第二部分 :阅读理解 (共两节,第一节20小题，第二节5小题，每小题2分，满分 50分 )

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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    Recently I had a conversation in Beijing with an adult Chinese friend who was complaining how difficult it was to study English. No surprises there. It is a difficult language to master, just like Chinese. I made a few suggestions based on my experience. One involved a very valuable fact which I learned from my high school Latin and Greek teacher, Dr. Smith．He is a gifted linguist （语言学家）, and has an amazing ability to memorize things, like poetry, essays, speeches, etc．His advice to us students is that for memorization purposes, there is forty minutes each day in which our memory is more receptive than it is during the other 23 hours and 20 minutes.

    This 40-minute "super memory" period is divided into two parts: the 20 minutes before we sleep, and the 20 minutes after we first awake. The theory supporting this is pretty simple. First, the last information we input into our brain before bed has a better chance of taking root than information obtained during the noisy daytime; and，second, our mind is free of disturbance when we first awake in the morning一so more receptive to inputs, like a blank slate（石板）．

    I took the advice to heart and it served me well in my school years．In my university days, our Chinese teacher would assign us 200 new vocabulary words each day, on which we would be quizzed the following day. Without the "magic" 40-minute technique, there's no way I would have passed those daily quizzes. As far as language study goes, it's not only useful for memorizing vocabulary. It's also a very useful window of time to listen to the language we're studying even with background noise, and even if it's at a level we find difficult to understand. It might be audio（声音的）language study aids, or just radio, TV or whatever. Beyond our years of formal education, memory skills are hugely important in any career. How many times have we heard a speaker read their speech from. a prepared text, or read the word-by-word content of a PowerPoint presentation as they present each slide? These are annoying, boring, and ineffective ways of communicating. They are almost guaranteed to lose the audience's close attention and interest, let alone persuade or inspire anyone to do anything. And yet lots of people still make this mistake.

    If we use the 40-minute technique, we may not succeed in memorizing our presentation content on a 100% word-by-word basis, but we'll be familiar enough so that we can spend much more time making eye contact with our audience. We will engage them in the process, while glancing at our text instead of staring at it. This will also free up our hands and arms to convey some extra messages through gesture．

    As you see, the technique really works, but like many things,- it takes practice to perfect it. Therefore，we'd better find ways to use the language outside of the classroom，as regularly and frequently as possible. One fundamental rule of language learning is, "Use it, or lose it·”

    Seize the' forty-minute learning window and we'll bring in a rich harvest of language learning.

41.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1？

A. Dr. Smith is born with the great ability to memorize things．

    B. It is surprising that English is as difficult to master as Chinese.

    C. The author's high school Latin and Greek teacher has a positive influence on him.

    D. The author made a few suggestions on learning English based on his teacher's experience.

42. The author's teacher recommended the 40-minute“super memory”period partly because______.

    A. our memory is less receptive in the forty minutes than in the daytime

    B. we are always more peaceful when we awake in the morning

    C. our brain is more active in the forty minutes than the other time

    D. the last information obtained before bed is more likely to remain

43. We can learn from the passage that the 40-minute technique______．

    A. guarantees that we understand the difficult language

    B. aids a speaker in reading his speech from a prepared text

    C. helps the author pass those daily quizes in his university days

    D. makes a speaker memorize the presentation content completely

44. What's the author's attitude towards the 40-minute technique?

   A. Approving   B. Objective   C. Doubtful    D. Cautious

45. Which of the following is the best title for this passage？

   A. The Best Way to Learn English             B. The Importance of Memory Skills

C. The Magic, 40-Minute Technique        D. My Advice on Learning English
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