2018-2019学年福建省莆田第八中学高一下学期第二次月考英语试题

2018-2019学年福建省莆田第八中学高一下学期第二次月考英语试题

‎2018-2019学年福建省莆田第八中学高一下学期第二次月考英语试题 第一部分 听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 第一节听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. How does the woman feel? ‎ ‎ A. Surprised. B. Relieved. C. Regretful. ‎ ‎2. Which language does the woman learn online? ‎ ‎ A. Spanish. B. French. C. Japanese. ‎ ‎3. When is the woman leaving for the airport? ‎ ‎ A. At around 11:00. B. At around 9:00. C. At around 8:30. ‎ ‎4. Where will the woman most probably go? ‎ ‎ A. To a baker’s house. B. To a bank. C. To a supermarket. ‎ ‎5. What is broken? ‎ ‎ A. The telephone. B. The fax machine. C. The air-conditioner. ‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5，满分22.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 ‎ ‎6. What is the man doing? ‎ ‎ A. Changing tickets. B. Buying tickets. C. Booking ‎ tickets. ‎ ‎7. How much will the man pay for the tickets? ‎ ‎ A. $ 25. B. $ 35. C. $ 50. ‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 ‎ ‎8. What does Lisa like at the summer camp? ‎ ‎ A. Water-skiing. B. Horse-riding. C. Fishing. ‎ ‎9. What does Judy think of rock climbing now? ‎ ‎ A. It’s dangerous. B. It’s exciting. C. It’s tiring. ‎ ‎10. Who stays in the camp all the time? ‎ ‎ A. Robert. B. Judy. C. Jake.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 ‎ ‎11. What’s the relationship between the man and Mary? ‎ ‎ A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife. C. Brother and sister.‎ ‎12. How does Ryan usually go to the kindergarten? ‎ ‎ A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bus. ‎ ‎13. In which aspect did Ryan get a first? ‎ ‎ A. Learning the alphabet. B. Tying the shoes. C. Telling time. ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题.‎ ‎14. What did Charles think of space travel as a boy? ‎ ‎ A. Impossible. B. Attractive. C. Uninteresting. ‎ ‎15. What did Charles consider to be the hardest part of the training? ‎ ‎ A. Practicing landing and taking off. ‎ ‎ B. Wearing a spacesuit eight hours a day. ‎ ‎ C. Moving his arms and fingers. ‎ ‎16. What will the man talk about next? ‎ ‎ A. His future plan. B. His experience on the moon. ‎ ‎ C. His feeling of being chosen to go to the moon.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.‎ ‎17. What is the speaker mainly talking about? ‎ ‎ A. The importance of a good memory in one’s life. ‎ ‎ B. The ways of improving memory. ‎ ‎ C. The importance of food. ‎ ‎18. What problem can lack of water cause? ‎ ‎ A. People will have difficulty in thinking. ‎ ‎ B. People will feel more tired. ‎ ‎ C. People will have difficulty in concentrating. ‎ ‎19. Why is sleep important to memory? ‎ ‎ A. It can control the senses. ‎ ‎ B. It can make people think a lot. ‎ ‎ C. It helps the brain review and store information. ‎ ‎20. How many factors are mentioned in developing memory?‎ ‎ A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.‎ 第二部 分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 ‎（共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选中最佳选项。‎ A ‎ When I was a kid in the 1960s, my parents had a country store in the small town of Frankfort, Maine. No neighboring houses could be seen from our place, and new salesmen were always amazed at the amount of business we did. Dad’s motto was, “We sell everything.” If he didn’t have something in store, he would pick it up for customers on his weekly trip to Bangor.‎ ‎ One time Dad was in Bangor getting shoes for someone at a shoe factory. He saw big boxes full of shoes and asked about them. They were the mates (一双鞋中的一只) to faulty shoes that had been thrown away. He looked through the boxes and realized that there were usable brand-new shoes in there. He offered the manager five cents a shoe. Dad made the deal and got the manager to reserve any future boxes for him.‎ ‎ Of course Mom, his business partner, was more practical, and her first reaction was, “But what are you going to do with them?” Dad bought an old school bus. He cleaned it up, removed the seats and placed big containers down both sites of the aisle (通道). When all was ready, the whole Family helped to put the shoes in place. At first, it looked like we had plenty of room on the bus, but Dad kept bringing home more boxes.