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【題目】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 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 remember 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(獲取) 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 altitude

C. describe how to use the Interne

D. explain how to store information

【2】What can we learn about the first experiment?

A. 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 formation.

D. The second group did not understand the information.

【3】In transactive memory, people ________.

A. keep the information in mind

B. change the quantity of information

C. remember how to find the information

D. organize information like a computer

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

A. We are becoming more intelligent.

B. We are using memory differently.

C. We have poorer memories than before.

D. We need a better way to get information.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：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)使用者越來越依賴局聯(lián)網(wǎng)儲存信息，人們這樣做是否會喪失記憶事物的能力呢？專家研究認(rèn)為互聯(lián)網(wǎng)只改變了人們使用記憶的方式。

【1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.可知，作者使用兩個問句是為了引出要討論的話題。故選A。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.可知，C項是正確的，故選C。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called "transactive memory (交互記憶)可知，在交互記憶力，人們記得怎樣找到信息，故選C。

【4】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句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，按照Sparrow的研究，因特網(wǎng)改變了我們使用記憶的方式，故選B。