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1、成才之路成才之路 英语英语路漫漫其修远兮路漫漫其修远兮 吾将上下而求索吾将上下而求索人教版人教版 必修必修5Life in the futureUnit 3话话 题题 导导 入入(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 bra
2、in? 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 40 unimportant facts to type into
3、 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
4、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 (文件夹). Surprisingly，people later remembered the folder location (位置) better than the facts.When people
5、use the Internet，they do not remember the information.Rather，they remember 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
6、 is，people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that 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
7、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 questions to _.Aintroduce the main topicBshow the authors attitudeCdescribe how to use the InternetDexplain how to store information答案：A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
8、问句是为了引出要讨论的话题。2What 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.答案：C细节理解题。根据第二段“P
9、eople in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it.”可知答案。3In transactive memory，people _.Akeep the information in mindBchange the quantity of information Corganize information like a computerDremember how to find the information答案：D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Ra
10、ther，they remember how to find it.This is calledtransactive memory(交互记忆)”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? AWe are using memory differently.BWe are becoming more intelligent.CWe have poorer memories than before.DWe need a better way to access information.答案：A细节理解题。根据最后一段“but there is no doubt that the way we use 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。
