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NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive 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 wipe out, the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the 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 wiped out. They are not sure to what degree people's memories are affected.

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 maybe the pills can change people's memories and changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid 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 wipe those memories out,” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

1.The passage is mainly about        .

A. a new medical invention                                            

B. a new research on the pill

C. a way of wiping out painful 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 bad experiences

C. prevent body producing certain chemicals     

D. wipe out the emotional effects of memories

3.We can infer from the passage that        .

A. experts are not sure about the effects of the pills

B. the pill will certainly stop people's emotional memories

C. taking the pill will do harm to people's physical health

D. the pill has already been produced and used by the American public

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

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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：

1.D 主旨大意題，文章主要講述了現(xiàn)在出現(xiàn)了一種新的藥片可以讓人忘記過(guò)去的事情。以及人們對(duì)這種藥片的不同的反應(yīng)，有人支持，有人反對(duì)。并且給出了支持和反對(duì)的理由。故D正確。

2.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第二句話The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain說(shuō)明C正確。

3.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段2,3行So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are wiped out. They are not sure to what degree people's memories are affected.說(shuō)明A正確。

4.C 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二行“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are.說(shuō)明正是因?yàn)槲覀兊慕?jīng)歷讓我們成為現(xiàn)在的我們。那么C項(xiàng)中的經(jīng)歷了不同的事情能夠讓我們與別人不同，與文章的意思相符。故C正確。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章講述了現(xiàn)在出現(xiàn)了一種新的藥片可以讓人忘記過(guò)去的事情。以及人們對(duì)這種藥片的不同的反應(yīng)，有人支持，有人反對(duì)。并且給出了支持和反對(duì)的理由。考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，要求考生閱讀時(shí)關(guān)注文章細(xì)節(jié)，合理判斷，準(zhǔn)確選擇。