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专题05 完形填空(10空)
1. (2023·江苏省南京市·期末考试)
Have you ever forgotten where your socks are when you wake up in the morning? Can you (1) what you ate for lunch a week ago? You may think that being forgetful is not a good thing. (2) now you should be thankful.
Scientists from the University of Toronto found that forgetting is actually a key part of learning, The Independent reported. Getting rid of (除去) unneeded (3) can help our brains work better.
What kind of information is unneeded? Scientists say that this may have (4) to do with the place you live in.
In a place that is (5) changing, our brains may need us to remember less. For example, a supermarket cashier meets many people every day and will probably only remember them for a (6) time. But a designer who often meets his or her clients (客户) will remember longer. That's because our brains keep making new neurons (神经元) from stem cells (干细胞), said Paul Frankland, a professor at the University of Toronto.
There is a (7) area in our brains called the hippocampus (海马体). It is important for us to learn and remember. When new neurons (8) into the hippocampus, they renew our old memories. This could explain (9) you forget so much information about the time when you were very young.
However, being forgetful is not always (10) . When you don't have enough sleep, you may have a hard time remembering new information. Sleep helps the brain store and keep new facts and information, Matthew Walker from the University of California told the Huffington Post.
1.A. find B. wonder C. believe D. remember
2.A. So B. Or C. But D. And
3.A. news B. notice C. message D. information
4.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
5.A. never B. seldom C. sometimes D. always
6.A. short B. long C. first D. second
7.A. new B. special C. amazing D. interesting
8.A. put B. turn C. come D. enter
9.A. how B. when C. why D. what
10.A. good B. bad C. lucky D. unlucky
2. (2023·江苏省南京市·期末考试)
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