Unit 9 课时检测(6) “The Secrets of Your Memory”的课文习读环节（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语必修第三册（北师大版2019）

UNIT 9 课时检测(六) “The Secrets of Your Memory” 的课文习读环节 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Naps — short sleeps during the day — may improve memory, experts said recently. New research conducted by brain researcher Avi Karni of the University of Haifa in Israel explores the possibility that naps help lock in sometimes long-term memories. “We still don't know exactly how memory system works during sleep, but the results of this research suggest it is possible to speed up memory consolidation (巩固)，” Karni said.Long-term memory refers to memories that stay with us for years, such as “what” memories — a car accident that happened yesterday — or “how to” memories, such as one's learned ability to play the pianos. Karni, also one of the authors of the study published in a recent issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience, instructed participants to learn a difficult set of finger games, then divided the study subjects into two groups: one that napped for an hour, and one that didn't.The people who took an afternoon snooze showed obvious improvement in their performance by that evening. “After a night's sleep the two groups were at the same level, but the group that slept in the afternoon improved much faster than the group that stayed awake，” Karni said.And the study also showed just how much faster a 90-minute nap could help lock in long-term memories. “Daytime sleep can shorten the time ‘how to’ memory weakens and forgetting starts，” Karni said, “Instead of 6 to 8 hours, the brain consolidated the memory during the 90-minute nap.” 1．What can we learn from the article? A．The new research has discovered the memory process during the sleep. B．Taking a nap helps improve both long-term and short-term memories. C．Karni's findings are based on comparisons between two groups of participants. D．People who take a nap will never forget “how to” skills once they are learned. 解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知，在这次实验中，Karni把接受实验的对象分成两组，一组下午小憩一小时，另一组没有小憩，结果证明小憩的那一组在晚上之前的表现较好。因此他的发现是基于两组实验对象的比较。 2．What does the underline