‎ ‎ There was no sign on the Shoe Bus. ‘‘The only advertising Dad did was to place a piece of paper beside the store exit that read “Shoes $1 a pair.” When folks asked about the deal, they learned it wasn’t that easy because they had to find their own pairs. The attraction was a combination of getting a good deal on a quality pair of shoes and the thrill of the hunt.‎ ‎ To this day I still run into people who talk about the fun they had searching for pairs in Dad’s Shoe Bus.‎ ‎21. The author’s parents ran their store well because___________.‎ ‎ A. they always had enough supplies in store ‎ B. they won the great support of new salesmen ‎ C. they opened it in a very crowded neighborhood ‎ D. they did all they could to meet their customers’ needs ‎22. Why did the customers think it fun shopping in the Shoe Bus?‎ ‎ A. There were free bus rides offered on them.‎ ‎ B. They could receive better customer service.‎ ‎ C. They could match pairs of shoes by themselves.‎ ‎ D. There was a wide variety of shoes to choose from.‎ ‎23. What can we learn about the author’s father from the text?‎ ‎ A. He had a good nose for business.‎ ‎ B. He was clever at transforming a store.‎ ‎ C. He was patient with customers.‎ ‎ D. He had a strong preference for bargains.‎ B Jim Denevan is an amazing artist whose work is admired by all, but owned by none一that's because all of Jim's art is created on an unusual canvas (画布)一the soft sand. He sometimes spends days working on a piece, only to see it washed away by the sea or a storm and that is just the way he likes it. ‎ Denevan discovered his artistic talents about ten years ago, when he was wandering aimlessly on the beach with a stick. He ended up drawing a 12-foot-long fish. Since then, Jim has traveled over 1,800 miles while creating over 600 pieces of sand art.‎ Over the years, his drawings have become bigger, but the tools he uses haven't changed—All he needs is a stick, a garden rake (耙) and most importantly, his lively imagination!‎ Just like any good artist, Jim is quite particular about the “quality” of his canvas, sometimes walking for miles, in search of perfect sand. His latest piece of work, which is also the world's largest freelance drawing(自由绘画), was created in the desert sands of Nevada. It took Jim three trips, eight days and over 100 miles of walking to create this 3-mile work of art. It took the storm just one night to destroy it! However, Jim says he actually enjoys watching the waves or rain wash his paintings away.‎ Jim's art has become very popular over the years and was even the topic of a documentary named “Sandman” in 2005. Jim Denevan is not just about art in the sand一he is also an excellent chef (厨师) and founder of an organization called “Outstanding in the Field", whose motto is to celebrate food at its source. Accordingly, group dining events are held outdoors on farms, with the diners being treated to a delicious meal. The events, which are held in different farms throughout America, are always sold out the minute the schedule is announced.‎ ‎24. It can be learnt from the text that_________.‎ A. Denevan walks a lot to complete his work ‎ B. it is not hard for Denevan to find suitable sand to draw on C. it usually takes long for the storm to destroy Denevan's work ‎ D. Denevan is very particular about his drawing tools ‎25. What does Denevan enjoy about his work according to the text?‎ A. Walking a long distance. B. Waiting for the storm to come.‎ C. Looking for a suitable canvas. D. Watching his work being destroyed by nature. ‎ ‎26. Which of the following can best describe Denevan?‎ A. Generous. B. Open-minded. C. Imaginative. D. Traditional. ‎ ‎27. What can we learn from the last paragraph?‎ A. Denevan loses his interest in art soon. ‎ B. Denevan is also popular as a chef.‎ C. Being a happy chef is Denevan's final goal in life. ‎ D. Denevan's fame helps him with his chef job.‎ C I’m a fisherman. No wait, a fisherwoman, yes that’s the correct term I believe. But not much of one, if I can be honest. I do my best though. During lunch, I like to sit on the boat dock, and, you guessed it, fish. I don’t eat fish, just for fun, and when I do catch one, I just look at them a minute or two, swell up with pride, and throw them back in.