The first time I came to the Herault, after a ten-hour train ride from Paris to Montpellier, I caught a bus to the old village where my friend Sarah had bought a house. When I got there an hour and a half later, despite the fact that I'd been riding on a modern bus. I had the sense that I'd moved back 700 years.
   Sarah's house is made of stone, a few hundred years old, typical of the kind of place for sale cheaply here. Like actually all the village houses it's attached to the neighboring ones .. so although the village is small it feels heavily populated, everybody living close together, always somebody leaning out of the window or sitting in front of the door. Inside, it is dark and cool. When Sarah bought the house, it had cold running water, some missing floors, and the fireplace didn't work.
  
  1. How long did it take the writer to get to the place where her friend's house was?
  A) Ten hours
  B) Longer than a day
  C) One and a half hours
  D) Eleven and a half hours
  2. All of the following are true about Sarah's house EXCEPT that it was _____
  A) made of stone
  B) built over 700 years ago
  C) connected to other houses
  D) located in a crowded village
  3. It can be understood from the passage that people living in the village _____
  A) didn't seem to know Sarah
  B) offered their houses for sale at a low price
  C) were probably friendly towards each other
  D) went into their house when the writer arrived
  4. It can be understood from the passage that when Sarah bought her house it was _____
  A) good enough to live in
  B) required some repairs
  C) in the same condition as the other houses
  D) older than the other houses in the village
  5. Which of the following questions does the passage answer?
  A) Did anyone help Sarah to fix her house?
  B) How did the author happen to know Sarah?
  C) Why did the author travel 700 years back in time?
  D) Did the author walk from Montpellier to her friend's house?

  Memory is the ability to remember information, personal experiences, and
  procedures. There is no special model of mind. Memories are constructions related to
  needs, influences and so on. They are often related to feelings and emotions. Studies in
  psychology strongly support the idea that a memory is a group of connections. The
  formation of these connections takes place in several parts of the brain. The stronger the
  connections, the stronger the memory. If part of the brain is damaged, access to any data
  that was there is lost. On the other hand, if the brain is healthy and a person is fully
  conscious when experiencing some bad event, the possibility that they will forget the event is nearly zero.
  Finally, the model of memory that sees the brain recording everything one experiences is a model that is
  different from what is known about how memories are constructed. In a research by psychologists, 84% said
  they believe every experience is stored in the mind forever.1965. What's the main idea of this passage?
  1.
   A) the abilities of the brain
   B) different kinds of damage to brain
   C) psychological studies about healthy people
   D) the definition of memory
  2. According to the passage, which one is not true about memory?
   A) A healthy brain never forgets information.
   B) Damage to brain has an effect on memory.
   C) Memory is an ability to remember procedures.
   D) Memory is related to emotions.
  3. In paragraph 1 , they refers to _____ .
   A) needs
   B) personal experiences
   C) procedures
   D) memories
  4. What can strengthen the memory?
   A) the strength of connections in the brain
   B) the ability to record everything
   C) the influence on constructions
   D) the accessibility to the lost data
  5. Which one is true about connections?
   A) Connections are explained as memories.
   B) They are not the same as constructions.
   C) They are not formed only in one part of the brain.
   D) They affect the rate of the consciousness in a person.