Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞語完成短文）

The first thing you remember

‘I remember , when I was about three, my mother looking at me in my buggy and smiling at me’.

Jan, 13

‘I was maybe four. We were driving to our grandma’s and our car ________. We couldn’t get out of the car and I cried. A mechanic came to help us.’

Alice, 12

‘I remember I was eating an ice cream when a dog came and took it out of my hand. I cried, I was two , I think.’

Tom,10

‘I remember my first memory is my second birthday. There was a cake with two candles. I couldn’t blow the candles out, so my dad did it for me.’

Mike, 15

Most adults remember little about this that happened in their very early childhood, _______, some people think that we aren’t really able to form memories before our fourth or fifth birthdays. But scientists carrying out research into early memories have suggested that this is not true. They say that we do form memories at a very young age. However , what we remember about our very early lives seems to change as we _______.

Researchers in Canada worked with 140 children aged between four and thirteen. First , they asked their participants to describe their earliest memories. Then they asked them roughly how old they’d been when the event happened . Next, they asked the kids’ parents to make sure that the event actually happened .And all the _______ were written down. The researchers waited for two years before they went back to the children and asked them again, ‘What’s your earliest memory?’

Nearly all the children who were aged between four and seven in the first interview said something very different in the second interview. And when the researchers reminded them of what they’d said the first time, many of the children said, ‘No, that never happened to me. ’However , many of the children who were between ten and thirteen at the first interview described exactly the ________memory in the second interview. This seems to suggest that our memories change in the early years, but that at around the age of ten, the things that we remember get fixed（固定的）.

The researchers are now looking into the question of why children remember certain events and not others. We sometimes think that most first or early memories are about very stressful things that happened to us as children , because had thins stand out in our minds. But in this study, stressful events were only a small percentage of what the children said they remembered. More often, their early memories were happy ones. The researchers are trying to work out why this is the case. We expect the researchers will _______ more fascinating things about memories in the near future.

【1】A.ran forwardB.sold outC.broke downD.sped up

【2】A.As a resultB.What’s moreC.For the time beingD.In fact

【3】A.are pleasedB.build confidenceC.feel tiredD.get older

【4】A.forecastsB.answersC.reviewsD.orders

【5】A.unforgettableB.sweetC.sameD.short

【6】A.imagineB.requireC.controlD.discover

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文，說明我們的記憶在早年發(fā)生了變化，但是在大約十歲的時候，我們記憶中的東西就被固定。

【1】句意：我們開車去奶奶家，我們的車壞了。

ran forward向前跑；sold out賣完；broken down壞了；speed up加速。根據(jù)后文“We couldn’t get out of the car and I cried. A mechanic came to help us.”我們不能從車?yán)锍鰜�，我哭了。一位技工過來幫助我們�？赏茢啵�車子壞了。故選C。

【2】句意：大多數(shù)成年人對他們很小的時候發(fā)生的事情記得很少，因此，一些人認(rèn)為我們在四歲或五歲之前不能真正形成記憶。

as a result結(jié)果；what’s more再說；for the time being暫時；infact事實上�？崭袂昂蟮木渥�“Most adults remember little about thins that happened in their very early childhood”和“some people think that we aren’t really able to form memories before our fourth or fifth birthdays.”顯然存在著因果關(guān)系。as a result“結(jié)果，因此”，故選A。

【3】句意：隨著年齡的增長，我們對早年生活的記憶似乎發(fā)生了變化。

are pleased高興的；build confidence增強(qiáng)自信；feel tired感到勞累；get older長大。根據(jù)后文的“This seems to suggest that our memories change in the early years, but that at around the age of ten, the things that we remember get fixed（固定的）. 這似乎表明我們的記憶在早年發(fā)生了變化，但是在大約十歲的時候，我們記憶中的東西就被固定�？赏茰y出：本句的意思應(yīng)該是，隨著年齡的增長，我們對早年生活的記憶似乎發(fā)生了變化。故選D。

【4】句意：所有的問題都被寫了下來。

forecasts預(yù)報；answers答案；reviews復(fù)習(xí)；orders順序。根據(jù)“First , they asked their participants to describe their earliest memories.” 首先，他們要求參與者描述他們最早的記憶�？芍�，被記下來的那些都是參與者記得的事情。故選B。

【5】句意：許多在第一次面試中年齡在10到13歲之間的孩子在第二次面試中描述了完全相同的記憶。

Unforgettable難忘的；sweet甜的；same相同的；short短的。由however可知，后面的句子和“Nearly all the children who were aged between four and seven in the first interview said something very different in the second interview.” 幾乎所有在第一次采訪中年齡在4到7歲之間的孩子在第二次采訪中都說了一些非常不同的話。形成對比�？赏浦�，在10至13歲的孩子描述的事情兩次是相同的。故選C。

【6】句意：我們期望研究人員在不久的將來會發(fā)現(xiàn)更多關(guān)于記憶的有趣的事物。

imagine想象；require需要；control控制；discover發(fā)現(xiàn)。整篇文章都是在談記憶問題，并且研究人員正在研究很多問題。可推斷出：關(guān)于記憶方面的問題，我們期盼研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)（discover）一些更有趣的事。故選D。