18.NOT all memories are sweet.Some people spendall their lives trying to forget bad experiences.Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars.Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.
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(抹去),the effect of painful memories.
In November,experts tested a drug on people in he US and France.The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain.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 argument.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 ruin people's lives.They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare.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.
27.The passage is mainly aboutD.
A.a(chǎn) new medical inventin
B.a(chǎn) new research on the pill
C.a(chǎn) way of erasing painful memories
D.a(chǎn)n argument about the research on the pill
28.The drug tested on people canC.
A.cause the brain to fix memories
B.stop people remembering bad experiences
C.prevent body producing certain chemicals
D.Wipe out the emotional effects of memories
29.We can infer from the passage thatA.
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
30.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?C
A.Some memories can ruin people's lives.
B.People want to get rid of bad memories.
C.Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.
D.The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.
分析 這篇文章主要講了科學家研究一種可以讓人忘記不好經(jīng)歷的藥片,對于這種藥片的影響存在著爭議.
解答 27.D 推斷題:根據(jù)The research has caused a great deal of argument.Some think it is a bad idea,While others support it.可知這篇文章主要是關于科學家研究一種藥片,存在著爭議,故選D.
28.C 細節(jié)題:根據(jù)The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain.可知這種藥物可以阻止身體產(chǎn)生一定的化學物質(zhì),故選C.
29.A 細節(jié)題:根據(jù)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.我們可以推斷出人們質(zhì)疑這種藥物的影響,故選A.
30.C 細節(jié)題:根據(jù)"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.可知Rebecca Dresser同意經(jīng)歷壞的事情,使得我們和其他人不同,故選C.
點評 本文是一個社會文化類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).