Ⅰ.阅读理解
If you are like most English learners, you may be familiar with this: You think you understand a topic.Yet when asked to use what you have learned, you are not able to remember the information.Not being able to retrieve (数据检索) new ideas could happen on a test or even in a conversation.
Sarah Lynn, an educational consultant and teacher, thinks English learners can improve their ability to remember and use new words by testing themselves.She adds that selftesting improves retrieval — the ability to use and remember new words.
Lynn is not the only expert who recommends selftesting.A paper in Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition says one benefit of testing practice is that it improves retrieval.Retrieving information once makes retrieving that information easier in the future.In addition, the paper says, when students test themselves as part of studying, they learn what they do not know.When students know what they do not understand, they can pay attention to overcoming their weaknesses.Lynn recommends that learners test themselves by getting away from what they are studying.Then, they should test themselves by thinking about what they have learned.She recommends that learners make themselves write or speak something.Lynn suggests reading something or watching a video on the topic, then getting rid of the reading or video material and summarizing it.This will allow learners to test what they know.
Next time you are studying English, try to test yourself.But do not just assume that you can read something once or twice and fully understand it.Even if you highlight important points or take notes in a class, you probably do not fully understand what you learned.After all, Olympic athletes cannot learn how to swim or run just from reading a book.They have to practise swimming or running every day for years.They often compete in races to test their skills.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了Sarah Lynn提出的自我测试可以提高英语学习者记忆和使用新单词的能力的观点。
1．What's the common situation faced by English learners?
A．They fail to come up with new ideas.
B．They are not familiar with a certain topic.
C．They don't learn as well as they think.
D．They don't know how to improve their testtaking skills.
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第一段可知，英语学习者中普遍存在的一个问题是他们掌握的知识并没有自己想象中的那么好。
2．Which is the advice given by Lynn about selftesting?
A．Recall what's learned with the book closed.
B．Remember what's learned by repetitive reciting.
C．Question your teachers on what you doubt bravely.
D．Challenge yourself to learn from videos.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的Lynn recommends that learners test themselves by getting away from what they are studying.和Lynn suggests reading something or watching a video on the topic, then getting rid of the reading or video material and summarizing it.可知，Lynn建议人们脱离阅读材料或视频材料进行自我检测。
3．Why are Olympic athletes mentioned?
A．To show how to be successful athletes.
B．To make people confident of learning.
C．To warn English learners not to be proud.
D．To stress the significance of practice.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容，尤其是Olympic athletes cannot learn how to swim or run just from reading a book.They have to practise swimming or running every day for years.可知，作者提及奥运选手是为了说明英语学习也需要练习，即强调(在英语学习中)练习的重要性。
4．What's the best title for the passage?
A．Learning Actually Takes Effort most
B．Improve English by Selftesting
C．Memorize More New Words
D．What Is Selftesting?
解析：选B 标题归纳题。通读全文，尤其是第二段第一句可知，本文主要讲了英语学习者可以通过自我检测来提高掌握单词的能力，故B项为文章最佳标题。
