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    For adults,memories tend to lose with time. But there are conditions under which the opposite is true for small children.

    While playing a video game that asked them to remember relations between objects,4-and 5-year-olds who replayed the game after two days scored more than 20 percent higher than kids who replayed it later the same day. “An idea is that kids can be smarter than we thought they could be,” said Kevin Darby,co-author of the study. “They just need more time."  

    The findings give ?s. a window into understanding memory. First,we showed that if children are given pieces of similar information in a close "we 5/7训(时间跨度) ，there is almost a complete loss of memory. Second,we showed that introducing delays prevents that loss. It seems surprising that children can almost completely forget what they have just learned,and that their memories can actually improve with time.

    We know from previous research that kids struggle to form difficult connections in the moment,so we thought that with some time off and periods of sleep they might be able to do better. And it turned out that when they had time to remember the information,they did better.

    Researcher Slo?tsky said that the study does not in any way suggest that kids can absorb (吸收)adult-sized quantities of information if only they are given time to sleep on it. Rather,it means that they can remember kid-sized quantities of information in given time,even if they seem forgetful in the moment. “We’ve shown that it's possible for children's memories to improve with time,but it's not like we’ ve discovered a method for super-charging how much they can remember,” he said.

9. What can we learn from Kevin Darby’s words?

   A. Children are good at learning things.

   B. Children can remember better than thought.  

    C. Children are better at remembering than adults.

   D. Children can learn better through computer games.

10. The third paragraph is mainly about.

   A. the meaning of the study

   B. the problems with the study 

    C. the background of the study   

    D. the process of the study

11. The purpose of what Sloutsky said is .

   A. to provide an example for the study

   B. to stress the importance of the study 

    C. to avoid misunderstanding the study

   D. to remind people to put the study into practice

12. What might be the best title for the text?

   A. The power of memory

   B. The best way to learn 

    C. Delayed remembering   

    D. Free kids from pressure 

Answer 1

9.B 10. A 11.C 12.C

C篇儿童对某个事物的记忆，短时间内可能会忘记，但随着时间的延长也许会记得更清楚。

9.B. 细节理解题。由第二段中的An idea is that kids can be smarter than we thought they could be 可知，Kevin Darby认为孩子们的记忆力比我们 想象中得好。

10. A. 段落大意题。由第三段首句The findings give us a window into understanding memory 可 b,本段主要介绍这个研宄的意义。

11.C. 推理判断题。由最后一段中的the study does not in any way suggest that …Rather,it means that...可知，Sloutsky主要是提醒人们不 要对这个研究的理解出现偏差。

12.C. 标题归纳题。从全文整体看，本文介绍的 是儿童的记忆会有一定的延迟，一段时间之后会记得更牢固，故C项最符合。