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         Memories of highly charged events, like the London bombings of the 7th July 2005, can be inaccurate and should not be relied on in court, according to a study in Britain. People can create false memories, bringing problems for police investigations.

         The simultaneous (同时) bombings of three underground trains and a double-decker bus in London some years ago are imprinted on the minds of many people in Britain.

         But our memories of the attacks are unreliable, according to a study from Portsmouth University. Forty percent of British students questioned about the events remembered seeing a film recorded by a CCTV(闭路监控) camera that shows a particular event of the bus bomb——footage(片段) which never existed. A further 28% claimed to have seen a non-existent computerized reconstruction.

         Some even recalled specific details of the attack, which none of them witnessed. "The bus had just stopped to let people off when two women and a man got on," said one. "He placed a hag by his side, the woman sat down and as the bus left, there was an explosion. There was a leg on the floor." Another described how the bus had stepped at a traffic light when there was a bright light, an explosion and the roof of the bus was blown off by the power of the explosion.

        "Memories are not like videotape you can return to the beginning and replay for perfect recall," said lead researcher James Ost. "Because of this, they are not reliable enough to form the basis of legal decisions." He believes people who are more creative might be more inclined to make these kinds of errors.

60.According to the passage, when people are strongly affected by an event______.

         A.all they say about the event is not true

         B.they couldn't remember anything

         C.they couldn't go on the court to be witnesses

         D.they couldn't make any errors on what they see about the event

61.The third paragraph______.

         A.tells us what some people saw about the attack

         B.shows that some people did create some false memories

         C.shows that the London bombing was indeed a terrorist attack

         D.shows that some people could remember details of an event

62.The underlined word "inclined" in the last paragraph is closest to the meaning of______.

         A.careful                          B.likely                              C.serious                          D.curious

63.What is mainly discussed in the passage?

         A.How our memories work.                                      B.False memories.

         C.How to avoid false memories.                              D.What can be done to memories.

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