‎ Surely that was a big day for me. When I snatched up my fishing pole, and started reeling(收线) the line in, my heart was filled with expectation. I had a vision come to mind, taking that big fish up to the house in a big bucket of water, and show off in front of my boy.‎ That big fish had gotten himself snagged(勾住) in the weeds on the opposite bank, and I could tell he was a big one, probably my biggest catch ever. I felt him pull, and twist, but no matter how I tried, I couldn’t get him reeled in.‎ Not wanting to hurt the big one, I paddled(划桨) to the opposite bank of the river, while reeling my line in, and came up alongside the weeds he was snagged under. I could feel him pulling on my line. He was big and strong. I just hoped he wasn’t too big to get into my boat. I was going to show my fisherman son a thing or two today, I just knew it. My heart beat with excitement, maybe I could get the boy to take a picture of me with my catch of the day. If it’s big enough, maybe I’ll even make the paper.‎ I finally worked the line free of the weeds, and pulled the big boy up from the water to come meet his momma. My blood ran cold at the horror which came up out of that water instead. The biggest, meanest, ugliest snake I’d ever seen in my life come out of that water, with my fishhook in his mouth, opening wide up.‎ I screamed bloody murder, let go of that line, fell back into the seat of the boat and paddled backward as if my life depended on it. I might have paddled all the way to the Gulf of Mexico if I’d had enough river to get away from that scaled ‎ man-eater. ‎ I don’t remember how fast I got out of that boat, but it was real fast. My hands shaking, I called my boy to come down and help me out. I’d finally caught a big one.‎ ‎28.Why would the author go fishing?‎ ‎ A .Because she likes eating fish. B. Because she is a fisherwoman.‎ ‎ C. Because her family lives on fish. D. Because fishing is one of her hobbies.‎ ‎29.How did the author feel when the big one turned out to be a snake? ‎ ‎ A. Surprised and excited. B. Shocked and frightened.‎ ‎ C. Interested and amazed. D. Satisfied and proud.‎ ‎30.What can be the best title of the passage? ‎ ‎ A. The catch of the day. B. How to fish a snake?‎ ‎ C. Fishing is dangerous. D. An experienced fisherwoman.‎ 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ When the morning sun looks in through your bedroom window, do you jump out of bed? Or do you roll over and groan? Enough sleep can make the difference between a great day and a terrible one!‎ A good night’s sleep doesn’t just happen. You need to prepare for it. 31 First, go to bed at the same time every day, and get up at the same time. If you haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep, don’t oversleep the next morning. Get up at your regular time. Sleeping late for just a couple of days can change your body clock to a different cycle. You don’t want that if you have a set daily schedule!‎ Also, avoid big meals at night. 32 Your stomach works hard to digest those fatty foods, and that may keep you up.‎ Your body produces a chemical called melatonin (褪黑色素）that helps you sleep. Light affects the amount of melatonin your body makes. 33 So at night turn off your TV and computer. Also, don’t read from a backlit device like an iPad. Some scientists think that the light from those devices stops your body from ‎ making melatonin. 34 ‎ Maybe you can’t sleep or you wake up in the middle of the night. 35 Get up and do something relaxing elsewhere. Then go back to bed when you feel sleepy. If you worry a lot, make a list of things you need to do the next day. Do that an hour before bed. That way you get your worrying out of the way before you go to bed.‎ A. It produces more in the evening and less in the daytime. ‎ B. Don’t just lie in bed. ‎ C. So stay away from smart phones and iPads. ‎ D. Various experts have given tips to help. ‎ E. You’ll be able to face a new day after a good night’s sleep. ‎ F. So turn those screens off at least one hour before bedtime. ‎ G. Eating heavy, rich food within two hours of bedtime can keep you awake.‎ 第三部分 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ Last January I was given a chance to work in another country. At first, I lived a 36 life, but soon I met a new friend Mark and we were really nice.