Unit 4 Our Memory.综合素质评2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

Unit 4 Our Memory.综合素质评 (满分：120分 时间：60分钟) 一、阅读理解 (20 小题，每小题3分，共60 分) 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A Four students have written these tips for the school newspaper about memory improving. Henry A great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. For example, to remember the word “smiles”, we can imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world. Sarah A good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word. For example, if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can use the sentence “Big elephants can always understand small elephants.” Paul You will forget something very quickly unless you understand it well. For example, you may have trouble remembering the list of steps in the water cycle. However, it is easier to remember these steps if you understand how the water cycle works. Kate It is important to exercise your brain. For example, you can do new things and change your daily habits. If you walk a different way to school or take a different bus, you will keep your brain active. You can also try a word puzzle (字谜) or learn new skills. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 ( ) 1. The four students have written these tips for ________. A. a picture book B. the class report C. a story magazine D. the school newspaper ( ) 2. Who suggests remembering something by imagining a picture of it? A. Paul. B. Henry. C. Sarah. D. Kate. ( ) 3. Which example fits Sarah’s memory tip? A. Imagine a red apple to remember “apple”. B. Use the sentence “Father and mother, I love you” for “family”. C. Understand the planet movement to remember the solar system. D. Walk a new way home while you are repeating phone numbers. ( ) 4. What is Kate’s idea to improve memory? A. Exercising your brain. B. Drawing pictures often. C. Making short sentences. D. Understanding things well. ( ) 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the four tips? A. Henry’s tip works best for understanding processes. B. Sarah’s tip is only useful for remembering long words. C. Paul’s tip helps with long-term memory of complex ideas. D. Kate’s tip focuses on changing daily habits to relax the brain. B How is your memory? Remembering things is an important job of our brain. If we can’t recall how to do anything, we can’t survive. Memory allows the brain to store and retrieve (检索) information when required. Our short-term memory can hold a small amount of information for a short time, while our long-term memory can hold an unlimited (无限的) amount of information for a long time. Our memory is amazing, but why do we still forget things? It’s possible that we don’t always store information in our memory effectively, maybe because we are in a rush or we consider it irrelevant (不相关的). When we store information, we often make connections with other things, which helps us recall it later.If you don’t have these connections, then it can be easier to forget. Writing for the BBC Science Focus magazine, Luis Villazon says, “It is also possible that memories decay(衰退) over time. As they have not been revisited, their biological ‘trace’ becomes weak.”It’s true that if you don’t perform a task for a long time, it can be difficult to recall how to do it. But sometimes even our short-term memory can let us down. Have you ever gone into a room to get something only to forget what you wanted when you got there?This is called “The Doorway Effect”. Writing for the BBC Future website, Tom Stafford explains that this occurs because we change both the physical and mental (精神的) environments, moving to a different room and thinking about different things. So, if you always forget things, it could be because you have too much in your mind. But we need to keep our memory clear by continually using it. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 ( ) 6. What is the function (作用) of the underlined sentence in the first paragraph? A. Explaining an question. B. Expressing strong feelings. C. Leading into the following text. D. Giving the main idea of the first paragraph. ( ) 7. What can we know from the second paragraph? A. Different things are hard to remember at one time. B. Making connections helps you remember things better. C. Things will not be forgotten as you consider them unimportant. D. The biological “trace” becomes weak as one grows older. ( )28.How does the writer explain what “The Doorway Effect” is? A. By listing numbers. B. By doing research. C. By asking questions. D. By giving examples. ( ) 9. Which of the following can be called “The Doorway Effect”? A. You forget what you have learned in your middle school. B. You forget how to drive a car after not driving for years. C. You forget some of your classmates’ names after graduation. D. You forget something to buy when you get to the supermarket. ( ) 10. How can you remember English words better according to the text? A. Write the words on the paper. B. Memorize words by repeating them a few times. C. Connect words to other things and often use them. D. Memorize all the words in a day and never use them again. C ① The biggest weakness of human nature is that we don’t know how to treasure what we have. This is exactly the reason why we always think that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Instead