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1、9分钟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 Internet is changing what we remember and how.In a recent stu

2、dy，Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know how 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 informatio

3、n. 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，an

4、d told them 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 i

5、t. This 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 are

6、 able to access it at a later date .This doesnt 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_.Aintroduce the main topicBshow the authors attitudeCdescribe how to use the InternetDexplain h

7、ow to store information2.What can we learn about the first experiment?AThe Sparrows team typed the information into a computer.BThe two groups remembered the information equally well.CThe first group did not try to remember the information.DThe second group did not understand the information.3.In tr

8、ansactive memory，people_.Akeep the information in mindBchange the quantity of informationCorganize information like a computerDremember how to find the information4.What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrows research?AWe are using memory differently.BWe are becoming more intelligent.CW

9、e have poorer memories than before.DWe need a better way to access information.【参考答案与解题思路】1.A考查推理判断。解析：文章主要讨论网络是否引起了人们的大脑记忆事情的变化。作者首先运用两个问题来引出话题，因此A项最佳。文章开头的问题是导入话题的，因此可以排除其他选项。2.C考查细节理解。由第二段中的“People in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it.”可

10、知，因为知道电脑会储存信息，所以第一组实验者就没有去记忆这些信息。故选C。A项错在不是Sparrow的团队，而是参加实验的人把信息输入电脑，可排除；B项与第二段倒数第二句“.the second group remembered the information better.”矛盾，可排除；文章中未提及D项，可排除。3.D由第三段中的“When people use the Internet，they do not rememberthe information.Rather，they remember how to find it.”可知，在这样的情况下，人们更容易记住怎样找到信息，而不是信

11、息的内容，故选D项。4.由文章最后一段中的最后一句“This doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent，but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing”（这并不意味着我们变得更聪明或更不聪明了，但毫无疑问我们利用记忆的方式在改变）可排除B、C两项，确定A项正确。文章中未提及D项“我们需要一种更好的方式来获取信息”。36310分钟Looking at beautiful art can act as a painkiller（C）The rese

12、arch carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help clarify hospitals who are charged with wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcome discomfort and pain. A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain U

13、nit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Lenoardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to watch either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly paintings, or a blank panel whi

14、le the team struck a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been hurt by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when considering the ugly paintings or the blank panel. Electrodes （电

15、极） measuring the brains electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings. While distractions（娱乐）, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part. The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process. “Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their aesthetic（审美能力）asp