Question

【題目】

Now people depend more on the Internet to store information. Do people remember less? If you know your computer will store information, why do you put it in your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what and how we remember.

In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow did some experiments（實驗）. She and her team wanted to know if the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts and then stored them into a computer. The first group of people were told that the computer had stored the information. But the second group didn’t know that. 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 certain computer folder（文件夾）. Surprisingly, people later remember the folder’s location（位置） better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Instead, 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 a great deal of information so that they are able to find it at a later date. 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】The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refers to “_____________”.

A.the way we use the Internet

B.the information was stored in the computer

C.the information which was asked to remember

D.the memory which is being changed by the Internet

【2】From the first experiment, we know that_____________ .

A.the first group remembered the information better

B.Sparrow gave people 40 unimportant numbers to remember

C.the second group did their best to remember the information

D.the two groups of people knew the computer had stored the information

【3】According to transactive memory, people always_____________ .

A.remember the facts easily

B.keep the information in mind

C.remember how to find the information

D.store the information on the Internet easily

【4】What does the story mainly talk about?

A.The Internet makes us less intelligent.

B.The Internet has influenced the way we live.

C.The Internet makes our memories become worse.

D.The Internet has changed the way we remember.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

本文通過兩個實驗講述了人們的使用記憶的方式正在發(fā)生改變，由于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的使用，人們總是記得在哪里去尋找信息，而不是去記憶信息本身。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上一句The first group of people were told that the computer had stored the information.可知，第一組人們被告知電腦已經(jīng)儲存了信息，而第二組的人們卻不知道“電腦儲存了信息”；that是指示代詞，代指上文中提到的the computer had stored the information。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Later, the second group remembered the information better.可知，第一個實驗的結果是：第二組的人能更好地記住信息，因為他們事先不知道電腦已經(jīng)儲存了信息，所以他們會盡力記住這些信息。故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Instead, they remember how to find it. This is called “transactive memory（交互記憶）”.可知，根據(jù)交互記憶，人們記住了如何去尋找信息，而不是記住信息。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)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.以及上文中的兩個實驗，可知，本文的主要內容是：由于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的使用，人們使用記憶的方式在發(fā)生變化。故選D。