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高考英语七选五专练 (二)
Passage 06 The Truth about Your Memory
What would you be without your memories? How important is your ability to remember the past and to draw on it to help you know what to do next? I'll answer for you: It's right up there with breathing and eating. (1)__________
However, most people know little about memory. A study by research psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris asked people simple questions about memory and then compared their answers with those of experts in memory research.(2)________ For instance, to the question “Is there a video camera? in your head?” 63% of people surveyed strongly agreed or mostly agreed that human memory “works like a video camera, accurately recording the events we see and hear so that we can review and inspect them later. ” None of the experts strongly agreed or mostly agreed that memory functions like that.
So how does memory work?(3)________ He means well and wants to help, but the best he can do is to tell you stories. And like all good story tellers, he edits for impact, efficiency, functionality, and clarity. He tells you what he assumes you need to know. He also makes honest mistakes---lots and lots of them. Sometimes he just gets confused and leaves out something important. He could even include inaccurate information by accident.
In other words, there is no consistent or orderly sense to memory.A memory will be hidden away and connected to other memories or concepts in ways that are not necessarily practical or logical.(4)_________Memories come to us in a way that is similar to how archaeologists and police detectives use bits of information to construct stories about past people and events.
(5)_________ Fortunately, enough has been revealed to offer us wise and safe guidance through daily life. Your memory is best thought of as helpful input. We don't need to remember every detail about everything.
A. The researchers had a very tough time understanding human memories.
B. The human brain is still