‎ Then something 37 happened. Mark suffered from kidney stones (肾结石), which had to be 38 as soon as possible. But it was not as  39 as that! Mark could not 40 the operation, which put him into deep 41 . I didn’t know how to help him because I didn’t have any money either. 42 , I never lost hope. Instead I tried to think of other 43 and told him not to worry.‎ Before leaving the hospital, I asked the doctor to do the operation and promised to 44 the cost the next day. Well, what I said must have been 45 because the doctor agreed to do it! But how was I going to get the money?‎ Although it could be 46 , I decided to do something. I tried to borrow money but failed. I tried 47 my things but no one wanted them. Then I had the idea of talking to my 48 . I asked him if I could have my next two months’ salary (工资) in advance — without even thinking on how I would 49 for two months with no money. He was 50 at first, but after having been told the reason he ‎ ‎51 agreed!‎ Upon getting the money, I ran to the hospital and paid all the bills. Mark, with 52 in his eyes, didn’t know how to thank me. ‎ Friendship may not only be found at the happy moment but sometimes in the 53 time of your life! I’ve done a good thing by being a(n) 54 friend and I think it is well worth the 55 . ‎ ‎36. A. modern ‎37. A. strange ‎38. A. removed ‎39. A. terrible ‎40. A. stand ‎41. A. anxiety ‎42. A. Besides ‎43. A. reasons ‎44. A. avoid ‎45. A. encouraging ‎46. A. challenging ‎47. A. saving ‎48. A. friend ‎ ‎49. A. wait ‎50. A. surprised ‎51. A. partly ‎52. A. care 53. A. best ‎54. A. supportive ‎55. A. time B. lonely ‎ B. wrong B. reduced ‎ B. painful B. consider B. shame B. Somehow B. methods B. pay B. annoying B. dangerous B. collecting B. relative B. live B. excited B. secretly B. appreciation B. shortest B. sensitive B. money C. colorful C. unexpected C. examined C. simple C. perform C. embarrassment C. However C. applications ‎ C. cut C. interesting C. serious C. donating C. boss C. run C. tired C. willingly C. satisfaction C. busiest C. active C. mention D. great ‎ D. unclear D. protected D. special D. afford D. disappointment D. Therefore D. treatments D. raise D. convincing D. silly D. selling D. doctor D. work D. amused D. nearly D. doubt D. hardest D. attentive D. effort 第三部分 英语知识运用 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ Jane Goodall had wanted to work with animals in their own environment 56.____ she was a child. But this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, ‎ it was unusual for a woman 57.____ (live) in the forest. However, 58.____ the help of her mother, she began her work with the chimps, which changed the way59. ____ people think about chimps. Spending years 60.____ (observe) and recording their daily61. ____ (active), Jane discovered that chimps hunt and eat meat, against what people used to think. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other. 62. ____ (work) with the chimps for years, Jane has argued that wild animals should 63.____ (leave) in the wild and not used for 64.____ (entertain) or advertisements. She has achieved everything she wanted to do, but more 65.____ (importance), she has got the rest of the world to understand and respect the lives of chimps. ‎ 第四部分：书面表达（满分40分）‎ 第一部分 应用文写作（满分15分）‎ 假定你是李华，得知你的学长张明已经被北京大学录取，你给他写一封电子邮件表示祝贺，并告知他你正在为如何选课感到困惑：到底该选自己擅长的学科还是自己喜欢的学科？请他给你提些建议。‎ 写作要点：1. 表示祝贺 2. 选课的困惑，寻求建议 3. 表达感谢和期待回复 注意：1. 词数80-100词；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Zhang Ming , ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua 第二部分 读后续写（满分25分）‎ 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。‎ Velan was a carpenter（木匠）. He was living in a village. His mother died a long time ago. His aged father, Kuppan, lived with him. Kuppan was very weak. He could not even walk well. He was weak because Velan did not give him enough food. ‎ He had given his father a small earthen plate. So even a small quantity of boiled rice in the plate appeared to be much. Velan was a bad man. He was also a drunkard（酒鬼）. After drinking too much, he was cruel to his father.‎ Velan had a son. His name is Muthu. Muthu was just ten years old. He was a very good boy. He loved and respected his grandfather, which he thought was his duty. He did not like his father’s attitude towards his grandfather father, because his father was treating his grandfather cruelly.