Question

【題目】As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know 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 computer. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夾). Surprisingly, people later remembered the folder location (位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, 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 huge quantities of information so that they are able to access 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 passage begins with two questions to ______.

A. introduce the main topic B. show the author's attitude

C. describe how to use the Interne. D. explain how to store information

【2】In transactive memory, people ______.

A. keep the information in mind

B. change the quantity of information

C. organize information like a computer

D. remember how to find the information

【3】What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research?

A. We are using memory differently.

B. We are becoming more intelligent.

C. We have poorer memories than before.

D. We need a better way to access information.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 D

【3】 A

【解析】

本文為議論文。文章主要講的是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)給人類的記憶帶來的影響，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)使用者越來越依賴互聯(lián)網(wǎng)來儲(chǔ)存信息，人們這樣做是否會(huì)喪失記憶事物的能力呢？專家懷疑互聯(lián)網(wǎng)可能正在改變?nèi)藗兊挠洃泝?nèi)容和方式。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段的句子"Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how．"用這樣的問題來導(dǎo)入下文兩個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)要論證的主題。可知這篇文章用兩個(gè)問題開始來介紹主題，故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段的句子"When people use the Internet，they do not remember the information．Rather，they remember how to find it．This is called “transactive memory （交互記憶）”可知在交互記憶中人們記住怎么找到信息。故選D

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access 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.可知我們使用記憶力的能力改變了。研究中表明互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的影響是我們使用記憶的方法不同了．故選A

通常細(xì)節(jié)題的正確選項(xiàng)有以下特征：1.對原文句子中的關(guān)鍵詞進(jìn)行替換。把原文中的一些詞換成意義相近的詞，成為正確選項(xiàng)。2.詞性或者語態(tài)的變化。把原文中的一些詞變換一下詞性，或者改變原文句子的語態(tài)，給考生制造障礙。3.語言簡化。把原文中的復(fù)雜語言現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行簡化，成為正確答案。4.正話反說。把原文中的意思反過來表達(dá)而成為正確選項(xiàng)（適用于尋找錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)的題目）。如第3小題，就屬于第1 種，對原文的關(guān)鍵詞the way we use memory is changing.“我們記憶的方法改變了”，也就是“We are using memory differently.” “我們的記憶方法不同了”。這是一類間接事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，答案與題目在意義上運(yùn)用了詞義之間的轉(zhuǎn)述關(guān)系，即正確選項(xiàng)是原文有關(guān)詞語和句子的另一種表達(dá)。屬于中檔難度題，分?jǐn)?shù)比例較大，在平時(shí)的練習(xí)中要注意同義詞的轉(zhuǎn)換練習(xí)。