题目内容
3.Not all memories are sweet.Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences.Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars.Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill,which will help people forget bad memories.The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience.They hope it might reduce,or possibly wipe out,the effect of painful memories.
In November,experts tested a drug on people in the US and France.The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain.So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced,not that the memories are wiped out.They are not sure to what degree people's memories are affected.
The research has caused a great deal 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 ruin people's lives.They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare.They usually come with very painful emotions,"said Roger Pitman,a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School."This could relieve a lot of that suffering."
But those who are against the research say that maybe the pills can change people's memories and changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity.They also help us all avoid 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 wipe those memories out."Said Rebcca Dresser,a medical ethicist.
24.The passage is mainly aboutD
A.a new medical invention
B.a new research on the pill
C.an argument about the research on the pill
D.a way of wiping out painful memories
25.The drug tested on people canA
A.prevent body producing certain chemicals
B.stop people remembering bad experiences
C.cause the brain to fix memories
D.wipe out the emotional effect of memories
26.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with in the last paragraph?D
A.Some memories can ruin people's lives.
B.People want to get rid of bad memories.
C.The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.
D.Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.
27.We can infer from the passage thatB
A.the pills will certainly stop people's emotional memories
B.people doubt the effect of the pills
C.taking the pill will do harm to people's physical health
D.the pill has already been produced and used by the public in the US.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了关于忘记不好的记忆一种方法引起的争议,有人认为它能帮助人减轻痛苦,也有人反对这是危险的.
解答 24.D.主旨大意题.根据文章第二段:Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill,which will help people forget bad memories可知文章主要关于忘记不好的记忆一种方法;故选D.
25.A.细节理解题.根据第三段:The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain可知在人身上测试的药物阻止身体的某些化学品生产;故选A.
26.D.细节理解题.根据最后一段:All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are可知Rebecca Dresser同意经历坏事件使我们与众不同;故选D.
27.B.推理判断题.根据第二段:So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced,not that the memories are wiped out可知人们怀疑这个药的效果;故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
A. | Basing | B. | To be base | C. | Based | D. | To base |
A. | In other words | B. | In a word | C. | As a result | D. | In addition |
As I walked up to the entrance,I (43)D a man and a boy who was about 10or 12years old standing at the front of the store.(44)B walked past,as the man handed them half-sheets of white paper.I walked up to them with curiosity.As I got (45)A,I saw that they had two carts(购物车)starting to fill with (46)C.
I said hello and the man (47)B me and handed me one of the pieces of paper,explaining that they were (48)D donations for the local pantry(食品贮藏室).(49)A the paper was a simple list of food items:peanut butter,noodles,pasta sauce,canned fruits and vegetables.It also included a short (50)C about the boy and his efforts to collect food donations since the age of 8.I was really touched that (51)A young a person would be so interested in helping others.I told him it was an awesome(了不起的) idea and that he should(52)D proud of himself.He smiled.
Then,I went in to get my drink.(53)A,the store didn't have it in stock.But I wasn't upset,(54)C by then I felt I had another mission.I (55)B the store,picking things from the(56)D,then brought them back out to the boy and put them in the cart.I (57)B gave the man the white sheet of paper back to (58)A for another customer.
As I walked back to my (59)B,the boy's spirit stuck with me.How inspiring to (60)A a young boy with a determination to do good deeds,and the courage to act on it.
41.A.however | B.because | C.and | D.but |
42.A.usually | B.hardly | C.shortly | D.properly |
43.A.hesitated | B.interrupted | C.condemned | D.noticed |
44.A.Workers | B.Customers | C.Villagers | D.Officers |
45.A.closer | B.farther | C.deeper | D.higher |
46.A.books | B.flowers | C.groceries | D.vegetables |
47.A.compromised | B.greeted | C.invited | D.resisted |
48.A.choosing | B.checking | C.obtaining | D.collecting |
49.A.On | B.Near | C.Below | D.Behind |
50.A.joke | B.plan | C.story | D.fact |
51.A.so | B.such | C.much | D.too |
52.A.took | B.was | C.take | D.be |
53.A.Unfortunately | B.Uncomfortably | C.apparently | D.Generally |
54.A.whether | B.though | C.because | D.until |
55.A.got through | B.went through | C.took in | D.kept up |
56.A.exit | B.desk | C.hole | D.list |
57.A.too | B.also | C.either | D.neither |
58.A.reuse | B.reread | C.recycle | D.recite |
59.A.shop | B.car | C.home | D.company |
60.A.meet with | B.set loose | C.watch over | D.rely on. |