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1、2012中考英语冲刺版：阅读理解精选共36集【第27集】“先题后文”阅读方法 When you want to call a store or an office that you dont call often, you may look the number up in a telephone book. You dial (拨) the number, and then you forget it! Your short-term (短期) memory last about 30 seconds. However, you dont need to look in the teleph
2、one book for your best friends number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.Why do you forget things sometimes? There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting something is tha
3、t you didnt learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and soon you forget their names. You hear the names but you dont learn them, so you forget them.You can help yourself remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do
4、this if you practise the new information for more times.1. Why do you forget the telephone number that you dont call often?A. Because the telephone number is too long. B. Because the telephone number is very strange.C. Because you look it up in the telephone book. D. Because you use your short-term
5、memory to remember it.2. Which is easier to forget?A. Your best friends name. B. Something that you understand.C. The new information that you have practised a lot. D. Something that you didnt learn well in the beginning. 3. How long does a persons short-term memory last?A. About half a second. B. A
6、bout half a minute. C. About half an hour. D. About half a day.4. Whats helpful for you to remember better?A. Learn something well in the end. B. Look something up often.C. Use your short-term memory to learn things.D. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.5. The writ
7、er mainly wants to tell us some ideas on how to _.A. keep something in mind long B. learn a foreign language well C. make a telephone call D. remember a persons name参考答案(3) 15 DDBDA*When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T. Barnum. Mr. Ba
8、rnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.He gave the two-foot tall Charles a new name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to p
9、erform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.Toms act was very popular and brou
10、ght in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher
11、. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their honeymoon, just before the couple would be going to
12、 live in Toms house in Connecticut.Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went
13、 through marriage ceremony for fun.1. “talk of the town” means _.A. it was in the newspaperB. people spread rumors about itC. it was the most popular thing happeningD. it was discussed in a city meeting2. What does the author think about Tom Thumbs wedding?A. People gave it too much of their attenti
14、on.B. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.C. It was funny and ridiculousD. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.3. Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?A. He became a billionaire at twenty-five.B. He learned how to sing, dance, and act at a very young age.C. He met with
15、 President Lincoln during his honeymoon.D. He married a school teacher.4. Tome would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because _.A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancingB. it made Tome feel tallerC. the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trustedD. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.B. People are always disap
