Ⅰ.阅读理解 As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information，are people remembering less If you know your computer will save information，why store it in your own personal memory，your brain Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how. In a recent study，Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments.She and her research team wanted to know whether the Internet is changing memory.In the first experiment，they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer.The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information.The second group understood that the computer would not save it.Later，the second group remembered the information better.People in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it. In another experiment，the researchers gave people facts to remember，and told them where to find the information on the computer.The information was in a specific computer folder(文件夹)．Surprisingly，people later remembered the folder location better than the facts.When people use the Internet，they do not remember the information.Rather，they remember how to find it.This is called “transactive memory(交互记忆)”． According to Sparrow，we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet.Instead，computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is，people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date.This doesn’t mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent，but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing. 1．What’s the function of two questions in the beginning of the text A．To introduce the main topic. B．To show the author’s attitude. C．To describe how to use the Internet. D．To explain how to store information. 2．What can we learn about the first experiment A．The Sparrow’s team typed the information into a computer. B．The two groups remembered the information equally well. C．The first group did not try to remember the information. D．The second group did not understand the information. 3．In transactive memory，what do people do A．People keep the information in mind. B．People change the quantity of information. C．People organize information like a computer. D．People remember how to find the information. 4．What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow’s research A．We are using memory differently. B．We are becoming more intelligent. C．We have poorer memories than before. D．We need a better way to access information. 读写积累 1．dependent adj.依赖的；有瘾的；取决于 2．store熟义：n.百货商店；备用物 生义：v.保存；记忆(本文为此义) 3．conduct v．进行，组织，实施(本文为此义)；表现，举止；指挥；传导(热或电)；带领 4．type 熟义：n.类型，种类；一类(人或事物) 生义：v.定型；打字(本文为此义) 5．specific adj.熟义：明确的；具体的；特有的；独特的 生义：特定的(本文为此义) 6 ... ...
