节题：从第二段的句子：I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, 可知作者忘记关前门了，选A。B项的意思是：作者忘了关过前门了。【小题3】句意理解题：从最后一段的句子：Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. 可知不仅教授会心不在焉，很多人也会的。选D

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