阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词，每词仅用一次。
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A Lesson About Memory
Last week, our teacher gave us 1. interesting lecture about memory. She told us that memory is not something we are born with—we can train it to become 2. .
The first thing she taught us was to pay attention. "If you don't focus," she said, "your brain 3. remember things well." She also asked us 4. notes while listening. She explained that writing down key points helps the brain organize information more 5. .
Then she introduced some memory 6. . One of them is to use images. When you learn a new word, create a picture of it in your mind. For example, if the word is "elephant", imagine a huge animal 7. slowly in the forest. This makes the word easier to recall.
She also reminded us not to wear out our brains. "If you study for too long without taking a break, your brain gets 8. ," she said. "So divide your work into small parts and take short breaks between them."
Now I always follow these suggestions. I write down the things I need to memorize and try to keep 9. in mind. Thanks 10. the useful lecture, my memory has really improved!

1. an 2. better 3. can't/cannot 4. to take 5. effectively
6. techniques 7. walking 8. tired 9. them 10. to

【分析】首先通读短文，理解文章关于记忆训练的主题；接着结合方框内的单词，根据每个空格的语法结构、固定搭配及上下文语境，选择恰当的单词并调整其适当形式，注意每词仅用一次，确保短文通顺完整。
【解析】1. 空格后是单数可数名词短语interesting lecture，interesting以元音音素开头，需用不定冠词an修饰，故填an；2. 前文提到记忆可训练，此处表示“变得更好”，用good的比较级better；3. 语境为不专注时大脑“不能”记东西，填can't；4. 固定搭配ask sb to do sth，故take变to take；5. 修饰动词organize需用副词，effective的副词形式是effectively；6. some后接可数名词复数，memory techniques意为“记忆技巧”，故technique变techniques；7. 固定搭配imagine sth doing sth，此处表示想象大象在走路，故walk变walking；8. get后接形容词，study太久大脑会“累”，填tired；9. 指代前文的things，作keep的宾语，用they的宾格them；10. 固定搭配thanks to意为“多亏”，填to。
【答案】1. an 2. better 3. can't 4. to take 5. effectively 6. techniques 7. walking 8. tired 9. them 10. to
【知识点】词汇适当形式填空、固定搭配、形容词副词用法
【点评】本题为英语选词填空题型，考查学生的语篇理解能力、词汇运用能力及语法规则掌握情况，需结合上下文和固定搭配确定单词形式，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6