of paying attention to modern-day problems, we should be grateful for what we have and who we are. ② Last week, my washing machine stopped working and wouldn’t wash my clothes. I tried to fix it by searching online, but the repairs were too expensive. This week, my daughter’s older washing machine also broke down. I tried to fix it myself, but it was beyond repair. Unluckily, I had to buy two new washing machines. ③ But then, a memory from my childhood came back. I remembered watching my grandma use an old-fashioned washing machine to wash my dirty clothes. This machine didn’t have a spin cycle, so Grandma would squeeze out every drop of water from each piece of clothing through a pair of rollers. Once, I even caught my fingers in them,which was very painful. After washing the clothes, Grandma would pat the machine lovingly before hanging them outside on the clothesline to dry. She grew up handwashing clothes, so having a machine that did most of the work was a blessing to her. ④ Thinking back on this memory made me realize something important. I have more luxuries (奢侈品) than my grandma, mom, and dad had when they were younger.It’s easy to get caught up in our own world, but remembering where we came from and how far we’ve come can help us appreciate what we have today. And who knows?Maybe someday we’ll look back on these moments as the good old days too. We should take a moment to appreciate the little things in life, whether it’s a cup of warm tea or the sound of birds chirping in the morning. The simple things make life worth living. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 ( ) 11. Why did the author fail to repair her washing machine? A. Because it was beyond repair. B. Because she didn’t have the skills. C. Because the repairs were too expensive. D. Because her daughter didn’t want her to do it. ( ) 12. What does the underlined word “squeeze” mean? A. Press. B. Touch. C. Fix. D. Feel. ( ) 13. After washing clothes, the author’s grandma would pat the machine, showing that . A. she thought the machine was like a poor pet B. she was grateful for having this machine C. she wanted to replace it with a new one D. she didn’t think it was useful ( ) 14.What’s the right structure (结构) of the text? ( ) 15. What lesson did the author learn from her childhood memory? A. Pay attention to modern-day problems. B. Appreciate what we have today. C. Dream of having more luxuries. D. Try to make life worth recalling. D Many of us learn how to ride a bicycle at a young age. As we grow older, we may stop riding bikes. 16. ________ it’s like we’ve never stopped biking. This is strange. In many other cases, we often find it hard to remember the name of a person or a place, don’t we? 17. ________ The answer is that certain skills, such as driving or playing an instrument, are part of our procedural (程序的) memory. 18. ________And while these procedures may be difficult to learn, once they’re learned completely, they’re never forgotten. This happens because procedural memory and declarative (陈述的) memory are stored in different parts of the brain. 19. ________ It will help you remember some things like names, dates, and events from your life. Studies say that the cells (细胞) in the part storing procedural memory can not easily lose or get hurt. So procedural memory can’t be forgotten very often. 20. ________Can you name other skills that you’re also unlikely to forget? 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。 A. But whenever we get on a bicycle, B. It is a kind of long-term memory that performs different procedures. C. So why can we still ride a bicycle after we stopped riding a long time ago? D. Declarative memory is responsible for remembering information. E. Now you know why we don’t forget how to ride a bicycle. 二、完形填空(15 小题，每小题1 分，共15 分) 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 Eighty-year-old Li Xinsheng clearly remembers the day when her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默病). “It was March 4, 2019,” she says. “We ate fish at a restaurant, and he 1 taking some to go. When we got home 15 minutes later, he asked me 2 was in the takeout box and where I got it. When I told him, he looked blank (茫然的) and said he couldn’t even 3 the simple thing. I was shocked. I realized it was a symptom (症状) of a(n) 4 rather than the common memory loss. The next day, I took him to the hospital for testing. He was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.” She says it’s 5 that she acted quickly and took her husband to the hospital right away. She wasn’t used to her husband’s illness at first—he would even 6 the order of daily tasks like brushing teeth and washing his face. So 7 filled her inner heart at that time. But now, she’s learned to take care of 8 so that her husband has someone to depend on. “I have to live 9 and do things that make me happy. 