If you don’t use your arms or legs for some time，they become weak．When you start using them again，they will slowly become strong again．Everybody knows that．But many people do not know that the use of our memory works in the same way.

    When someone says that he has a good memory，he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it．But when someone says that his memory is poor，it is because he does not give it enough chance(机会)to become good．

   If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak，we know that it is his own fault(过错)．But if he tells us that he has a poor memory，many of us think that his parents are to be blamed，and only few of them know that it is his own fault．

   Some people who can’t read or write sometimes have better memories．Because they can’t read or write，they always have to make their memories work，This is to remember the days，names，songs，and stories in their mind．

   So if you want to have a good memory．please practice it．

1．According to the passage，the main reason for one’s poor memory is that                 

                              .

2．If you don’t use your arms or legs for some time，                           .

3．Your memory，like your al-ms and legs，becomes weak if                        .

4．Some people who can’t read or write sometimes have better memories because          

                                       .

5．So if you want to have a good memory，please practice it．(翻译成中文)

                                                                    ．

Square Dance ABC is an exciting new way to practice square dancing.

Enjoy a fan, easy beginner’s square dance, with no experience needed.

There are three different dances. The A, B and C dances can be experienced in any order. This is the main difference between Square Dance ABC and the traditional “lesson-based” way. You can do the three beginner’s dances in any order.

Instead of waiting until a class starts once a year, people can start Square Dance ABC any time!

After all three dances (in an order), dancers have learned 22 square dance movements. The next step is the experienced ABC dance, using all 22 movements.

It is easy to convince people to try square dancing any time. Most people that try it will like it. Square Dance ABC will bring lots of opportunities(机会) for fun, fitness and friends!

Come on, we’ll make this project as easy as A-B-C!

If you have questions or comments about this site, please e-mail us at Webmaster@Square Dance ABC.com.

1.Who might be interested in this website?

A. Kids that are good at drawing.                  B. Adults that want to go traveling

C. Volunteers that want to teach children    D. People that want to learn to dance.

2. If you join the Square Dance ABC, you can _________.

A. save lots of money for a holiday.       

B. try square dancing only once

C. stay healthy and make lots of friends    

D. learn the English letters ABC more easily

3. The passage is probably ________.

A. an advertisement by an English club    

B. an invitation by an English club

C. an application by a sports club         

D. an advertisement by a dance club

In many classrooms, it’s not  31 to find students spinning (旋转) their pens  32 they listen to their teachers.
Pen-spinning is also popular  33  Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning  34 .
276 people took part in the competition. They came from different age groups. Some were students  35 some were office workers. First, they  36 the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer’s website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo.  37 of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people,   38 reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him  39 the champion.
Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did  40 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don’t do that.