【正文】 union. During OBon, Japanese people return to their hometown and visit their ancestors’ tombs. They also believe their ancestors’ spirits return home to be reunited with their family. People perform a “bon odori” dance ( 盆舞 ) to wele the spirits. On the last day of OBon, they put paper lanterns in a river to send off the spirits. In Russia, people remember their ancestors on the Day of Rejoicing(欣喜 ). It’s usually in late April or early May. The name of this festival means birth and happiness. Russians believe that people shouldn’t feel sad for the dead because death means birth in another world. On the Day of Rejoicing, Russian people draw beautiful pictures on eggs and put them in front of the tombs. After that they have a piic together. They hope for a good life for both the living and the dead. 16. What do we know about Tomb Sweeping Day? A. It’s a day to remember the dead. B. It falls on April 4 every year. C. People grow grass beside the tombs on that day. D. It’s said that people can see the dead on that day. 17. We know the following about OBon festival EXCEPT _________. A. it is a Japanese festival B. it lasts four days in August C. it is also a family reunion day D. paper lanterns are used to wele the spirits 18. What do Russian people think of death? A. It’s a sad thing. B. They feel happy about it. C. It means a good life for the dead. D. It means birth in another world. 19. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. History of Tomb Sweeping Day. B. How to remember the dead. C. Festivals in some countries to remember the dead. D. Meanings of death in different countries. B Some people seem to have extraordinary(非凡的 ) memories. Zheng Aiqiang, a “ memory athlete” TV show Super Brain, can remember 2,660 numbers in just one hour! You would think people like this have special brains. But according to a recent study by researchers from the United States and the Netherland(荷蘭 ), the brain structure of ordinary people and 23 of the world’ s leading memory athletes shows no difference. That’ s because good memories can be trained. New research in the journal Neuron (《神經(jīng)元》 ) suggests that you can bee a super memorizer with just six weeks of hard training. Researchers found that a technique(技巧 ) called loci, invented by the ancient Greeks, can greatly help improve memory. By using loci, you are using your imagination to improve the brain’ s memory works. You can link something you need to remember with a place that you know very well. For example, to remember a list of numbers, imagine yourself walking through your house. Each thing is linked to a number. For example, zero could be the handle on the door and five could be the painting on the wall. In one study, some ordinary people were given 20 minutes to remember 72 nouns. First they could only remember 26 words. But when they were taught loci, they could remember 62 words. “ Not everyone can bee a memory champion. But everyone using the technique can improve a lot from the level they are at,” said Boris Konrad, one of the researchers in the study. 20. According to the study, ____________. a. memory athletes have special brains b. ordinary people and memory athletes have similar brain structures c. hard training can make a person a super memorizer d. the ancient Greeks had the most powerful memory at that time A. ab B. bc 21. What does the underlined word “ link” mean? A. 關(guān)聯(lián) B. 理解 C. 歸類 D. 排序 22. When using loci to remember something, you link the thing with a _______. A. place B. number C. name D. painting 23. Which of the following about the study is NOT TRUE? A. People were given 20 minutes to remember the 72 words. B. They could remember 26 words in their own way. C. They could remember all the words by using loci. D. Loci helped them remember 36 more words. C Flies are buzzing. Most people think they are dirty and annoying. But in Bryan Lessard’s eyes, flies are beautiful insects with great abilities. Lessard is a researcher at Australia’s CSIRO ( 聯(lián)邦科學(xué)與工業(yè)研究組織 ). He is an expert on flies. According to Lessard, mo