If you don’t use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; when you start using them again, they will gradually （逐渐地） become stronger again. Everybody knows this. Yet many people do not seem to know that it is the s____ with memory. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he d_____ give it enough chance to become stronger.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we k_____ that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his p_____ are to blame, and f_____ of us know that it is just his own fault.
Have you e________ found some people can’t read or write but they usually have b_______ memories? This is b_______ they cannot read or write and they h_____ to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They must remember dates, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.
So if you want a good memory, l________ from these people: practise remembering.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______
7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
KEYS: 1. same 2. doesn’t 3. know 4. parents 5. few 6. ever 7. better 8. because
9. have 10. learn