题目内容
All of us were___ at the___ news.
A.frustrating, frustrating B.frustrating frustrated
C.frustrated, frustrating D.frustrated, frustrated
C
【解析】
试题分析:frustrated失意的,挫败的;frustrating令人沮丧的.句意:我们所有人都对这个令人沮丧的消息很泄气.故选C.
考点:形容词辨析
点评:词义辨析考的是学生的基础词汇知识,了解每个选项的含义是做好此类题型的关键,由动词变化而来的形容词有些比较固定的特点,如:现在分词形式的形容词多用来描述事物的特点,过去分词形式的形容词多用来描写动作对象——人的特点。可以结合这一特点进行区分。
Not all memories (记忆)are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Wars and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and mental scars. Often they appear again in dreams.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill(药丸), which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce(减少), or possibly erase(抹去) the effect of sad memories.
In November, some scientists tested a drug(药) on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals(化学品) that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the mental effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused plenty of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
“Some memories can destroy(破坏) people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a dream. They usually come with very sad feeling.” said Roger Pitman, a scientist of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve(减轻) a lot of that suffering.”
But those who are against the research say that it is very dangerous to change memories because memories give us our identity(特质). They also help us all get away from the mistakes of the past.
“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. I’m not sure we want to erase those memories,” said Rebecca Dresser.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about __________.
A.a new medical invention |
B.a new research on memories |
C.a way of erasing sad memories |
D.an argument about the research on the pill |
A.cause the brain to fix memories |
B.stop people remembering their experiences |
C.prevent body producing certain chemicals |
D.erase the emotional effects of memories |
A.good stories | B.sad feelings |
C.experiences | D.memories |
A.Some memories can destroy people’s lives. |
B.People want to get away from bad memories. |
C.Experiencing bad events makes us different from others. |
D.The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories. |