Some people say theyhave no memory at all:"I just can't remember a thing!"But of coursewe all have a memory.Our memory tells us who we are.Our memory helps us to
make use in thepresent of what we have learnt in the past.
In fact we havedifferent types of memory.For example,our visual memory helps us recall factsand places.Some people have such a strong visual memory that they can
remember exactlywhat they have seen,for example,pages of a book,as a complete picture.
Our verbal（言语的）memory helps us remember words andfigures we may have heard but not seen or written:Items of a shopping list,achemical formula,dates,or a recipe.
With our emotional（情感的）memory, we recall situations orplaces where we had; strong feelings,perhaps of happiness or unhappiness. Wealso have special memories
for smell,taste,touch and sound,and for performing physical movements.
We have two ways ofstoring any of these memories. Our short-term memory stores items for up tothirty seconds-enough to remember a telephone number while we dial.Our
long-term mem-ory,onthe other hand,may store items for a lifetime. Older people in fact have a muchbiter long-term memory than short-term .They may forget what they
have done only a fewhours ago,but have the clearest remembrance（记忆）of when they were very young.
Psychologists tellus that we only remember a few facts about our past,and that we invent therest. It is as though we remember only the outline of a story.We then make up
the details. Weof-ten do this in the way we want to remember them,usually so that we appear asthe heroes of our own past , or maybe victims needing sympathy（同情）.
A.Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned