CreightonCarvellowascalledtheMemoryMan.Hecouldrememberhundredsofplayingcardsandpagesofthetelephonenumbersinonlyafewseconds.

CreightonwasborninIndiain1944.Hewasthemiddlechildoffiveandhisfatherworkedontherailways.In1949,theCarvellofamilyreturnedtoEnglandandsettled(定居)inMiddlesbrough,whereCreightonspenttherestofhislife.Hisfatherfirstnoticedhisgreattalentwhen,aged7,hestartedtomemorizeinformationfromcigarettecardswithpicturesofplanesandcars.

Afterleavingschool,Creightondevelopedhistalentbymemorizingmoreandmoreinformation.Hesoonbecamepopularasheperformedinclubstoshowhisgreatmemory.HerememberedthetelephonenumberofanyonecalledSmithwholivedintheMiddlesbrougharea.Hefirstgotintotherecordbooksinhisthirties.Hetravelledaroundtheworld,showedupontelevisionandamazedtheaudiencewithhismemory.

Creightonwasamanofmanytalents,includingwritingsongs,drawingandtellingjokes.

Inhislastyears,Creighttonmovedtocarehome.Theoldpeopletherewouldtesthismemorywithquestionssuchasnamingwhatdayoftheweektheywerebornon.Onlydaysbeforehedied,oneladygaveherdateofbirth,July29,1921andCreightonimmediatelyreplied,“Friday”.HediedonNovember18,2008.

小题1:WhatwasCreightonmostfamousfor?

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

小题2:HowmanychildrenwereolderthanCreightoninhisfamily?

a. Two b.Three c.Four d.One

小题3:WhathappenedwhenCreightonwasfive?

a. Heleftschool. b.Hefirstgotintotherecordbooks.

c.HisfamilyreturnedtoEngland.d.Hisfatherfirstnoticedhisgreattalent.

小题4:WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

a. CreightonspenttherestofhislifeinIndia.

b. Creightonwasforced(强迫)tomemorizethingsbyhisfather.

c. Creightonplayedthepianoinclubsafterleavingschool.

d. &nbs