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(理發(fā)師) 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）
小題1:If you want to have a good memory, ________.
A．you should force yourself to remember things
B．you should make a self-effort of practice and exercise
C．you should never stop learning
D．you should try hard to remember things
小題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.
小題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 professors
B．we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors
C．we will never get rid of（擺脫） listening to new stories about absent-mindedness
D．a(chǎn)bsent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D

試題分析：文章介紹了雖然記憶力通過練習，可以提高的，但很多時候我們的記憶力會作弄我們。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：If you have the wish and really make a self-effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things 可知通過練習，記憶力是可以提高的。選B
小題2:細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, 可知作者忘記關(guān)前門了，選A。B項的意思是：作者忘了關(guān)過前門了。
小題3:句意理解題：從最后一段的句子：Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. 可知不僅教授會心不在焉，很多人也會的。選D
點評：本文考查細節(jié)題為主，細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子，再對相關(guān)部分進行分析對比，找出答案。
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