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C. About half an hour. D. About half a day.
4. What’s helpful for you to remember better?
A. Learn something well in the end.
B. Look something up often.
C. Use your short-term memory to learn things.
D. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.
5. The writer mainly wants to tell us some ideas on how to _______.
A. keep something in mind longB. learn a foreign language well
C. make a telephone callD. remember a person’s name
(4)
When Charles Stratton was five， he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman， P.T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him， and they traveled the world together.
He gave the two-foot tall Charles a new name， General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing， dance， act， and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage， he made up ads. To stir up great interest， he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
During the show， Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.
Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult， he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.
Fortunately for Tom， Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show， and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren， a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love， and they married.
The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their honeymoon， just before the couple would be going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.
Their wedding， which took place during the Civil War， provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade， communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings， small boys and girls， all dressed up， went through marriage ceremony for fun.
1. “talk of the town” means ________.
A. it was in the newspaper B. people spread rumors about it
C. it was the most popular thing happening D. it was discussed in a city meeting
2. What does the author think about Tom Thumb’s wedding?
A. People gave it too much of their attention. B. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.
C. It was funny and ridiculous D. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.
3. Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?
A. He became a billionaire at twenty-five.
B. He learned how to sing， dance， and act at a very young age.
C. He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon.
D. He married a school teacher.
4. Tome would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ______.
A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancing
B. it made Tome feel taller
C. the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted
D. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller
5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.
B. People are always disappointed during war time.
C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.
D. People should be married when they are small children.
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(5)
Pat Brown went to her bank to ask for an ATM (自动取款机) card. It looks like a credit card. A few weeks later， the bank posted her a card and a four-number personal identification number (PIN). Her PIN is 1234.
As Pat was getting ready for bed one night， she remembered that she had only $2 in her bag. The next day she had to give $10 for a lunch for a co-worker. She didn’t want to get up early to go to the bank. So she had to go to the bank that night. She used her ATM card to take out $50 from her checking account (账户).
These are the steps she followed to withdraw (提取) money. First， she put her card in the lower slot (狭孔) on the right side of the machine. She made sure her card was facing the right way. Second， the computer screen said， “Please enter your PIN.” Pat pressed the number 1， 2， 3 and 4. Next， the screen said， “Please select type of transaction (交易) you want by pressing other keys.” Pat pressed the button key for taking out money.
Then the screen said， “From which account?” The choices it gave were Checking， Savings， and Money market. Pat pressed the key for Checking. Next， the screen said， “Please select amount (数量) of transaction (办理).” Pat pushed the number 5 and then 0 three times， and the screen read， “50.00.” The screen then read， “Please wait.” In less than a minute， it read， “Please lift the lid and take your money.”
Pat lifted the lid marked withdraw (提取). She counted her $50 to make sure the ATM hadn’t made a mistake. Then she waited for her withdrawal slip to come out of the slot at the upper right corner of the machine. Pat checked the slip to make sure it was correct. Then her ATM card was returned through the card slot. She put it in her bag and walked away. If Pat had made a mistake at any point by pressing the wrong button， she could have pressed Cancel (取消， 删去) and started over again.
1. What was Pat’s first step?
A. Pressing the withdrawal button.
B. Inserting (插入) her ATM card.
C. Counting her money.
2. What did Pat do at once after choosing the account?
A. Selected whether to withdraw， deposit (存款)， or transfer (转帐， 过户) money.
B. Lifted the lid and removed her money.
C. Selected the amount of money she wanted to withdraw.
3. When did Pat enter her PIN?
A. Right after inserting her card.
B. Right before selecting the account.
C. Right before selecting the amount of money.
4. When did Pat select the type of transaction?
A. Right before receiving her withdrawal slip.
B. Right after recording her PIN.
C. Right after selecting which account she wanted.
5. What did Pat do when the screen said “Please lift the lid and take your money.”?
A. Took her $50. B. Got out her card. C. Picked up her withdrawal slip.
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