【推荐1】Do you ever walk out of a room with an idea in your head, only to discover moments later that it’s gone?

    1     These are cues (暗示) your memory uses to stop remembering, in the belief that a particular mental task is over. When you walk out of a room, you create such an event boundary, signaling to your brain that it can dump anything not firmly fixed in place.

Tests have proved that we’re much more forgetful when we move from one location to another.     2     It’s because anything that seems like the end of a task — such as finishing a phone call — can have the same effect. Within seconds, the information you revised is gone.

But here’s how to fight back.

First, stop telling your brain that its work is done. This can be as simple as leaving a book open instead of putting it back on the shelf. Second, create clues to carry with you across any unavoidable event boundary.     3     And spend a moment strengthening your memory.

If possible, say the key points out loud: the job you’re walking off to do in the next room, for example. And picture the details you want to keep, because using imagery is an effective way to improve memory.     4     Or see yourself meeting your friend in the park.

It can even help to do something physical, like crossing your fingers. Your brain will see this as part of the activity — which can’t have finished yet, because your fingers are still crossed!

    5     But by avoiding them when you can, and disguising them when you can’t, you’ll find that much less of your learning gets lost.

A．Focus on one task at a time.

B．Digital distractions can cause memory loss.

C．Visualize the key steps in the baking process.

D．The problem is often caused by “event boundaries”.

E．Notice when one of these end-points to learning is coming up.

F．But the same happens when we go from one activity to another, too.

G．Every day you’re faced with event boundaries that restrict your recall.

【推荐1】Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork and chopsticks!

Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has come to love hot pot! But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother.   Even today he still does not take to eating things like chicken feet.

But I enjoy that sort of food myself. Last week, I went to the butcher’s and asked, “Do you have pigs’ ears?” “No,” the butcher said, pulling at his own ears, “just these ordinary ones.” He must have thought I was joking.

Dad can cook a super “full English breakfast” of bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter. Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen! He also does a typical Sunday roast. We all love roast beef and vegetables.

I’ll never forget my first visit to China. Mum encouraged me to try different kinds of food. But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sports shoe. I gathered all my courage to take a bite and was amazed to find it wasn’t so bad. It reminded me of blue cheese, a similarly   strong smelling type of food you either love or hate. Maybe I’ll fall in love with stinky tofu, someday.

People say that one man’s meat is another man’s poison, but I feel at home with food from both my cultures.

1. What can we learn from this passage?

A．I have enjoyed the food from two cultures since a little child.

B．Because of my Mum, Dad loves all kinds of Chinese food.

C．We all like roast beef and vegetables except Mum.

D．I have fallen in love the stinky tofu now.

2. What is the character of the butcher?

A．Generous

B．Mean

C．Humorous

D．Serious

3. What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．refuse

B．like

C．allow

D．mind

4. What’s the main purpose of this passage?

A．To introduce two different cultures.

B．To advise the readers to try some different food.

C．To show the different eating habits between China and Britain.

D．To tell a story about a child of his eating experience.

【推荐3】Some of my earliest memories involve sitting with my dad in his study every night when he came home. Dad has a jade green comb. Every night, he would smile, hand me the comb and say: “Help Daddy clean it, OK?” At age five this task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap on, and then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as hard as I could. Satisfied with my job, I would proudly return it to Dad. He would smile at me, and place the comb on top of his wallet.

About two years later, Dad left his job and started his own business. That was when things started to change. Dad’s business wasn’t doing so well, and our stable life started getting shaky. He didn’t come home as much as he used to. And when he did, it was always late and I’d already be in bed. I started to get mad. Why didn’t he listen to Mum and just stick to his old job? Over the years, I stopped spending my nights with him.

Now 28, I’ve already got a job. Dad’s business has also started to be on track. Things are better. Yet the uncomfortable silence between us persisted.

Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. As I helped him carry his bags into his study, he said. “Hey, would you like to help me clean my comb? It’s been a while: since I last cleaned it.” I looked at him a while, then took the comb and headed to the sink.

As I cleaned the comb, it hit me then: why, as a child, helping my dad clean his comb was such a joy. That routine meant my dad was home early to spend the evening with Mum and I. It meant he would watch TV with us or playa few videogames with me. It meant a happy and loving family.

I pass the clean comb back to Dad. He looks at it and smiles. But this time, I notice something different. My dad has aged. He has wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiles, yet his smile is still heartwarming. The smile of a father who just wants a good life for his family.

Dad carefully places his comb on top of his wallet. The same old jade green comb. I guess some things never change. And for that, I’m glad.

1. As a child, how did the author feel about cleaning the comb?

A．She did it in a casual way.	B．She took it seriously.
C．She thought it burdensome.	D．She understood the significance of it.

2. Why was the author unhappy with her father’s quitting his job?

A．Her routine with her father changed.

B．Her father grew indifferent to mum and her.

C．Her father’s new business was not doing well.

D．Her mother was disappointed with his decisions.

3. What’s the turning point of the author’s attitude?

A．The boom of her father’s new business.

B．The return of the former sweet happy nights

C．The realization of her father’s unchanged love.

D．The awareness of her father’s aging appearance.