请从方框内选择适当的词,并根据需要用其正确形式填空,使文章语法正确、完整连贯。注意:每空一词,每词仅用一次,有两词为多余项。

Most people can remember what they were doing last Saturday, but find 1. hard to remember activities from months ago. We usually remember what’s important and forget the rest.
Police officer Andy Pope is different. One evening in England, he 2. a passing man and suddenly remembered he had seen the man’s face a year earlier from a black-and-white photo. The man was a criminal. Andy has a(n) 3. memory for faces. Each morning, he studies photos of criminals before walking around his community. By 4. hundreds of faces to these photos, he has found many criminals. 5. , his wife says he’s forgetful about everything else.
A California woman named AJ also has one of the world’s best memories. In 6. grade, she found her memory was unusual. Her ability continued developing as she grew 7. . She can remember exact times and events from many years ago—like 8. a phone call at exactly 12:34 p.m. on 3rd August,1986.
However, this special memory isn’t always helpful. AJ finds it 9. because she remembers everything—including bad experiences and every mistake she has made. “Most people call 10. I have a gift,” she explains, “but I don’t think so.”

1. it
2. noticed
3. unusual
4. comparing
5. Strangely
6. seventh
7. older
8. receiving
9. stressful
10. what

【分析】
本题为英语选词填空语篇题，需从方框内选单词，结合语境和语法规则调整形式填空，每词限用一次，两词多余。解题思路：先通读全文把握大意，再逐个分析每个空格的语法结构和语义需求，选择合适的单词并变形（如时态、词性转换、非谓语形式、序数词等），最后验证所有单词是否仅用一次。
1. 第1空：考查固定结构“find it + adj + to do sth”，需填形式宾语it；
2. 第2空：句子缺谓语动词，结合过去语境用一般过去时，选动词notice变过去式；
3. 第3空：修饰名词memory需形容词，结合语境选对应单词；
4. 第4空：介词by后接动名词，选动词compare变形；
5. 第5空：需副词修饰句子，选形容词strange变副词；
6. 第6空：表示年级需序数词，选数词seven变形；
7. 第7空：结合“长大”用形容词比较级，选old变形；
8. 第8空：介词like后接动名词，选动词receive变形；
9. 第9空：“find it + adj”结构，选名词stress变形容词；
10. 第10空：引导名词性从句，选对应连接词。
【解析】
1. 第1空：固定结构“find it + adj + to do sth”中，it作形式宾语，故填it；
2. 第2空：由前文“One evening in England”可知用一般过去时，警察注意到路人，故填noticed；
3. 第3空：修饰名词memory需形容词，结合上下文“特殊的记忆”，选unusual；
4. 第4空：介词by后接动名词作宾语，compare...to...为固定搭配，故填comparing；
5. 第5空：需副词修饰整个句子，strange的副词形式为Strangely；
6. 第6空：表示“七年级”用序数词seventh；
7. 第7空：grow后接形容词比较级，grow older表示“长大”，故填older；
8. 第8空：like为介词，后接动名词，receive a phone call为固定搭配，故填receiving；
9. 第9空：find it + adj结构，stress的形容词形式stressful表示“有压力的”，符合语境；
10. 第10空：引导宾语从句且在从句中作宾语，故填what。
【答案】
1. it 2. noticed 3. unusual 4. comparing 5. Strangely 6. seventh 7. older 8. receiving 9. stressful 10. what
【知识点】
动词时态、非谓语动词、词性转换、序数词、名词性从句
【点评】
本题考查英语词汇在语篇中的综合运用，需结合语法规则和上下文语义调整单词形式，是常见的基础题型，注重对核心词汇的灵活运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.5