Question

【题目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）

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】

这是一篇说明文，说明我们的记忆在早年发生了变化，但是在大约十岁的时候，我们记忆中的东西就被固定。

【1】句意：我们开车去奶奶家，我们的车坏了。

ran forward向前跑；sold out卖完；broken down坏了；speed up加速。根据后文“We couldn’t get out of the car and I cried. A mechanic came to help us.”我们不能从车里出来，我哭了。一位技工过来帮助我们。可推断，车子坏了。故选C。

【2】句意：大多数成年人对他们很小的时候发生的事情记得很少，因此，一些人认为我们在四岁或五岁之前不能真正形成记忆。

as a result结果；what’s more再说；for the time being暂时；infact事实上。空格前后的句子“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.”显然存在着因果关系。as a result“结果，因此”，故选A。

【3】句意：随着年龄的增长，我们对早年生活的记忆似乎发生了变化。

are pleased高兴的；build confidence增强自信；feel tired感到劳累；get older长大。根据后文的“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）. 这似乎表明我们的记忆在早年发生了变化，但是在大约十岁的时候，我们记忆中的东西就被固定。可推测出：本句的意思应该是，随着年龄的增长，我们对早年生活的记忆似乎发生了变化。故选D。

【4】句意：所有的问题都被写了下来。

forecasts预报；answers答案；reviews复习；orders顺序。根据“First , they asked their participants to describe their earliest memories.” 首先，他们要求参与者描述他们最早的记忆。可知，被记下来的那些都是参与者记得的事情。故选B。

【5】句意：许多在第一次面试中年龄在10到13岁之间的孩子在第二次面试中描述了完全相同的记忆。

Unforgettable难忘的；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.” 几乎所有在第一次采访中年龄在4到7岁之间的孩子在第二次采访中都说了一些非常不同的话。形成对比。可推知，在10至13岁的孩子描述的事情两次是相同的。故选C。

【6】句意：我们期望研究人员在不久的将来会发现更多关于记忆的有趣的事物。

imagine想象；require需要；control控制；discover发现。整篇文章都是在谈记忆问题，并且研究人员正在研究很多问题。可推断出：关于记忆方面的问题，我们期盼研究人员发现（discover）一些更有趣的事。故选D。