题目内容
4.As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information,are people remember less?If you know your computer will save information,why store it in your own personal memory,your brain?Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.In a recent study,Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments.She and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memory.In the first experiment,they gave people 40unimportant facts to type into a computer.The first group of people understood thatthe computer would save the information.The second group understood that the computer would not save it.Later,the second group remembered the information better.People in the first group knew they could find the information again,so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment,the researchers gave people facts to remember,and told them where to find the information on the Internet.The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹).Surprisingly,people later remember the folder location (位置) better than the facts.When people use the Internet,they do not remember the information.Rather,they remember how to find it.This is called"transactive memory (交互记忆)"
According to Sparrow,we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet.Instead,computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is,people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date.This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent,but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.
64.The passage begins with two questions toA.
A.introduce the main topic
B.show the author's altitude
C.describe how to use the Internet.
D.explain how to store information
65.What can we learn about the first experiment?C
A.Sparrow's team typed the information into a computer.
B.The two groups remembered the information equally well.
C.The first group did not try to remember the formation.
D.The second group did not understand the information.
66.In transactive memory,peopleD.
A.keep the information in mind
B.change the quantity of information
C.organize information like a computer
D.remember how to find the information
67.What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research?A
A.Weare using memory differently.
B.We arebecoming more intelligent.
C.We have poorer memories than before.
D.We need a better way to access information.
分析 文章主要讲的是互联网给人类的记忆带来的影响.互联网使用者越来越依赖互联网来储存信息,人们这样做是否会丧失记忆事物的能力呢?专家怀疑互联网可能正在改变人们的记忆内容和方式.
解答 64.A 考查推理判断 本文通过"are people remember less"以及"why store it in your own personal memory,your brain"这样的问题来导入下文两个实验要论证的主题,故A项正确.
65.C 考查细节理解 根据第二段中的"People in the first group knew they could find the information again,so they did not try to remember it"可知,第一组的人没有努力去记这些信息.故C项正确.
66.D 考查细节理解 根据第三段最后两句话"Rather,they remember how to find it.This is called‘transactive memory(交互记忆)'"可知,在交互记忆中人们记住怎么找到信息,故D项正确.
67.A 考查推理判断 根据文章最后一段的句子"Thisdoesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent,but there is nodoubt that the way we use memory is changing."可知,Sparrow研究中表明互联网的影响是我们使用记忆的方法不同了.故选A.
点评 解答细节理解题时,一个常用的方法就是运用定位法,即根据题干和选项中的关键词从原文中找到相关的句子,与选项进行比较从而确定答案;推理判断题既要求学生透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思,又要求学生对作者的态度、意图及文章细节的发展作正确的推理判断,力求从作者的角度去考虑,不要固守自己的看法或观点.
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15.A.think | B.find | C.realize | D.see |
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20.A.just | B.ever | C.even | D.surely |
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