‎ One day Kuppan was eating his food out of earthen plate that his son had given to him. Suddenly the earthen plate fell down and broke into pieces. The food also fell onto the floor. Velan was working at the other end of the room. When he saw the broken plate, he was very angry with his father and used very harsh words to abuse and scold（责备） his father. The old man felt bad about what happened. He was sorry for his mistake. In addition, he felt deeply wounded by Velan’s words.‎ Velan’s son, Muthu, saw this. He did not like his father. His father was ill-treating his grandfather. He was afraid to speak against his father. He was sad about his grandfather. But he was not powerful, so he couldn’t be in support of his grandfather.‎ The next day Muthu took some of his father’s carpentry tools and a piece of wood. He decided to use the tools to make a wooden plate. His father saw him working. ‎ 注意：‎ 1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右（少于130词扣2分）；‎ 2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词；‎ 3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；‎ 4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语（未划线扣2分）。‎ Paragraph 1:‎ He asked Muthu what he was making. ___________________________________________‎ ‎______________________________________________________________________________‎ Paragraph2:‎ The Carpenter was shocked to hear this. _________________________________________‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎高一英语5月考参考答案 ‎1-20题 每题1.5分 共30分 ‎1-5 BACAC 6-10 BCACB 11-15 BABCA 16-20 CBACB ‎21-30题 每题2.5分 共25分 ‎21-23 DCA 24-27ADCB 28-30DBA ‎ ‎31-35题 每题2分 共10分 ‎31－35：DGAFB ‎36-55题 每题1.5分 共30分 ‎36--40 BCACD 41-45 ACBBD 46-50 ADCBA 51-55 CBDAD ‎56-65题 每题1.5分 共15分 56. since 57. to live 58. with 59. that 60. observing 61. activities 62. Working 63. be left ‎ 64. entertainment 65. importantly ‎ Dear Zhang Ming,‎ I am delighted to learn that you have been admitted to Peking University. Congratulations on your success. Your great efforts have paid off, which definitely inspires me.‎ Now I am puzzled about which subjects to choose. I don’t know whether I should choose the subjects I like or choose the subjects I do well in. You know, my choice is fundamental to my future development, so I’d like to turn to you for help since you have had similar experiences before. ‎ I would appreciate it if you could give me some suggestions. Looking forward to your reply. ‎ ‎(97W)‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ Li Hua 第二节: 读后续写（满分25分）‎ One possible version:‎ ‎ He asked Muthu what he was making. Muthu replied that he was making a wooden plate. He then added, “I am making it for you, Dad. When you grow old, like my grandfather, you will need a plate for food. As you know, a plate made from earth may break very easily. Then I may scold you severely. Thus, I want to give you a wooden plate. It won’t break so easily.‎ The Carpenter was shocked to hear this. (why shocked? Hear what?) It was only now that he realized his mistakes. His father was kind to him. He had looked after him very well. Now, he was old. But Velen was treating him cruelly. Velan was now very sad about his own behavior. Having realized his mistakes, he became a different man. From that day on, Velan treated his father with great respect. He gave up drinking, too. Velan learnt a lesson from his own son: we should respect our parents at all times, which is our duty.‎ 录音稿 ‎ (Text 1)‎ W: There they are! At last. I’ve been looking for the keys everywhere.‎ M: What? You’re always losing them.‎ W: I know, and I really thought I’d lost them this time. Thank goodness.‎ ‎(Text 2)‎ M: You are an extremely gifted language learner! You can speak so many foreign languages.‎ W: Well, I studied French at primary school. Fifteen years ago, I learnt some Japanese in evening classes and now I study Spanish on the Internet.‎ ‎(Text 3)‎ W: Could you give me a ride to the airport tomorrow? My flight is at 11:00 o’clock so I should leave around 8:30.‎ M: Oh. I have an appointment at 9:00 so I’m afraid I won’t be able to help you.‎ ‎(Text 4)‎ W: Can I get bread in the supermarket around the corner?