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1、成才之路英语人教版选修8UnitsMeeting your ancestors话题引入（2015-安徽）As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remembering less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Interneti
2、s changing what weremember and how In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know how the In ternet is cha nging memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people
3、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 hnttnr Pnnnln in thn firct nrm in knnA/ thn/ In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told the
4、m where to find the information on the computer. The information was in a specific computer folder （文件夹）.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
5、 is called "transactive memory （交互记忆）.” 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
6、 are able to access it at a later date .This doesrTt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is cha nging.文章大意：文章主要讲的是互联网给人类的口卜7苗走的彫谛 1 The passage begins with two questionsto. A. introduce the main topic B. show the author's attitud
7、e C. describe how to use the Internet D explain how to store information答案：A写作意图题。根据第一段；"Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how. ” 可知，作者使用两个问句是为了引岀要讨论 2. What can we learn about the first experiment? A. The Sparrow's team typed the information into a comp
8、uter. B. The two groups remembered the information equally well. C. The first group did not try to remember the information. D. The second group did not understand the information.鑿答案：C细节理解题。根据第二段“People in the first arouo knew thev could 3. In transactive memory, people A. keep the information in m
9、ind B. change the quantity of information C. organize information like a computer D remember how to find the information 答案：D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段；“Rather, they remember how to find it.This is called 'transactive memory（交互记 忆）'”可知，在交互记忆里，人们记得怎样 址创遂自 4. What is the effect of the In ternet 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.答案：A细节理解题。根据最后一段"but there is no doubt that the way we use mpmnrv iq chancinc可冬口. 万咪网对 人彳门的