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D. In a guidebook. 33. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Do old people have a bad memory? B. Scientists39。 attention to the topic C. show how weak older people39。s birthdays. Another person knows the birthdays of 2020 people, but can only match the right person to the right birthday nine times out of 10. Can you say the first person has a better memory than the second person? 30. The writer uses a question at the beginning of the passage to s memory bees bad because their brains get weak. But now a team of scientists at the University of Tubingen in Germany has a new idea. The human brain works slower in old age,” says Michael Ramscar, the lead scientist. But only because they have stored more information overtime.” The findings are based on a series of puter simulations(模擬 ) of learning and memory. Scientists let the puters read a certain amount of words and learn new things each day. When the puter reads only so much, its performance on cognitive(認(rèn)知 )tests is similar of a young adult. But if the puter learns the experiences we might encounter over a lifetime, its performance is similar to that of an older adult. Often it is slower, but not because its processing capacity has declined. Rather, increased experience has caused the puter39。s the name of our neighbour? I can39。t open the door. You should not allow strangers to enter the house or give out any information about your family. You should be polite when you talk with the stranger, but remain behind the closed door. If the visitor wants to speak to your parents, you should say that the parents can39。 A Parents are busy today. Sometimes they have to leave their children at home alone. For children, it is important to know how to keep themselves safe when they are at home alone. If you are one of them, what should you do? Let me give you some advice. When you arrive at your home, you should check the doors and windows first. If they are broken, it says someone must have entered. If so, wait outside and tell your parents or the police. If everything appears normal, you should go inside and lock the door quickly. If something seems strange inside, you should ask your neighbour for help and call the police. If someone knocks at the door, you should identify the visitor before you open the door. This can be done by saying, Yes, who is it? You can also look through the peephole to see if you know the visitor. If you don39。s 23 . In winter, thin people usually feel cold and they might feel unhappy, 24 winter may be a bad time for them. Low air pressure(氣壓 )may make people fetful. People 25 more bags on buses and in shops on low— pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18℃. Are you feeling sad, tired, fetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather39。t mention it! D. With pleasure! 二、完形填空 (共 10小題,每小題 1分;滿分 10分 ) 先通讀下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D四個選項中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。m away? — A. Why me? B. You39。s Travels is! It became popular as soon as it came out. A. How B. What C. What a D. How a 13. — Sorry, I can39。t D. needn39。s a sign Be quiet on th