英语四六级仔细阅读训练四文化教育与科研和问题讨论五篇阅读及解析Word格式.docx

1、Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers，for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large

2、computer may hold up to 100,000 “words string of alphabetic or numerical charactersready for instant use. An average U. S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However，this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored. Consi

3、der, for example，the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a persons memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. But while language greatly expands the

4、 number and kind of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals.1. Which of the following is true about memory?A. It helps us perceive things happening around us every day.B. It a

5、ffects our decision-making.C. It affects our past experiences.D. The past is connected with the present by memory.2. According to the passage，memory is helpful in ones life-in the following aspects EXCEPT that . it involves the change in ones behavior it keeps information for later use it warns peop

6、le not to do things repeatedly it makes one remember events that happened in the past3. What is the authors view about computers as compared to human beings? Computers have better memory than a child does* Computers are as intelligent as a teenager is. Computers understand as many as 100,000 words.

7、Human beings are far superior to computers.4. What is the major characteristic of mans memory capacity according to the author? It can be expanded by language. It can remember all the combined words. It may keep all the information in the past. It may change what has been stored in it.5. Human being

8、s make themselves different from other animalsby _. having the ability to perceive danger having a far greater memory capacity having the ability to recognize faces and places on sight having the ability to draw on past experiencesPassage TwoQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passageJustice

9、 in society must include both a fair trial to the accused and the selection of an appropriate punishment for those proven guilty. Because justice is regarded as one form of equality, we find in its earlier expressions the idea of a punishment equal to the crime. Recorded in the Old Testament is the

10、expression an eye for an eye，and a tooth for a tooth”. That is, the individual who has done wrong has committed an offense against society. To make up for this offense, society must get just. This can be done only by inflicting an equal injury upon him. It is illustrated when we demand the death pen

11、alty for a person who has committed murder. And this philosophy of punishment was supported by the German idealist Hegel. He believed that society owed it to the criminal to administer a punishment equal to the crime he had committed. To the murderer nothing less than giving up his own life will pay

12、 his debt.Modern jurists have tried to replace retributive justice with the notion of corrective justice. The aim of the latter is not to abandon the concept of equality but to find a more adequate way to express it. It tries to preserve the idea of equal opportunity for each individual to realize t

13、he best that is in him.丁he criminal is regarded as being socially ill and in need of treatment that will enable him to become a normal member of society. Before a treatment can be administered, the cause of his antisocial behavior must be found. If the cause can be removed, provisions must be made to have this done. Only those criminals who are incurable should be permanently separated from the rest of society. If severe