CreightonCarvellowascalledtheMemoryMan.Hecouldrememberhundredsofplayingcardsandpagesofthetelephonenumbersinonlyafewseconds.CreightonwasborninIndiain1944.Hewasthemiddlechildoffiveandhisfatherworkedon
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.