Each thing is linked to a number. For example, zero could be handle(把手) on the door and five could be the painting on the wall.

　　In one study, some ordinary people were given 20 minutes to remember 72 words. First they could only remember 26 of them. But when they were taught loci, they could remember 62 words.

　　"Not everyone can become a memory champion. But everyone using the technique can improve a lot from the level they're at," said Boris Konrad, one of the researchers in the study.

5. According to the study, ________.

a. memory athletes have special brains

b. ordinary people and memory athletes have similar brain structures

c. hard training can make a person a super memorizer

d. the ancient Greeks had the most powerful memory at that time

A. ab B. cd

C. bc D. ac

6. When using loci to remember something, you link the thing with a _______.

A. number B. place

C. name D. painting

7. Which of the following about the study is NOT true? ________.

A. People were given 20 minutes to remember the 72 words.

B. They could remember 26 words in their own way.

C. They could remember all the words by using loci.

D. Loci helped them remember 36 more words.

【答案】5. C 6. B 7. C

【解析】

【分析】

本文为科普文章。有些人天生就有超强的记忆力。最近的研究表明普通人的大脑结构和世界顶尖的记忆力运动员的大脑结构没有区别。古希腊发明的loci记忆法实验证明是有助力于记忆的。因此只要用对方法，勤加训练，你也可以拥有"最强大脑"。

【5题详解】

细节理解题。第二段最后一句, the brain structures of ordinary people and 23 of the world's leading memory athletes show no difference.，可知最近的研究表明普通人的大脑结构和世界