四、 阅读理解(共15小题，计30分)
阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
( A )
The following are three ads.
41. If you want to work in the south， you can apply for a job ad ________.
A. a driver B. an air hostess C. a teacher D. all of the above
42. You may call _______ if you wish to be a teacher.
A. 0755-6561382 B. 0411-4313861
C. 010-88488970 D. A and B
43. Mary， aged 26， knows English and Japanese. Which job can be given to her?
A. Driving for Capes Taxi
B. Working for China Airlines
C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd
D. We are not sure
44. What prevents Jack， an experienced taxi driver， working for Capes Taxi?
A. Liking beer and wine
B. Breaking traffic rules
C. Being unable to speak a foreign language
D. Not having a collage education
45. Which of the following is not mentioned in the three ads?
A. Height B. Age C. Language D. Health
( B )
When you want to call a store or an office that you don’t call often， you may look the number up in a telephone book. You dial (拨) the number， and then you forget it! Your short-term (短期) memory last about 30 seconds. However， you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.
Why do you forget things sometimes? There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting something is that you did learn it well in the beginning. For example， you meet some new people， and soon you forget their names. You hear the names but you do not learn them， so you forget them.
You can help yourself remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practise the new information for more times.
46. According to the passage， you forget the telephone number that you don’t call often because________.
A. the telephone number is too long
B. the telephone number is very strange
C. you use your short-term memory to remember it
D. you look it up in the telephone book
47. Which is easier to forget?
A. Something that you understand
B. Your best friend’s name
C. The new information that you have practiced a lot
D. Something that you didn’t learn well in the beginning
48. According to the passage， a person’s short-term memory lasts about_________.
A. half a second B. half a minute
C. half a hour D. half a day
49. According to the passage， what is helpful for you to remember better?
A. Use your short-term memory to learn things
B. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory
C. Look something up often
D. Learn something well in the end
50. The writer mainly wants to well us some ideas on ________.
A. how to keep something in mind long
B. how to learn English well
C. how to make a telephone call
D. how to remember a person’s name
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