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【題目】 As people use computers to store information, are they remembering less? If you know your computer will save information, why do you store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts(專家) are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow did some experiments（實驗）. She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the 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 computer folder. Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. However, they remember how to find it. This is called "transactive memory (交互記憶)".

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 much information so that they are able to find it later. 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.

【1】In Paragraph 1, the passage begins with two questions in order to ______.

A.introduce the main topicB.show the writer's opinion

C.describe how to use the InternetD.teach how to store information

【2】Why did Professor Betsy Sparrow and her research team do the experiments?

A.They wondered if people could store information in the brain.

B.They wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory.

C.They gave people facts to remember.

D.They helped people become more intelligent.

【3】What can we learn about the first experiment?

A.Sparrow typed the information into a computer herself.

B.Both of the two groups remembered the information well.

C.The first group did not try to remember the information.

D.The second group did not understand the information.

【4】In transactive memory, people ______.

A.keep the information in mindB.change the information the computer

C.organize information like a computerD.remember how to find the information

【5】The underlined word in the last paragraph probably means “ ”?

A.lazyB.freeC.cleverD.lucky

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文就“當人們使用計算機存儲信息時，他們是否記得更少呢？”這一問題引出一項研究。研究表明當人們使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，他們不記得一些信息，然而，他們記得如何找到它們，這就是所謂的“交互記憶"。毫無疑問，我們使用記憶的方式正在改變。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第1段中“Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.”及下文的“In a recent study …”可推出開篇的兩個問題是用來引出話題的。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow did some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory.”可知他們做實驗是為了知道互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是如何改變記憶的。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.”可知第一組的人并不試圖記住信息。故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中“people are learning how to organize much information so that they are able to find it later”可知在交互記憶中人們記得如何尋找信息。故選D。

【5】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)最后一段中“Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize much information so that they are able to find it later.”可知電腦用戶正在發(fā)展更強的交互記憶；結(jié)合單詞所在語境表示“這并不意味著我們變得更_____或更不______，但毫無疑問我們記憶的方式在改變”，將四個選項帶入語境可知是說“更聰明或更不聰明”。故選C。