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Pictures That Don’t Last

“YEARS ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remember someone coming up to the canyon’s edge, taking a shot with their camera and then walking away, like ‘got it – done’, barely even glancing at the magnificent (壮观的) scene sprawling (展开) in front of them,” Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield University, US told Live Science.

Henkel was surprised by how obsessed (着迷的) people are with taking pictures these days – before dinner, during friends’ birthday parties, on museum tours and so on.You know people just like that, don’t you?

They keep taking pictures because they think that it helps record the moment, but as Henkel’s latest study has just found out, this obsession may prevent their brains from remembering what actually happened, reported The Guardian.

In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum and asked them to simply observe 15 objects and to photograph 15 others.The next day the students’ memory of the tour was tested, and the results showed that they were less accurate in recognizing the objects and they remembered fewer details about them if they photographed them.

“When people rely on technology to remember for them – counting on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to attend to it fully themselves, it can have a negative effect on how well they remember their experiences,” Henkel explained.

But there is also an exception: if students zoomed (缩放) in to photograph part of an object, their memory actually improved, and those who focused the lens (镜头) on a specific area could even recall parts that weren’t in the frame.

So basically, this study is saying that constantly taking pictures can harm your memory.But shouldn’t reviewing pictures we have taken help wake up our memories? This is true, but only if we spend enough time doing it.

“In order to remember, we have to access(接近)and interact with the photos, rather than just amassing them,” Henkel told The Telegraph.However, previous research has shown that most people never take the time to look over their digital pictures simply because there are too many of them and they aren’t usually very organized on their computers.

1.The author mentioned Henkel’s trip to the Grand Canyon at the beginning to ___.

A.complain about some tourists’ bad habits

B.give suggestions on how to enjoy one’s tour

C.describe the great view of the Grand Canyon

D.point out people’s obsession with taking pictures

2.Which of the following statements about Henkel’s study is TRUE?

A.Reviewing pictures always helps people bring back memories.

B.Taking pictures in a museum tour helps students recognize objects better.

C.Pictures that focus on the details of objects are likely to improve people’s memories.

D.People should spend more time studying real objects than taking pictures of them.

3.The underlined word “amassing” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

A.displaying B.collecting

C.introducing D.remembering

4.What is the article mainly about?

A.Some skills to learn for taking pictures.

B.People’s obsession with taking pictures and its influence.

C.How pictures remind us of our past.

D.How to deal with pictures after taking trips.

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A Different Kind of Spring Break

For many American university students, the weeklong spring break holiday means an endless party on a sunny beach. In Panama City Beach, Florida more than half a million university students arrive during the month of March to play and party, making it the number one spring break place in the United States.

A weeklong party is not for everyone, however, and a growing number of American university students have found a way to make spring break matter. For them, joining or leading a group of volunteers to help solve problems such as homelessness or environmental damage makes spring break a special learning experience that university students can feel good about.

During one spring break week, students from James Madison University in Virginia took part in 15 “spring break” trips to nearby states, three others to more distant parts of the United States, and five international trips. One group of JMU students traveled to Bogalusa, Louisiana, to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane (飓风) Katrina. Another group traveled to Mississippi to organize creative activities for children living in a homeless shelter. One group of students did go to Florida, but not to lie on the sand. They did some work to help protect the native Florida plants.

Students who take part in spring break projects find them very rewarding (值得的). While most university students have to get their degrees before they can start helping people, student volunteers are able to help people right now without degrees. On the other hand, the buildings or rooms they live or stay are far from attractive. Students often sleep on the floor of a school or church. But they only pay around $250 for meals and transportation, which is much less than some of their friends spend traveling to more traditional spring break hot spots.

Spring break projects appear to be growing in popularity at universities across the United States. Some students take the opportunity to meet new friends. Others want to exercise their beliefs to make the world a better place. Whatever their reasons, these students have discovered something that give them rich rewards along with a break from school work.

1.What‟s the number one spring break place in the United States?

2.What is the way to make spring break matter for some students?

3. How did the students help in Bogalusa, Louisiana?

4.Where do the student volunteers often sleep?

5.What makes the spring break projects more rewarding?

完形填空(共1小题)

Bobby was sitting out in his back yard in the snow. The thin shoes he wore had a few holes in them and they did a job of keeping out the cold. Try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift.

Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, his mother worked nights at the hospital, but the small money she made could be enough for their needs.

Although the family was short of money, they made up for in love and family unity instead. The children the household (家庭) when their mother was away. All three of Bobby’s sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother.

It was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing. Bobby started to walk down to the street. He walked from shop to shop. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of . Suddenly he found something shinning on the ground. He reached down and a shiny dime (一角币). Never before has anyone felt so as Bobby did at that moment. He held his new found treasure and went inside a flower shop, but his excitement quickly turned cold when he saw the of flowers.

When the owner asked if he could help him, Bobby the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother as a Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten cent , and said, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.”

The shop owner returned holding 12 red roses. “That will be ten cents, young man,” he said.

Bobby’s heart beat fast. Slowly, he moved his hand to give the man his dime and for his home.

Then the shopkeeper’s wife appeared. “Where are the roses you were fixing?”

The shop owner replied, “While I was setting up things to open the shop, I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that voice was.”

1.A.good B.poor C.serious D.clear

2.A.nearly B.normally C.typically D.hardly

3.A.did B.controlled C.ran D.operated

4.A.reach B.mind C.sight D.breath

5.A.examined B.checked C.discovered D.received

6.A.crazy B.safe C.cool D.rich

7.A.prices B.names C.colors D.kinds

8.A.noticed B.presented C.explained D.collected

9.A.allowing B.choosing C.serving D.offering

10.A.looked B.headed C.searched D.drove

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