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Jennyaskedmetogotothesupermarketwithhertobuyallthesnacks."

I'

mreallylookingforwardtothisparty,Stingy,"

shesaid.EveryonecalledmeStingyinsteadofDebbiebecausetheythoughtIdidn'

tliketospendmoney.Actually,itwastrue.

"

There'

slotsofmoneyinthekitty（零星凑起的一笔钱）.Let'

sgocrazy!

"

Goingcrazymeantbuyingehoughsnackstofeedanarmy.Itcameto￡19.90,whichwasalotofmoneyin1982.

Jennygavemeaguilty（内疚的）look."

veleft-thekittymoneyinthecommonroom.CanyoupayandI'

llgiveyoubackthemoney?

Sure,"

Ireplied,tryingtolookrelaxed.'

Neitheralenderoraborrowerbe'

wasmymottobutIdidn'

twanttolookstingy（小气）.Igave￡20totheimpatientshopassistant.

Well,thePartywasagreatsuccess.SogreatthatIcompletelyforgotaboutmyloanuntilIwasflyingtoAmericathenextday.Iwasgoingtolivewithmyuncle'

sfamilyuntilIstarteduniversity.

ItriedtogetintouchwithJennybutherfamilyhadmoved.My￡20waslost.Until...

dheardaboutawebsitecalledFriendsReunitedwhichhelpedpeoplecontactoldschoolfriends.Myhusbandhelpedmelogonandfindmyschool.Thereshewas,JennyFrost.

mnowmarriedwithabeautifuldaughtercalledDebbie.DoesanyoneknowhowtogetintouchwithDebbie'

Stingy'

Jones?

Istilloweher￡20!

Wemettwomonthslaterandthe￡20wasreturned,plusinterest（利息）ofcourse.Afterall,I'

mabankmanagernow,soloansaremybusiness.

1.WhydidJennyspendalotofmon-"

eyonthesnacks?

（）

A.Debbiehadmoney.

B.Therewasmoney.shecoulduse.

C.ShewantedDebbietostopbeingstingy.

D.Shewantedtobecrazy.

2.HowdidDebbiegethermoneyatlast?

（）

A.HerhusbandfoundJenny.

B.JennyhadawebsiteontheInternet.

C.DebbiemetJenny.

D.DebbieputamessageontheFriendsReunitedwebsite.

3.WhichsentencebestdescribesDebbieJones?

（）

A.Shedidn'

tliketospendmoneyatschoolandoftenusescomputers.

B.Shesometimeslendsmoneyanddoesn'

tlikeusingcomputers.

C.Shesometimeslendsmoneyanduses,thecomputerwhenevershecan.

D.Sheonlylendsmoneytofriendsanddoesn'

4.WeknowfromthepassagethatJenny__.（）

A.likedpartiesatschoolandfeltguiltyaboutborrowingmoney

B.hadfunatschoolbutsoonforgotaboutherschoolfriends

C.forgotherbestfriendatschooluntilshesawtheFriendsReunitedwebsite

D.wasforgetfulaboutthemoney

B

SolomonShereshevskiwasamanwithanamazingmemory.Hewasoneoftheworld'

smostfamousme-monists（记忆能手）.BorninRussiainabout1900,hespentmuchofhislifeperformingmemoryskillsthatpeoplefounddifficulttobelieve.Hecouldmemorizelonglistsofnumbersafterreadingthemthroughonce,andhecouldthenrecite（背诵）themforwardsorback-wards.Hecouldalsorememberthesamenumbersmonthslater..Hecouldeasilyrememberlistsofnames,dozensofplayingcardsorhundredsofcities.

Althoughhehadawonderfulmemory,hefoundsomenormalskillsverydifficult.Forexample,hefounditdifficulttolearntoread.Healsofounditdiffi-culttorecognizepatternsinwordsornumbers.Whenpresentedwithalonglistofnumberslikethis:

123442315678876567899876hecouldnotseethattherewasapattern.Ifhecouldseeorhearacollectionofnumbers,hecouldrememberit.However,thisdidnotmeanthathecouldunderstandwhathewaslookingat.Hecouldrememberlongcomplexmathematicalformulas,butcouldnotunderstandwhatthenumbersmeant.

SolomonsufferedfromaconditionknownasSyn-aesthesia.Thismeantthatallofhissenseswerecon-nectedinaspecialway.Inotherwords,whenheheardaparticularwordhealsoexperiencedauniquetaste,orsawauniquecolor.Eachwordthatheheardbroughtaparticulardescriptionintohismind.Eachwordforhimwasunique,becauseheremembereditasataste,asmell,acolororasound,orallofthemtogether.

Hewasnotaclevermanexceptthisabilityandpeoplefoundhimratherstupid.Hefounditdifficultto,becomefriendswithotherpeoplebecausehismindwassodifferent.Inaway,hismemorywasacurse（祸根）.Herememberedeverything,andthatmadeitdifficultforhimtounderstandanything.

5.Weknowfromthefirstparagraphthat（）

A.allofhislife,Solomonwaskeptbusydoingmem-orytricks

B.ifSolomonreadalistofnumbershecouldimmedi-atelyrememberthem

C.Solomoncouldmemorizelonglistofnumbersandfoundtheirpatterns

D.peoplethoughtSolomoncouldrememberthemostthingsinthew