备战高考英语外刊精读与练习含答案

[精]备战高考英语外刊精读与练习含答案[精]备战高考英语外刊精读与练习含答案[精]备战高考英语外刊精读与练习含答案备战高考英语外刊精读与练习含答案Themysteryofourearliestmemories人类早期记忆的谜团语篇导读：童年期忘掉的谜团过去一个世纪以来素来迷惑着科学家们。为什么在人类的幼儿期，一个充满体验和学习新事物的阶段，却被好多难以理解的事物而笼罩？本期研究可能以致我们忘掉幼儿时期经历的原因。Step1Vocabulary词汇表hazy模糊的、不清楚的recollection记忆，往事silverbirch白桦树patchy零琐碎碎的，凑合起来的infancy婴儿期、年幼时候sporadic零星的，分其他fleeting一闪而过的，短暂的amnesia失忆，健忘（症）tocoin创立，杜撰（新词或表达）psychoanalysis精神解析学sponge像海绵般地吸取（信息）neural神经的towield施加影响accomplished有成就的，有才华的

polyglot

精晓多种语言的人

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forgetfulness

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tovisualise设想，想象cherished珍惜的，珍爱的Step2ReadingandunderstandingWhatisyourearliestmemory?Forme,IhaveahazyrecollectionofstandinginaleafygardensurroundedbysilverbirchtreeswhenIwasfouryearsold.I'maroundaverage:somepeopleremembereventsasfarbackastwoyearsold,whileforothers,thingsseempatchyuntilsevenoreight.Butwhatisconsistentisthatnoonecanremembertheirownbirthorveryearlyinfancy.Andevenafterthefirstmemory,mostofusonlyhaveasporadiccollectionoffleeting,flickeringmentalimagesuntilmuchlaterinchildhood.Thephenomenonisknownas'childhoodamnesia',atermcoinedbythefatherofpsychoanalysis,SigmundFreud.So,what'sgoingonhere?Babiesare,writesZariaGorvettforBBCFuture,"spongesfornewinformation,forming700newneuralconnectionseverysecondandwieldinglanguage-learningskillstomakethemostaccomplishedpolyglotgreenwithenvy".Andit'spreciselythisrapidmentaldevelopmentthatcausestheproblem,accordingtoastudybytheUniversityofTorontoin2014.Itfoundthatthehighrateofinfantbraincellproductioncouldincreaseforgetfulness,becausenewcellsinterferewithexistingmentalcircuits.Anotherpossibleexplanationisthatthepartofthebrainthatstoresmemories,thehippocampus,isnotfullyformeduntilaround18months.Identityisalsoimportant:testsshowinfantsdon'trecognisethemselvesinthemirroruntiltheyarearoundtwoyearsold.Finally,there'sthequestionofhowaccurateourearlymemoriesareatall."Peoplecanpickupsuggestionsandbegintovisualisethem-theybecomelikememories,"psychologistElizabethLoftustoldtheBBC.Areourcherishedfirstmemoriesreallyjustfamilystories?Step3测试与练习Task1阅读课文并回答以下问题。Whycan'tpeoplerememberthefirstyearsoftheirlives?Threereasonsaregiven.Firstly,inthefirstyearsofourlivesourbrainsaregrowingsofastthatnewbraincellsinterferewithexistingmentalcircuits.Secondly,thehippocampusisnotfullyformeduntil18monthsold.Thirdly,babiesdon'tdevelopasenseofidentityuntilaroundtwoyearsold.Whatdoesitmeantobea'spongefornewinformation'?Beinga'sponge'meansyouacquirealotofnewinformationveryquickly,thesamewayaspongefillswithwater.Trueorfalse?Babiesareaccomplishedpolyglots.False.Althoughbabieslearnlanguagesveryfast,an'accomplishedpolyglot'issomeonewhohaslearnedseverallanguagestoaveryhighlevel.Whichwordmeans'verygreenandcoveredinplants'?Leafy.Whymightourearliestmemoriesactuallybefalse?AccordingtoElizabethLoftus,peoplepickupsuggestionsandvisualisethem-thismakesthesementalimagesseemlikememories.Task2请你在不参照课文的情况下完成以下练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。Mymemoryofthepartyisabit_________.A.flickeringB.patchedC.hazyD.amnesia_________don'tformlastingmemories.Brianisvery_________.Hecan'trememberwhatheateforlunch!A.forgetfulB.forgetfulnessC.forgettableD.forgottenWangLiislikea_________.ShelearnedhowtouseHTMLinaweek.A.psychoanalystB.spongeC.hippocampusD.polyglotPeoplesaythatifyoucan_________success,itmakesyoumorelikelytobesuccessful.A.coinB.interferewithC.visualiseD.wieldTask3语法填空Whatisyourearliestmemory?Forme,Ihaveahazyrecollectionofstandinginaleafygarden_1____________(surround)bysilverbirchtreeswhenIwasfouryearsold.I'maroundaverage:somepeopleremembereventsasfarbackastwoyearsold,_2________forothers,thingsseempatchyuntilsevenoreight.But_3________isconsistentisthatnoonecanremembertheirownbirthorveryearlyinfancy.Andevenafter_4_________firstmemory,mostofusonlyhaveasporadiccollectionoffleeting,flickeringmentalimagesuntilmuchlaterinchildhood.Thephenomenonisknownas'childhoodamnesia',aterm_5_________(coin)bythefatherofpsychoanalysis,SigmundFreud.So,what'sgoingonhere?Babiesare,writesZariaGorvettforBBCFuture,"spongesfornewinformation,_6__________(form)700newneuralconnectionseverysecondandwieldinglanguage-learningskillstomakethemostaccomplishedpolyglotgreenwithenvy".Andit'spreciselythisrapidmentaldevelopment_7__________causestheproblem,accordingtoastudybytheUniversityofTorontoin2014.Itfoundthatthehighrateofinfantbraincellproductioncouldincrease_8____________(forgetful),becausenewcellsinterferewithexistingmentalcircuits.Anotherpossible_9___________(explain)isthatthepartofthebrainthatstoresmemories,thehippocampus,isnotfullyformed_10________around18months.Identityisalsoimportant:testsshowinfantsdon'trecognise_11___________(them)inthemirroruntiltheyarearoundtwoyearsold.Finally,there'sthequestionof_12_________accurateourearlymemoriesareatall."Peoplecanpickupsuggestionsandbegintovisualisethem-theybecomelikememories,"_13_____________(psychology)ElizabethLoftustoldtheBBC.Areourcherishedfirstmemoriesreallyjustfamilys