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【題目】 It's a school day morning. You are dressing yourself in the bedroom. At the same time, you are thinking about taking your schoolbag from the living room. But when you walk through your bedroom door and into the living room, you suddenly forget w【1】 you are there and just don't know what to do.

Most people would think they have a poor m【2】. But scientists believe that the act of walking through doorways makes them forget things. They call it the "doorway effect".

The scientists from the University of Notre Dame in the US did an e【3】. They placed several objects into two rooms. The students had to put an object from Room A into a shoebox and then carried it to Room B through a doorway. In Room B, they exchanged it for another object and brought it back to Room A in the shoebox. Then the students were asked to do the same things w【4】 crossing though a doorway.

During the period of time, the scientists would randomly (隨機地) ask the students which object was in their shoebox at the moment. The scientists found their answers were slower and less c【5】 when they walked through a doorway and into a new room

"A doorway is just like a boundary (分界線) in the mind," the lead scientist Gabriel Radavansky told Scientific American. Setting "boundaries" in our minds can cause us to forget things e【6】. For example, when you walk into the living room, your brain thinks the act of getting your schoolbag is already "done" and it moves on.

Is there a way to s【7】 the "doorway effect? Writing down what you need before going into another room might be helpful.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】why

【2】memory

【3】experiment

【4】without

【5】correct/clear

【6】easily

【7】stop/solve

【解析】

在日常生活中你可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)當你穿過門口后就會忘記你為什么在那里，也不知道要做什么了，這就是門口對人們記憶力的影響，并且科學家經(jīng)過試驗也驗證了這一影響�；蛟S你在穿過門口之前寫下來要做的事情，會對你有些幫助。、

【1】句意：但是當你走著穿過臥室的門并走進客廳的時候，你突然忘記了你為什么在那兒，也不知道要做什么。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示可推測這里表示 “為什么”,故填why

【2】句意：很多人都認為他們的記憶力不好。根據(jù)上文you suddenly forget why you are there and just don't know what to do.可知人們?nèi)菀淄�記一些事情，結(jié)合首字母提示，所以這里表示“記憶力”，故填memory.

【3】句意：來自美國圣母大學的科學家做了一個實驗。根據(jù)本段后文具體內(nèi)容可知，針對門口對人們記憶力的影響，他們做了一個實驗，故填experiment.

【4】句意：然后學生們被要求做同樣的事情，而不穿過門口。根據(jù)本段內(nèi)容可知，實驗內(nèi)容是對比穿過，門口和不穿過門口對人們記憶力的影響，故這里表示“不穿過門口”，故填without.

【5】句意：科學家們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們穿過門口，進入新的房間時，學生們給出的答案更慢，準確度也沒有那么高，結(jié)合句意，故這里表示“正確的，或清晰的”，故填correct/clear.

【6】句意：在腦海中設(shè)置分界線可以導致我們更容易地忘記事情。結(jié)合句意可知，這里表示“容易地”，修飾動詞forget,所以用副詞形式，故填easily.

【7】句意：有解決這種門口影響的方法嗎？在你進入另一個門之前寫下來你所需要的東西或許會有幫助。結(jié)合句意及首字母可推測，這里表示“解決或阻止”故填stop/solve.

首先閱讀短文，理解短文大意。結(jié)合句意和首字母提示是推測出空格所填詞的關(guān)鍵, 例如第2小題，結(jié)合句意可知這里表示“壞的記憶力”，再根據(jù)首字母提示可以確定答案是memory, 故填memory.