Do you have a good memory? Maybe you remember better than all of your friends. But even if you have a short-term memory, it’s better than a chimpanzee’s(黑猩猩), right? Well, you may be wrong.
Tetsuro Matszawa, a scientist from Kyoto University, Japan has showed how chimps have far better memories than humans. “We learn that chimps have great memories by doing tests,” he told The Guardian “You can do things to improve your memory.”
How do chimps have better memories than us? Scientists tested four chimps and human volunteers. They showed them five numbers on a computer screen. Chimps and human volunteers had to remember the numbers correctly. But to make it hard, the numbers disappeared(消失) after seven tenths of a second. Then they will reduce(减少) the time to two tenths of a second. While humans began to make mistake after mistake, the young chimps still did very well.
Why do they have better memories? We share 98.8 percent of our DNA with chimps. But during evolution(进化), we lost some of our shared abilities. As humans learned new skills, like language, we had to lose some of our memory skills to make room in our brains. “To get something, we had to lose something,” said the scientist.
Chimps need good memories to survive(生存). When a chimp looks up at the big tree and pick a banana, he must remember where he saw it as he fights off competition from other animals.What did the scientist’s study find?
| A．Chimps can remember all of their friends. |
| B．Chimps have better memories than humans. |
| C．Chimps do things to improve their memories. |
| D．Chimps can do many things better than humans. |
Which of the following is TRUE of the test?
| A．Five chimps and human volunteers were tested. |
| B．The numbers first disappeared after a second. |
| C．Humans made fewer mistakes than chimps. |
| D．The chimps did a better job than humans. |
During evolution, humans __________.
| A．lost 98.8 percent of their DNA shared with chimps |
| B．needed very good memories to survive |
| C．gained skills but also lost skills |
| D．learned to compete against chimps |
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don’t see the person you are talking with. This may change in the near future.
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With it, two people who are talking can see each other.
Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show to the person you’re calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over town and never even leave your room!The underlined word “it” in the passage means ______.
| A．the picture phone | B．any phone |
| C．the use | D．the change |
We can ______ through the picture phone according to (根据) the text.
| A．write a book | B．do shopping |
| C．play games | D．have classes |
The title of the article can be “______”.
| A．The telephones | B．Picture phones |
| C．Shopping on the phone | D．Talking on the phone |
Mr. Brown was an old man. He lived in a small village with high mountains all around it.. He had never been to a city before.
Last summer his son came back, and took him to the city. He stayed there for about two months. When he came back, his wife asked him,” Do you like living in the city? Did you have a good time?”
“No, I don’t like living in the city because the buildings are too tall. And the noise is too loud. The bed is too soft. And they never have meals outside the house,” answered Mr. brown.” I’m very angry because the people in the city aren’t kind to the animals.”
“How do you know this?” asked his wife.
“One Sunday morning Jack, our son took me to a place. There are a lot of animals in that place---tigers, elephants, lions and monkeys. But they are in the cages. The place is the prison(监狱) of the animals.” answered Mr. Brown.Mr. and Mrs. Brown were______________.
| A．doctors | B．teachers | C．zookeepers | D．villagers |
The animals in Mr. Brown’s village________.
| A．are free | B．are in the cages | C．are sent to the city | D．are in prison |
Mr. Brown did not know the place with a lot of animals was a ________.
| A．park | B．garden | C．village | D．zoo |
| Visit Forest Zoo Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tiger from Northeast China. The beautiful birds from England are singing songs, and the monkeys from Mount Emei are happy to talk to you. Sichuan pandas can play balls. The koala bears from Australia are very cute. The giraffes from Africa are waiting for you. Tickets Opening Time Grown-ups (成人): $3 9:00a.m.---4:30p.m. Children: Over 1.4m: $2 Under 1.4m: Free 10:00a.m.---3:00p.m. on Friday Keep the zoo clean! Don’t touch or give food to the animals! |
Where is the new tiger from?
| A．Australia | B．Africa | C．India | D．China |
Which of the following is the visiting time?
| A．8:30 a.m. | B．9:30a.m.Friday | C．3:00p.m.Sunday | D．5:00p.m.Tuesday |
Now Mr Smith is in the zoo with his two sons,one is 1.5m and the other is 1.3m.
| A．＄4 | B．＄7 | C．＄5 | D．＄3 |
Which of the following can we do in the zoo?
| A．To throw things everywhere | B．To touch the monkey on the head |
| C．To take a few nice photo | D．To give some food to the animals |
A girl complained to her father about her hard life．She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up．She felt tired of fighting and fighting．One problem had been finished but another came over．
Her father，a cook，took her into the kitchen．He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them．After boiling，in the first pan was put some carrots，the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee．
The girl waited impatiently (不耐烦的)，confused by what her father did．About 20 minutes later，her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl．He took the eggs and put them in a bowl．After that the coffee was poured into a cup．“My sweet heart，what do you see？” he asked．
“Carrots，eggs and coffee，” she replied．
Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots．She did so and felt that the carrots were soft．After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them．After peeling (剥开) them，she got the eggs，cooked and hard．The last，the father let her smell the coffee． She asked，“What did you do this for，Father？” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience—the boiling water，but each had a different result． The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak．The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked． The coffee was very special，they could change water．“Who are you？” asked her father．“When bad luck knocks at your door，what is your decision? Are you carrots，eggs or coffee？”The girl’s father took her to the kitchen to .
| A．ask her how to boil eggs | B．show her how to make coffee |
| C．teach her how to be a cook | D．tell her how to face difficulties |
After about twenty minutes,the carrots became .
| A．soft | B．hard | C．salty | D．sweet |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The girl’s father liked to eat some kinds of food. |
| B．Bad luck always knocks at strong people’s doors. |
| C．Boiled carrots, eggs and coffee had the same result. |
| D．People should make right decisions when in trouble. |
Reading is the key to school success and，like any skill，it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity(自动性)”.
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase. With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.
According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount(数量)of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.
You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.“ Reading is the key to school success” means that reading______.
| A．helps school develop faster |
| B．is a key to a successful school |
| C．helps students go to a key school |
| D．can improve students’ learning results |
Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they______.
| A．know how to read the words |
| B．do not have to think while reading |
| C．read by themselves without any help |
| D．pay attention to the meaning of the text |
The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.
| A．结结巴巴地读 | B．全神贯注地读 |
| C．心不在焉地读 | D．声情并茂地读 |
The best title for the passage is “______”.
| A．IQ is the Key to the Automaticity |
| B．TV is Bad for Children’s Reading |
| C．Automaticity Depends on Practice |
| D．Automatic Readers Will Be Successful |
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