‎ M: Yes, but in fact, there is a better baker’s house. Just opposite the bank. It’s Sisi’s.‎ W: I’ll have to look. Thank you very much.‎ ‎(Text 5)‎ M: Tom faxed me that he telephoned the repairman two days ago.‎ W: But did he come? It’s still hot here.‎ M: I’ll e-mail him right now and find out.‎ ‎(Text 6) ‎ M: Hello. Can we still get tickets for tonight’s show?‎ W: Yes, there are tickets still available.‎ M: How much are they?‎ W: Full price is $35 and $25 for students.‎ M: And what time does it start?‎ W: Doors open at 6:30pm, but the show doesn’t begin until 7:15.‎ M: Can I get two student tickets for this evening?‎ W: Certainly.‎ M: Here’s the money.‎ ‎(Text 7) ‎ W: So do you like it at the summer camp, Robert?‎ M: Yeah! You know I love it. I really enjoy going fishing in the lake. ‎ W: Do you? What do your friends like doing?‎ M: Well, Lisa is crazy about water-skiing so she spends a lot of time doing that.‎ W: What about Richard? Does he like it too?‎ M: Oh, no. He thinks it’s boring. This summer Richard’s really into horse riding.‎ W: What about Jake? ‎ M: Jake is really fond of rock climbing so we all go climbing on Saturdays. That’s interesting.‎ W: I bet Judy comes with you too. She loves rock climbing, right?‎ M: Not any more. She doesn’t like doing anything tiring. She just stays in the camp with her friends all the time.‎ ‎(Text 8)‎ W: How is little Ryan doing at kindergarten, Gary?‎ M: He’s doing fairly well. It’s been a few weeks since he first started going, so Mary and I are pretty used to it now. You should have seen Mary cry when she was about to set off on the first day, though! ‎ W: I think that is a normal reaction for mothers to have. How does he get to the kindergarten? ‎ M: Mary walks with him every day, unless the weather is bad. If it’s raining, they’ll drive or take a bus. But most days it’s sunny. ‎ W: And is Ryan enjoying kindergarten?‎ M: He loves having other kids to play with. Only last week, they learnt how to tie their shoes. Ryan was the first one to get it finished. ‎ W: What did the teachers at kindergarten say about him? ‎ M: They said that he’s starting to learn how to tell time. Step by step, he’s learning the alphabet, too. They say he is very clever.‎ ‎(Text 9)‎ W: My guest today is Charles Duke, a famous astronaut. Charles, have you always been interested in space travel?‎ M: Frankly, as a child, it’d never entered my head. I used to wonder what space travel might be like, but I was never absorbed in it.‎ W: So when did you become interested in space travel? ‎ M: It was at the Naval Academy.‎ W: Not in the Air Force?‎ M: No, but I was a navy pilot. I had fallen in love with planes. And that gave me the chance to start--- to get selected for the astronaut programme.‎ W: And how did you find the training?‎ M: Well, the moon surface training in the spacesuit was physically demanding. In ‎ spacesuit you had to fight to bend your arms and move your fingers inside gloves. But actually, the most challenging part was practicing landing and then taking off. We often spend 8 hours a day trying to learn what to do.‎ W: So how did you feel when you first heard that you were actually going to the moon?‎ M:… ‎ ‎(Text 10)‎ M: Good morning, everyone. This time I’ll say something about memory. Since memory plays an important role in our life, scientists are increasingly interested in research on how to improve memory. Here are some factors they believe to be important in developing memory.‎ ‎ To begin with, you must take special care in your daily life. Food, for example, is very important. Some vegetables and fruits are necessary for your memory to work properly. Another factor is water. It helps to keep the memory systems working properly, especially in old people. According to Dr. Rosewell, lack of water in the body has an immediate and strong effect on memory. It can cause confusion and other thought difficulties. Sleep also plays an important role. To be able to have a good memory, we must allow the brain to have plenty of rest. While sleeping, the brain no longer controls the senses, and starts to review and store the information one has received. Lack of sleep would make one feel tired and would weaken one’s ability to concentrate. Also, one’s ability to store information would be affected.‎