Take your child shopping with you often. He’s to remember a list of items you want to buy in the supermarket. At first ,ask him to remember only a few things. Then, as he shows increased ability to remember, make the list longer and longer. Praise him often and warmly when he shows increased ability to remember things. He'll become proud of his‘good’memory and will happily play the game.

Encourage your child to learn easy and short poems. As his ability to do this becomes stronger, encourage him to remember longer poems. Do the same with songs.

21.The suggestions will be successful if____.
   A.you find simple and funny games for your child
   B.you can stimulate your child’s interest in the activity
   C.you force your child to get involved in more practice
   D.you improve your own hearing memory first

22.The purpose of asking your child to repeat what you say is __.
   A.to practice his pronunciation
   B.to develop his reading skills
   C.to help him remember what he hears
   D.to play a simple game he may find fun

23.The third paragraph mainly talks about ___.
   A.another way to improve your child’s hearing memory
   B.how you should take you child shopping with you
   C.how to remember the items you want to buy
   D.th way you help your child do shopping

24.The last sentence ‘Do the same with songs’ means you should encourage your child to learn and remember ___.
   A.songs in the same way as he does with poems.
   B.poems in the same way as he does with songs
   C.the poems and songs which are similar in meaning
   D.those songs that have the same meaning as poems

25.Who are the supposed readers of this passage?
   A.Children.          B.Parents.         C.Teachers.         D.Psychologists.

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

In the United States, it is important to be on time, or punctual, for an appointment, a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries .An American professor discovered this difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian(巴西的)university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and end at 12.On the first day, when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10 A.M.S several arrived after 10∶30 A.M. Two students came after 11 A.M. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized(道歉)for their lateness. Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.

The  professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in a university calls, respectively. He gave them an example and asked them how they would react. If they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.