Question

【题目】 It's a school day morning. You are dressing yourself in the bedroom. At the same time, you are thinking about taking your schoolbag from the living room. But when you walk through your bedroom door and into the living room, you suddenly forget w【1】 you are there and just don't know what to do.

Most people would think they have a poor m【2】. But scientists believe that the act of walking through doorways makes them forget things. They call it the "doorway effect".

The scientists from the University of Notre Dame in the US did an e【3】. They placed several objects into two rooms. The students had to put an object from Room A into a shoebox and then carried it to Room B through a doorway. In Room B, they exchanged it for another object and brought it back to Room A in the shoebox. Then the students were asked to do the same things w【4】 crossing though a doorway.

During the period of time, the scientists would randomly (随机地) ask the students which object was in their shoebox at the moment. The scientists found their answers were slower and less c【5】 when they walked through a doorway and into a new room

"A doorway is just like a boundary (分界线) in the mind," the lead scientist Gabriel Radavansky told Scientific American. Setting "boundaries" in our minds can cause us to forget things e【6】. For example, when you walk into the living room, your brain thinks the act of getting your schoolbag is already "done" and it moves on.

Is there a way to s【7】 the "doorway effect? Writing down what you need before going into another room might be helpful.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】why

【2】memory

【3】experiment

【4】without

【5】correct/clear

【6】easily

【7】stop/solve

【解析】

在日常生活中你可能会发现当你穿过门口后就会忘记你为什么在那里，也不知道要做什么了，这就是门口对人们记忆力的影响，并且科学家经过试验也验证了这一影响。或许你在穿过门口之前写下来要做的事情，会对你有些帮助。、

【1】句意：但是当你走着穿过卧室的门并走进客厅的时候，你突然忘记了你为什么在那儿，也不知道要做什么。根据句意及首字母提示可推测这里表示 “为什么”,故填why

【2】句意：很多人都认为他们的记忆力不好。根据上文you suddenly forget why you are there and just don't know what to do.可知人们容易忘记一些事情，结合首字母提示，所以这里表示“记忆力”，故填memory.

【3】句意：来自美国圣母大学的科学家做了一个实验。根据本段后文具体内容可知，针对门口对人们记忆力的影响，他们做了一个实验，故填experiment.

【4】句意：然后学生们被要求做同样的事情，而不穿过门口。根据本段内容可知，实验内容是对比穿过，门口和不穿过门口对人们记忆力的影响，故这里表示“不穿过门口”，故填without.

【5】句意：科学家们发现他们穿过门口，进入新的房间时，学生们给出的答案更慢，准确度也没有那么高，结合句意，故这里表示“正确的，或清晰的”，故填correct/clear.

【6】句意：在脑海中设置分界线可以导致我们更容易地忘记事情。结合句意可知，这里表示“容易地”，修饰动词forget,所以用副词形式，故填easily.

【7】句意：有解决这种门口影响的方法吗？在你进入另一个门之前写下来你所需要的东西或许会有帮助。结合句意及首字母可推测，这里表示“解决或阻止”故填stop/solve.

首先阅读短文，理解短文大意。结合句意和首字母提示是推测出空格所填词的关键, 例如第2小题，结合句意可知这里表示“坏的记忆力”，再根据首字母提示可以确定答案是memory, 故填memory.