Test 7 |

A) Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.

How to Boost Your Memory

Arc you forgetful? There's a tremendous range of methods to boost your memory. Your memory is like a brilliant, but (1)… computer storing a vast amount of information. In fact the memory's capacity is theoretically unlimited. (2)…only about 20 per cent of our daily experience is registered, and of that only a tiny proportion is loaded into long-term memory.

Normal healthy people can improve their memories easily. First of all learn to relax if you are trying to memorize something. You may (3)… important items if your mind is on something else or if you weren't paying attention because of anxiety. Try to combine study with exercise. Keep your mind lit (4)… your body by doing mental workouts. Cross­words, scrabbles and quizzes all help to keep the mind in shape. You can also train your memory in certain (5)…. The ancient Greeks invented memory systems called mnemon­ics, and they still work today. Most systems involve associating the things you want to remember with something you already have safely stored in your head. For example, if you want to remember numbers try to make associations between numbers in sequence — think of people's ages, special dates, whether they're odd or even.

1. a) unreliable c) reasonable

b) expensive d) powerful

2. a) Besides c) Likewise

b) Moreover d) Nevertheless

3. a) catch c) miss

b) pick up d) get

4. a) alike c) well as

b) as well as d) or

5. a) ways c) methods

b) tricks d) scheme

B) Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you "ve read. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

6. Which of the following is not true?

a) Unbounded ability of people's memory can be developed or trained.

b) Memory's capacity is theoretically unlimited practically it is restricted to 20% of what is into long-term memory.

c) People's memory can be compared with a compel storing information.

d) To get rid of forgetfulness one can use a series methods.

7. Relaxation may:

a) be helpful when memorizing something,

b) be an important item if your mind is on something else,

c) keep your body fit for scrabbles, crosswords and quizzes,

d) combine study with exercise.

8. What are memory systems mostly based on?

a) Sequence of numbers.

b) Mnemonics.

c) Associations.

d) Safe storage of information.

9. What title could you give to the story?

a) Memorial systems of ancient Greeks still at work.

b) How to boost your memory.

c) Long life to long-term memory.

d) Forget-me-not: unlimited capacity of memory.

10. The word capacity means:

a) a feature of forgetful people,

b) an ability to receive, hold or absorb,

c) characteristics of memorabilia,

d) horizons of unlimited memory.

Test 8

A) Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.