考研英语-946
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What's your earliest childhood memory? Can you remember learning to walk? Or talk? The first time you heard thunder or watched a television program? Adults ldom (1) events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, (2) children younger than three or four (3) retain any specific, personal experiences.
A variety of explanations have been (4) by psychologists for this " childhood amnesia " . One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is (5) for formling memories, does not mature until about the age of two. But the most popular theory (6) that, since adults don't think like children, they cannot (7) 六级真题听力下载childhood memories. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or (8) —one event follows another a
s in a novel or film. (9) , when they arch through their mental (10) for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fit the (11) . It's like trying to find a Chine word in an English dictionary.电脑培训网
Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new (12) for childhood amnesia. She argues that there simply aren't any early childhood memories to recall. According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to u someone el's spoken (13) of their personal (14) in order to turn their own short-term, quickly forgotten (15) of them into long-term memories. (16) , children have to talk about their (17) and hear others talk about them—Mother talking about the afternoon (18) looking for ashells at the beach or Dad asking them about their day at Ocean Park. Without this (19) reinforcement, says Dr.Simms, children cannot form (20) adjectivesmemories of their personal experiences.
1.
A. figure B. interpret C. recall D. affirm
A B C D
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答案:C
[解析] 词汇辨识题。recall意为“想起”，指把忘记的东西又想起来，其动作含有有意识的努力和意志，常与can, could等词连用。例如：I remember her face but I cannot recall where I met her. 根据上下文，此处需要填入与前面的remember意思相近的动词，意为成年人很少能想起一些事，故选项[C]recall正确。选项[A]figure意为“计算；描述；估计”，例如：Can you figure (out) why he did it? 选项[B]interpret意为“解释，说明”，例如：It's difficult to interpret the statistics without knowing how they were obtained. 选项[D]affirm通常为回答某一问题时“断言，肯定”，例如：He affirmed that he was telling the truth.
大洋洲英文2.
A. since B. even if C. as though D. just as
大学英语四级多少分过A B C D
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答案:D
[解析] 逻辑关系题。just as意为“就像”，例如：Things turned out just as I expected. 根据上下文的意思，成年人与孩子一样都不记得童年的事，故选项[D]just as正确。选项[A]since意为“既然”，常用于完成时念，例如：She is enjoying the job more since she's got more responsibility. 选项[B]even if意为“即使”，引导让步状语从句，例如：Even if you take a taxi, you'll still miss your train. 选项[C]as though意为“似乎，好像”，例如：They stared at me as though I was crazy.
3.
A. largely B. rarely C. merely D. really
A B C D
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答案:B
[解析] 词汇辨识题。rarely是否定副词，意为“很少”，与主句中的ldom(很少)前后照应。选项[A]largely意为“主要地”，例如：The accident was largely due to his carelessness. 选项[C]only意为“仅仅”，例如：He is not only a good artist, but a great one. 选项[D]really意为“真正地”。全句可译为：成年人很少能想起比入学前一年左右更早的事情，就像三四岁以前的孩子很少能记得任何具体的个人经历一样。
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4.
A. refuted B. defied C. propod D. witnesd
A B C D
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tae答案:C
[解析] 词汇辨识题。propo sth. /doing sth. /that (should)…表示“提出意见”，例如：I propo a short rest before we continue the work根据文章意思：心理学家提出了多种解释，故选项[C]propod正确。选项[A]refute意为“反驳，驳斥”，例如：We refuted his claim that the world was flat. 选项[B]defy意为“公然违抗，蔑视”，例如：How long can tho criminals continue to defy the law! 选项[D]witness意为“目击；作证”，例如：He witnesd to having en the man enter the room. 全句可译为：心理学家已经对这种“儿童失忆症”提出了各种各样的解释。
5.
A. responsible B. suitable C. favorable D. available
A B C D
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意思terrain答案:A
[解析] 固定搭配题。be responsible for意为“有责任的；成为…的原因”，例如：The pilot of an airliner is responsible for the safety of the pasngers. 再如：Mechanical defects were responsible for the accident. 根据上下文的意思和结构，此句意指大脑中的一个负责记忆的区域，作为hippocampus的同位语，故选项[A]responsible正确。选项[B]suitable意为“合适的”，常用作be suitable to/for；选项[C]favorable意为“满意的；有利的”，例如：We can sail there in an hour if the wind is favorable to us. 选项[D]available意为“可用的；有空的”，例如：It's vital that food is made available to the famine area. 全句可译为：有心理学家认为，大脑中的海马体，即大脑中形成记忆的区域，直到大约两岁时才成熟。
6.
A. declines B. asss C. estimates D. maintains
A B C D
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答案:D
[解析] 词汇辨识题。maintain意为“坚持认为；维持”，例如：He maintained that he was innocent. =He maintained his innocence. 再如：We should maintain friendly relations with neighboring countries. 根据上下文，前一句讲有人认为儿童失忆症是因为人脑中的海马体不成熟，此句讲别的理论的看法，故选项[D]maintain正确。选项[A]decline意为“婉拒；衰落”，例如：I offered him a lift to his hou, but he declined with thanks. 再如：The party's popularity has declined in the opinion polls. 选项[B]asss意为“评估”，例如：They assd the cost of the flood damage at ￡ 50,000. 再如：Examinations are not the only means of asssing someone's ability. 选项[C]estimate意为“估计，评价”，例如：It was difficult to estimate how many trees had been damaged.
7.
A. reflect B. attain C. access D. acquire
A B C D
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答案:C
[解析] 词汇辨识题。access作名词时，意为“接近；入口”；作动词时，意为“(计算机)存取数据、文件”，例如：The system has been designed to give the ur quick and easy access to the required information. 再如：Branch officials can access the central data bank. 此处需要一个与memory搭配的动词，故选项[C]access正确。选项[A]reflect意为“反映；深思熟虑”，例如：His unhappy face reflected his inner despair. 再如：The manager demanded time to reflect on what to do. 选项[B]attain意为“获得”，有较强的抱负和渴望的
意味，例如：attain one's goal/independence. 选项[D]acquire尤指通过努力“获得；养成习惯、嗜好等”，例如：acquire a habit(养成一个习惯)，acquire a little Spanish(学会了一点西班牙语)。全句可译为：但最流行的理论坚持认为，由于成年人不像儿童那样思考，所以他们不能存取童年的记忆。
8.
A. narratives B. forecasts C. communications D. descriptions
A B C D
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答案:A
[解析] 逻辑关系题。narrative意为“叙事”，常指按顺序讲述，例如：She gave a narrative of her strange experience. 根据下文的one event follows another…，可知这里指按顺序来
讲述，同时空前的or也暗示该空要选个stories的近义词，故选项[A]narratives符合题意。选项[B]forecast意为“预报；预料”，例如：a weather forecast(人气预报)；选项[C]communication意为“交流；(pl.)通讯设施”；选项[D]description意为“记述，叙述，描写”，常指用语言来描述，例如：Plea give me a brief/full description of the accident.
