Question

Not all memories (記憶)are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Wars and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and mental scars. Often they appear again in dreams.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill(藥丸), which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce（減少）, or possibly erase(抹去) the effect of sad memories.

In November, some scientists tested a drug(藥) on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals(化學品) that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the mental effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

The research has caused plenty 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 destroy(破壞) people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a dream. They usually come with very sad feeling.” said Roger Pitman, a scientist of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve(減輕) a lot of that suffering.”

But those who are against the research say that it is very dangerous to change memories because memories give us our identity(特質). They also help us all get away from the mistakes of the past.

“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. I’m not sure we want to erase those memories,” said Rebecca Dresser.

1.The passage is mainly about __________.

A．a new medical invention

B．a new research on memories

C．a way of erasing sad memories

D．an argument about the research on the pill

2.The drug tested on people can __________.

A．cause the brain to fix memories

B．stop people remembering their experiences

C．prevent body producing certain chemicals

D．erase the emotional effects of memories

3.The word “scars” in Paragraph One is close in meaning to _________.

A．good stories                           B．sad feelings

C．experiences                           D．memories

4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A．Some memories can destroy people’s lives.

B．People want to get away from bad memories.

C．Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D．The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

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，對此不同專家有不同的觀點，短文沒有給出明確結論。

1.通過閱讀短文可知本文主要談論了一種使人們忘掉不好記憶的藥物，故選D。

2.根據The drug stops the body producing chemicals(化學品) that fix memories in the brain.描述可知選C。

3.聯系上文戰爭和交通事故，可知意思是創傷，故選B，傷心地情懷。

4.根據“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是很可怕的事情，但是那會讓我們成為真正的自己。結合語境可知選C，經歷不好的事情會讓我與其他人有所不同。

考點：有關記憶的科普性閱讀

點評：本文中長句較多，一時很難讀懂句子含義，注意多讀幾遍，不要強求非得理解一詞一句的含義，能把握文章大意就行。然后帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據。對于不能直接找到根據的問題注意聯系上下文，根據短文中心總結出正確答案。