《【精准高考】2018高考英语（人教）大一轮复习（检测）：第1部分 必修2 Unit 3 Computers 练案 Word版含解析》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《【精准高考】2018高考英语（人教）大一轮复习（检测）：第1部分 必修2 Unit 3 Computers 练案 Word版含解析（6页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、第一部分必修二Unit 3.阅读理解(2015安徽)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
2、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 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer.The first group of people understood that the computer would
3、 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 fac
4、ts to remember，and 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
5、 how to find it.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 t
6、hat they are 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.文章大意：文章主要讲的是互联网给人类的记忆带来的影响。互联网使用者越来越依赖互联网来储存信息，人们这样做是否会丧失记忆事物的能力呢？专家怀疑互联网可能正在改变人们的记忆内容和方式。1The passage begins with two question
7、s to _A_.Aintroduce the main topicBshow the authors attitudeCdescribe how to use the InternetDexplain how to store information解析：写作意图题。根据第一段“Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.”可知，作者使用两个问句是为了引出要讨论的话题。2What can we learn about the first experiment？_C_AThe Sparro
8、ws 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.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“People in the first group knew they could find the information again，so t
9、hey did not try to remember it.”可知答案。3In transactive memory，people _D_.Akeep the information in mindBchange the quantity of information Corganize information like a computerDremember how to find the information解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Rather，they remember how to find it.This is calledtransactive memory(交互记忆
10、)”可知，在交互记忆里，人们记得怎样找到信息。4What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrows research? _A_AWe are using memory differently.B.We are becoming more intelligent.CWe have poorer memories than before.D.We need a better way to access information.解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段“but there is no doubt that the way we us
11、e memory is changing”可知，互联网对人们的记忆产生的影响是它改变了我们使用记忆力的方式。.七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余项。(2016山西大学附中模块诊断)The iPod generationToday it is common to see people who walk about with colored wires hanging from their ears wherever they go.They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unawar
12、e of whats happening around them._1.C_Outside life is shut out.So are you one of “them”？ For me, walking around in my own personal bubble is perfect._2.D_Whats even better, wearing earphones seems to give a signal to people which says: “Im not available for chatting at the moment！”Suppose youre at w
13、ork and about to make an incredible breakthrough, but a colleague suddenly turns up.At this precise moment, the slightest disturbance would break your concentration._3.A_Once again, those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give that “Go away！” signal._4.G_Its probably part of the growing
14、up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family.While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their homework, they can just turn up the volume(声音) on their MP3 player, smile, and say “Yes, Mum.” Problem solved.Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty colored wires hangin
15、g from our earsbut also our brains will be directly plugged into some new high-tech instrument.Well be in a virtual(虚拟) world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like.In this world, we will all be permanently plugged in._5.F_ And they are changing our social habits along the
16、 way.In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! Its so strangesuddenly, I dont feel like wearing my earphones any more! AListening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions.BI also have wires hanging from my ears.CThey walk around in the
