①Memory is the ability to remember things. A good memory can help us do better in school, such as language learning. A few people are born with amazing memories, but most people need to improve their memories by practising. Here are some secrets about memories. 
②We can still remember things happened in our childhood(童年) but not those last week. In fact, if the things have strong connections with our feelings in our mind, we can remember them longer. When things happen for the first time, children often have strong feelings. Also, parents tell us the interesting or funny stories from our childhood again and again. As a result, we remember them much better.
③It's natural for common people to forget the new words which they learned yesterday. Hermann Ebbinghaus wrote a book called Memory and showed a famous forgetting curve. According to him, the quickest loss(失去) of memory happens during the first two days after learning. That means going over what we've learned during this time can help us to remember the information very well.
④A 15-year-old sometimes forgets things, but that doesn't mean his or her memory is getting worse. Our memory gets to the top at the age of 25. At that point, we can remember over 12,000 pieces of information in a minute. But after this age, the brain(大脑) starts to get smaller. By middle age, our memory is much worse than when we were young.
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a. Because they were special.
b. Because we got strong feelings from them.
c. Because they were helpful.
d. Because we heard them many times.
A. ad B. bd C. ac D. bc
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A. A person has his or her best memory at the age of 25.
B. A fifteen-year-old's memory is worse than a middle-aged man's.
C. A person's memory gets worse only because the brain gets smaller.
D. A child usually remembers over 12,000 pieces of information in a minute.
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②We can still remember things happened in our childhood(童年) but not those last week. In fact, if the things have strong connections with our feelings in our mind, we can remember them longer. When things happen for the first time, children often have strong feelings. Also, parents tell us the interesting or funny stories from our childhood again and again. As a result, we remember them much better.
③It's natural for common people to forget the new words which they learned yesterday. Hermann Ebbinghaus wrote a book called Memory and showed a famous forgetting curve. According to him, the quickest loss(失去) of memory happens during the first two days after learning. That means going over what we've learned during this time can help us to remember the information very well.
④A 15-year-old sometimes forgets things, but that doesn't mean his or her memory is getting worse. Our memory gets to the top at the age of 25. At that point, we can remember over 12,000 pieces of information in a minute. But after this age, the brain(大脑) starts to get smaller. By middle age, our memory is much worse than when we were young.
(
B
)52. 创新试题 组合式选择 Why is it easier to remember things in our childhood?a. Because they were special.
b. Because we got strong feelings from them.
c. Because they were helpful.
d. Because we heard them many times.
A. ad B. bd C. ac D. bc
(
C
)53. 创新试题 图文理解 Which is the right picture for Hermann Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve?(
A
)54. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. A person has his or her best memory at the age of 25.
B. A fifteen-year-old's memory is worse than a middle-aged man's.
C. A person's memory gets worse only because the brain gets smaller.
D. A child usually remembers over 12,000 pieces of information in a minute.
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D
)55. How is the passage organized?答案：52.B 53.C 54.A 55.D
解析：
【分析】这是一篇关于记忆的英语阅读理解题，需根据原文内容逐一解答各题：1. 第52题是细节理解题，需定位原文第二段找童年记忆深刻的原因，原文提到两点：一是童年经历有强烈情感关联，二是父母反复讲述童年趣事；2. 第53题是图文理解题，需结合第三段艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线的核心（学习后前两天遗忘最快）匹配对应图片；3. 第54题是细节理解题，定位最后一段，找到关于记忆顶峰的描述并排除错误选项；4. 第55题是文章结构题，分析文章各部分内容的组织方式匹配对应选项。
【解析】52题：根据原文第二段“if the things have strong connections with our feelings... children often have strong feelings”对应选项b；“parents tell us the interesting or funny stories from our childhood again and again”对应选项d，因此选B。53题：根据第三段“Hermann Ebbinghaus... the quickest loss of memory happens during the first two days after learning”，遗忘曲线核心为学习初期遗忘最快，对应选项C的图片。54题：最后一段明确“Our memory gets to the top at the age of 25”，故A正确；B选项与原文“By middle age, our memory is much worse than when we were young”相悖；C选项“only”表述绝对；D选项是25岁时能记12000条信息，并非孩子，排除后选A。55题：文章围绕记忆的秘密展开，结构对应选项D。
【答案】52.B 53.C 54.A 55.D
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解、图文匹配、文章结构）
【点评】本题为英语阅读理解综合题，考查学生提取细节信息、图文对应及分析文章结构的能力，需准确定位原文关键信息，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5
【解析】52题：根据原文第二段“if the things have strong connections with our feelings... children often have strong feelings”对应选项b；“parents tell us the interesting or funny stories from our childhood again and again”对应选项d，因此选B。53题：根据第三段“Hermann Ebbinghaus... the quickest loss of memory happens during the first two days after learning”，遗忘曲线核心为学习初期遗忘最快，对应选项C的图片。54题：最后一段明确“Our memory gets to the top at the age of 25”，故A正确；B选项与原文“By middle age, our memory is much worse than when we were young”相悖；C选项“only”表述绝对；D选项是25岁时能记12000条信息，并非孩子，排除后选A。55题：文章围绕记忆的秘密展开，结构对应选项D。
【答案】52.B 53.C 54.A 55.D
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解、图文匹配、文章结构）
【点评】本题为英语阅读理解综合题，考查学生提取细节信息、图文对应及分析文章结构的能力，需准确定位原文关键信息，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5