Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as c

Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime. A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can ___55___ swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still ___56___ away. A mother who has not ___57___ the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.

One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: ___58___ we have learned something, additional learning increases the ___59___ of time we will remember it.

In childhood, we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and ___60___ ourselves of poems such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star. We not only learn but ___61___.

The law of over learning explains why cramming(突击学习) for an examination, ___62___ it may result in a passing grade, is not a ___63___way to learn a school course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little over learning; ___64___, is usually a good investment toward the future.

55. A. only     B. hardly C. still     D. even

56. A. move    B. drive   C. travel  D. ride

57. A. thought about      B. cared for    C. showed up  D. brought up

58. A. Before  B. Once   C. Until   D. Unless

59. A. accuracy      B. unit    C. limit   D. length

60. A. remind B. inform       C. warn   D. recall

61. A. recite    B. overlearn    C. research     D. improve

62. A. though  B. so       C. if D. after

63. A. convenient   B. demanding C. satisfactory D. swift

64. A. at most B. by the way        C. on the other hand      D. in the end

试题答案

55---64    CDABB   ABACC             

解析:

55. C。这里所举的例子是为了证明第一句的论点，所以用still表示他还是和小时候一样会游泳。

56. D。ride away是骑走的意思。

57. A thought about “思考，考虑”；care for“喜爱”；show up“出现、露面”；bring up“抚育孩子或呕吐”，选项中与记忆有关的只有A。

58. B。由前后两句的语意知两句间是条件关系，once可以做连接副词引导条件状语从句，意思是“一旦”。

59. B。length of time的意思是“时间的长度”。

60. A。remind somebody of something为固定词组，意思是“提醒某人某件事”；inform somebody of something表示“通知某人某件事”；warn somebody of something表示“警告某人某件事”；recall不和介词of搭配，由语境知答案A正确。

61. B。由本段第一句知此空填overlearn，与第一句呼应。

62. A。本段作者在批判突击式学习的缺点前先让一步说一下其作用，因此选though，在这里引导让步状语从句。

63. C。由下文作者介绍突击学习的不当之处可以看出，突击学习不是令人满意的学习方法。

64. C。最后一段介绍了两种学习方法。第一种是突击性学习方法的不当之处，然后作者转而谈到另外一种方法，因此，选择C项。