CreightonCarvellowascalledtheMemoryMan.Hecouldrememberhundredsofplayingcardsandpagesofthetelephonenumbersinonlyafewseconds.

CreightonwasborninIndiain1944.Hewasthemiddlechildoffiveandhisfatherworkedontherailways.In1949theCarvellofamilyreturnedtoEnglandandsettled(定居)inMiddlesbroughwhereCreightonspenttherestofhislife.Hisfatherfirstnoticedhisgreattalentwhenaged7hestartedtomemorizeinformationfromcigarettecardswithpicturesofplanesandcars.

AfterleavingschoolCreightondevelopedhistalentbymemorizingmoreandmoreinformation.Hesoonbecamepopularasheperformedinclubstoshowhisgreatmemory.HerememberedthetelephonenumberofanyonecalledSmithwholivedintheMiddlesbrougharea.Hefirstgotintotherecordbooksinhisthirties.Hetravelledaroundtheworldshowedupontelevisionandamazedtheaudiencewithhismemory.

Creightonwasamanofmanytalentsincludingwritingsongsdrawingandtellingjokes.

InhislastyearsCreighttonmovedtocarehome.Theoldpeopletherewouldtesthismemorywithquestionssuchasnamingwhatdayoftheweektheywerebornon.OnlydaysbeforehediedoneladygaveherdateofbirthJuly291921andCreightonimmediatelyreplied“Friday”.HediedonNovember182008.

1.WhatwasCreightonmostfamousfor?

a.      Hissongs b.Hisjokes c.Hisdrawing d.Hismemory

2.HowmanychildrenwereolderthanCreightoninhisfamily?

a.      Two b.Three c.Four d.One

3.WhathappenedwhenCreightonwasfive?

a.      Heleftschool. b.Hefirstgotintotherecordbooks.

c.HisfamilyreturnedtoEngland.d.Hisfatherfirstnoticedhisgreattalent.

4.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

a.      CreightonspenttherestofhislifeinIndia.

b.      Creightonwasforced(强迫)tomemorizethingsbyhisfather.

c.      Creightonplayedthepianoinclubsafterleavingschool.

d.      Creightonwasatalentedman.

5.Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?

a.      Creightondidn’thaveafamily.

b.      Creightondiedyoungbecausehememorizedtoomanythings.

c.