18.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 study,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 40unimportant 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 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.
32.The passage begins with two questions toA.
A.introduce the main topic
B.show the author's attitude
C.describe how to use the Internet
D.explain how to store information
33.What can we learn about the first experiment?C
A.The Sparrow's team typed the information into a computer.
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.
34.In transactive memory,peopleD.
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
35.What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research?A
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.
分析 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)來儲存信息,人們這樣做是否會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.
解答 32.A.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."可知這篇文章用兩個問題開始來介紹主題.故選A.
33.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第二段的句子"People in the first group knew they could find the information again,so they did not try to remember it."可知第一組的人沒有努力去記這些信息.故選C.
34.D.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.
35.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段的句子"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Sparrow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.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.