UNIT 4 课时跟踪检测（二） 语言运用综合练（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修2 （外研版）

UNIT 4 课时跟踪检测（二） 语言运用综合练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 Do you walk out of a room with an idea in your head, only to discover moments later that it's gone? If so, don't worry: it's a very common experience, and one that scientists believe they can explain. In fact, when you know why it happens, you can do some very simple things to stop it! The problem is often caused by “event boundaries”. These are cues your memory uses to stop remembering, in the belief that a particular mental task is over. When you walk out of a room, you create such an event boundary, signaling to your brain that it can put anything not firmly fixed in place. Tests have proved that we're much more forgetful when we move from one location to another. But the same happens when we go from one activity to another, too. It's because anything that seems like the end of a task — closing a study book, finishing a phone call, taking a cake out of the oven — can have the same effect. Within seconds, the information you revised, the arrangements you made with your friend, or the new recipe (食谱) you just used, has disappeared. But here's how to fight back. First, stop telling your brain that its work is done. This can be as simple as leaving a book open instead of putting it back on the shelf. Second, create clues to carry with you across any unavoidable event boundary. If possible, say the key points out loud: the job you're walking off to do in the next room. And picture the details you want to keep, because memory depends on imagery. Every day you're faced with event boundaries that make you fail to do your recall. But by avoiding them when you can, and disguising (伪装) them when you can't, you'll find that much less of your learning gets lost. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了“事件界限”对人的记忆的影响及应对措施。 1．When are people more forgetful according to Paragraph 1? A．When they close a study book. B．When they walk out of a room. C．When they revise the information. D．When they stop to do another thing. 解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段的“we're much more forgetful .