Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue, and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, don't (1) ________ to recall it. Do something else for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there, since you have met (2) _______ person and learned his or her name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall (3) ______ the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a (4) ______ memory. Forcing yourself to recall (5) _______ never helps because it doesn't (6) _______ your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful in examinations. They read over the questions before trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones (7) _____ which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking (8) ______; work is being done on the more difficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers to the more difficult ones will usually begin to (9) ______ into consciousness. It is often (10) ______ a question of waiting for recall to be loosened up. 1. A. want B. try C. hesitate D. wait 2. A. some B. certain C. a D. this 3. A. leads B. begins C. helps D. prepares 4. A. light B. fresh C. dim D. dark 5. A. merely B. almost C. barely D. hardly 6. A. loosen B. weaken C. decrease D. reduce 7. A. with B. of C. for D. in 8. A. place B. shape C. charge D. action 9. A. appear B. grow C. extend D. come 10. A. nearly B. likely C. just D. even SOS MN ƠIIIIIIII