Question

Last month we asked our students how to remember something well. Here are some of their answers.

Henry

A great way to help you remember something is to draw a ________ of it in your mind. If you make the picture big, strange or special, you will remember it much ________ and more clearly. For example, to remember the word “smiles”, we can imagine there is a “mile” ________ the first letter “s” and the last letter “s”. This makes it the longest word in the world. Remember a picture is worth a thousand words.

Paula

A good way for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with ________ letter of the word. For example, if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can use the sentence “Big elephant can ________ understand small elephants.”

Millie

You will forget something very quickly ________ you understand it well. For example, you may have problems ________ all the steps in the water cycle (循環(huán)). However, it is easier to remember these steps if you understand ________ the water cycle works.

Alex

The best way to remember a word is to ________ what’s so special about this word. For example, when you remember the word “believe”, you can tell yourself that even if it’s “believe”, there is a “l(fā)ie” in it. An easy way to remember how to read some new words is to sing a song with the words in ________. For example, the song Beauty and the Beast can help you remember words like scared, prepared, strange and change.

1.A.picture B.calendar C.shape D.paper

2.A.worse B.well C.better D.badly

3.A.among B.between C.both D.in

4.A.the other B.another C.other D.each

5.A.always B.often C.sometimes D.never

6.A.when B.if C.unless D.so

7.A.remembered B.remembering C.to remember D.remember

8.A.if B.that C.what D.how

9.A.find out B.catch up with C.turn down D.take out

10.A.they B.it C.them D.its

Answer 1