NOT all memories are sweet. Some people -- all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars (傷痕).
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase, the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain (大腦). So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of discussion. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
"Some memories can destroy people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare (噩夢(mèng)). They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特質(zhì)). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
【小題1】The passage is mainly about
A.a(chǎn) new medical invention |
B.a(chǎn) new research on the pill |
C.a(chǎn) way of erasing painful memories |
D.a(chǎn) discussion about the research on the pill |
A.cause the brain to fix memories |
B.stop people remembering bad experiences |
C.prevent body producing certain chemicals |
D.erase the emotional effects of memories |
A.people doubt the effects of the pills |
B.the pill will stop people's bad experiences |
C.taking the pill will do harm to people's health |
D.the pill has probably been produced in America |
A.Some memories can destroy people's lives. |
B.People want to remove bad memories. |
C.Experiencing bad events makes us different from others. |
D.The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories. |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
解析試題分析:這篇短文主要討論了一種能夠使人消除不良記憶的藥物,對(duì)此不同專家有不同的觀點(diǎn),短文沒(méi)有給出明確結(jié)論。
【小題1】通過(guò)閱讀短文可知本文主要談?wù)摿艘环N使人們忘掉不好記憶的藥物,故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)The drug stops the body producing chemicals(化學(xué)品) that fix memories in the brain.描述可知選C。
【小題3】根據(jù)The research has caused a great deal of discussion.及下文描述,可知有些人懷疑這種藥物的效果.故選A.
【小題4】根據(jù)“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. 句意:我們所有人都可能想起我們生活中曾經(jīng)是很可怕的事情,但是那會(huì)讓我們成為真正的自己。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知選C,經(jīng)歷不好的事情會(huì)讓我與其他人有所不同。
考點(diǎn):有關(guān)記憶的科普性閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng):本文中長(zhǎng)句較多,一時(shí)很難讀懂句子含義,注意多讀幾遍,不要強(qiáng)求非得理解一詞一句的含義,能把握文章大意就行。然后帶著問(wèn)題閱讀短文,一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對(duì)于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問(wèn)題注意聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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