10 as time goes by, I would become ill too. I’m actually very 11 because I can’t have a proper conversation with him. As a result, I took up 12 pictures and writing to relax myself and look on the bright side,” she says. Recently, the couple took part in a(n) 13 dance-therapy (治疗) program, Time to Dance. The program 14 dance classes to people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. It has done something very meaningful. At the same time, it brought 15 to people with Alzheimer’s disease, who are often left, unnoticed and forgotten in a corner. ( ) 1. A. risked B. suggested C. required D. tried ( ) 2. A. what B. why C. how D. where ( ) 3. A. say B. guess C. memorize D. forget ( ) 4. A. situation B. accident C. experience D. illness ( ) 5. A. strange B. lucky C. unnecessary D. difficult ( ) 6. A. find out B. take up C. mix up D. work on ( ) 7. A. happiness B. freedom C. confidence D. sadness ( ) 8. A. him B. them C. it D. her ( ) 9. A. uncomfortably B. negatively C. actively D. quietly ( ) 10. A. Unless B. And C. So D. Or ( ) 11. A. happy B. lonely C. excited D. tired ( )12. A. cleaning B. drawing C. singing D. speaking ( ) 13. A. nervous B. effective C. patient D. hopeless ( ) 14. A. offers B. produces C. changes D. listens ( ) 15. A. heat B. pride C. sadness D. warmth 三、语篇填空(15 小题，每小题1 分，共15 分) 第一节 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 of you improve easy memory effect material harm increase how You might have a friend or a classmate who remembers every single detail. Do you know 1. ______they can make it? In fact, there are plenty of things that you can do to improve your memory. First of all, interest is important when we remember things. We all agree that we don’t have difficulty 2. ______the things which we are interested in. You can make 3. ______ have more interest by asking questions—the more, the better! Secondly, the researcher has found that information which is organized in groups can be 4. ______remembered so far. Try grouping similar knowledge together, or make a mind map of textbook reading to help group the information. Moreover, when you’re learning new 5. ______, you should spend the time thinking about the relationship between the present information and what you’ve already known instead 6. ______ repeating without thinking. Then it helps you remember the materials. Last but not least, physical exercise is also important for memory because it 7. ______your heart rate and offers more oxygen (氧气) to your brain, and that makes your memory work better. Exercise also reduces stress which is very 8. ______to the memory. So the next time you’re learning new information, you can use the 9. ______ methods above. I’m sure that you will 10. ______your memory and get more from it. 第二节 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 We each have a memory. That’s why we can still remember things after 11. ______long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, 12. ______ some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. A good memory is helpful 13. ______ learning languages. Everyone learns his mother language when he is a little child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living 14. ______their parents in foreign (外国的) countries. They can learn two languages easily, because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school, 15. ______is not easy to learn a foreign language, because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects. If you do more and more exercises, your memory will become better and better. 四、补全对话(5 小题，每小题2 分，共10 分) 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。 A: Hi, Li Ming! You look upset. 1. ____________________________? B: Oh, my grandma has been forgetful recently. A: That must be worrying. 2. ____________________________ ? B: She often forgets some small things, like our address, our names and so on. A: Does she remember anything about you? B: 3. ____________________________. She still remembers my favourite food. She saved my favourite candies for me. A: That’s sweet. My grandpa had similar problems before. We took him for a check-up and talked to him more often. B: Really? 4. ____________________________? A: You should spend more time with her, like talking about old happy things. It helps to keep her memories alive. B: I’ll try it this weekend. Thanks for your advice. A: 5. ____________________________. 五、书面表达(20 分) 假设你是李敏，你的英国笔友Danny 记忆力不好，为此他感到非常苦恼。请你给他发一封电子邮件，给他提出一些提高记忆力的建议，100 词左右。 要点： 1. 锻炼你的大脑(如改变日常习惯，保持大脑活跃，努力学习新技能等)； 2. 过健康的生活(如吃健康的食物，有足够的睡眠等)； 3. 有好的记忆方法(如在脑海想象图画，做笔记，写日记等)； 4. ……(补充一条你自己的想法) Hi, Danny, In your last letter, you said you were worried about having a bad memory. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Look forward to your reply soon. Yours, Li Min 参考答案 一、1—5 DBBAC 6—10 CBDDC 11—15 CABBB 16-20 ACBDE 二、1—5 BACDB 6—10 BBBAD 11—15 CDACD 三、第一节：1. how 2. memorizing 3. yourself 4. easily 5. materials 6. of 7. increases 8. harmful 9. effective 10. improve 第二节 11. a 12. but 13. in 14. with 15. it 四、1. What’s wrong 2. What does she often forget 3. Yes, she does 4. What should I do then 5. You’re welcome 五、范文： Hi, Danny, In your last letter, you said you were worried about having a bad memory. Here are some suggestions for you. First, exercise your brain. You can change your daily habits to keep your brain active. Try to learn new skills. Second, live a healthy life. Eat healthy food like fresh vegetables and fruit. Don’t eat junk food. You must get enough sleep, which is helpful to keep a good memory. Third, use good memory methods such as imagining pictures in your mind, taking notes, and keeping a diary. Also, you can try to relax and reduce stress. Stress can affect your memory. Look forward to your reply soon. 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