Question

【題目】閱讀下面的短文，根據短文內容及首字母提示，在短文空白處填入一個恰當的詞，使短文內容完整，通順。

Most adults find it hard to remember the things happened while they were children. Now scientists have found exactly when these memories d【1】.

A new study has found that most three-year-old children can remember a lot of what happened to them a year e【2】,and these memories are still clear while they are 5 and 6, but by the time they are over 7, these memories become weaker r【3】.

Most children by the age of 8 or 9 can only remember 35% of their e【4】 from under the age of 3 according to the new studies.

The scientists say this is because at around this age the way we form(形成)memories begins to change. They say that before the age of 7 children do not have a s【5】of time and place in their memories. In older children, however, the early things they can remember become more adult-like in the way they are formed. Children also have a far faster speed of f 【6】 than adults. The discoveries also help to explain why children can often have clear memories of what they have done, b【7】 then forget them just several years later.

The children were organized to the laboratory for the first time at the age of 3 and discussed 6 impressed(印象深刻的)things from their past, such as the first relaxing trip with your family, the first d【8】 accident you met, and the first day of school. The children then returned for a second s【9】between the ages of 5 and 9 to discuss the same things. The scientists found that between the ages of 5 and 7,the amount（量）of memories that the children could remember r 【10】 between 63%-72%. However, between the ages of 8 to 9, the amount of memories that the children could remember fell to between 35%--36%.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】disappeared

【2】earlier

【3】rapidly

【4】experience

【5】sense

【6】forgetting

【7】but

【8】dancing（本題答案不唯一，只要符合語境和題意即可。）

【9】session

【10】remained

【解析】

文章大意：本文是說明文。對許多成年人來說，很難回憶起兒時的一些經歷。一項研究表明，我們的記憶力的變化與年齡有關。

【1】考查動詞。根據上文Most adults find it hard to remember the things happened while they were children. 大多數成年人發(fā)現很難記住他們小時候發(fā)生的事情。結合Now scientists have found exactly when these memories d___1___. 可知是現在科學家們已經找到了這些記憶消失的確切時間�！跋�失”disappear，由語境可知這里時態(tài)用一般過去時，故答案填disappeared。

【2】考查形容詞。根據上文most three-year-old children can remember a lot of大多數三歲的孩子都能記住很多事情，結合首字母提示以及what happened to them a year e___2___,可知此處指的是一年前發(fā)生在他們身上的事，a year earlier“一年前”，故答案填earlier。

【3】考查副詞。根據上文these memories are still clear while they are 5 and 6,這些記憶在他們5歲和6歲的時候仍然清晰，由轉折詞but，再結合首字母提示，可知此處句意為：但當他們超過7歲時，這些記憶會迅速減弱�！把杆俚亍�rapidly，副詞，修飾前面的動詞，故答案填rapidly。

【4】考查名詞。根據Most children by the age of 8 or 9 can only remember 35% of their e___4___ from under the age of 3 according to the new studies. 結合語境及首字母提示：根據新的研究，大多數8歲或9歲的孩子僅僅能記住他們3歲以下35%的……�？芍�此處表達的是“經歷、經驗”，英文表達是experience，在這里用作不可數名詞，故答案填experience。

【5】考查名詞。根據They say that before the age of 7 children do not have a s___5___of time and place in their memories. 結合語境及首字母提示：他們說，7歲以前的孩子在記憶中沒有時間和地點的……�？芍�此處表達的是“概念、觀念”sense，前面有不定冠詞a，所以用其單數形式，故答案填sense。

【6】考查動詞。根據下文then forget them just several years later.幾年后他們就會忘記，結合Children also have a far faster speed of f ___6___ than adults.可知孩子的遺忘速度也比成年人快得多。“忘記”forget，動詞，of是介詞后接動詞的ing形式，故答案填forgetting。

【7】考查連詞。根據上文children can often have clear memories of what they have done,以及then forget them just several years later. 可知前后句之間是轉折關系，結合首字母提示可知應用連詞but，句意為：孩子們常常對他們所做的事情有清晰的記憶，但幾年后就會忘記。故答案填but。

【8】考查動名詞。根據上文 the first relaxing trip with your family, 以及下文and the first day of school.結合the first d___8___ accident you met, 可推知此處句意是第一次遇見…的意外，由首字母提示可知，答案可以填“跳舞”dancing。（本題答案不唯一，只要符合語境和題意即可。）

【9】考查動詞。根據前面的關鍵詞return“返回”，以及后面的to discuss the same things“去討論同樣的事情”，可知這里表達的是“開會、聚集”，second session“再次聚集、開會”，句意為：然后，孩子們在5歲到9歲之間再次返回來討論同樣的問題。故答案填session。

【10】考查動詞。根據The scientists found that between the ages of 5 and 7,the amount（量）of memories that the children could remember r ___10___ between 63%-72%.結合語境：科學家發(fā)現，5歲和7歲之間年齡段的孩子，能記住的記憶量……在63%-72%之間�？芍�此處表達的是“保持”remain，由主句中的found可知句子時態(tài)用一般過去時，所以這里應用remain的過去式remained，故答案填remained。

本題為短文填空，首先要快速瀏覽全文，理解短文的大致意思，再精讀短文注意所填的詞在句中的詞性、時態(tài)等等。然后根據句意、上下文聯(lián)系、語境及所給出的首字母提示填寫合適的詞語。如，第6小題根據下文then forget them just several years later.幾年后他們就會忘記，結合Children also have a far faster speed of f ___6___ than adults.可知孩子的遺忘速度也比成年人快得多。“忘記”forget，動詞，of是介詞后接動詞的ing形式，故答案填forgetting。第7小題，根據上文children can often have clear memories of what they have done,以及then forget them just several years later. 可知前后句之間是轉折關系，結合首字母提示可知應用連詞but，句意為：孩子們常常對他們所做的事情有清晰的記憶，但幾年后就會忘記。故答案填but。