Question

19．There are two kinds of memory：short-term and long-term．Information in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is needed．The information may be kept for days or weeks．However，information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds，usually by repeating the information over and over．The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied．
Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary．The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students．They represented all levels of ability in English：beginning，intermediate （中等），and native speaking students．
To begin，the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English．Following the recording，the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered．Each question had four choices．The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording，some of the questions had four choices that sound alike．For example，weather，whether，wither，and wetter are four words that sound alike．Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning．Method，way，manner，and system would be four words with the same meaning．Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test．
Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike； students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning．Henning's results suggest that beginning stud ents hold the sound of words in their short-term memory，and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory．
25．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？A
A．Information in short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory．
B．Long-term memory can be achieved only by training．
C．It is easier to test short-term memory than long-term memory．
D．Henning gave a separate test on vocabulary to his students．
26．From Henning's result we can see thatA．
A．beginners have difficulty distinguishing the pronunciation of words
B．advanced students always remember words by their meaning
C．it is difficult to remember words t hat sound alike
D．it is difficult to remember words that have the same meaning
27．The word"subject"in the passage meansD．
A．memory                             
B．the theme of listening material
C．a branch of knowledge studied                  
D．the student experimented on
28．The passage centers onC．
A．memory                           
B．two kinds of memory  
C．short-term memory                  
D．an experiment on students．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了人類的短時間記憶以及Henning的不同程度英語學習者的記憶實驗，結果發現，英語初學者會短期記憶單詞的發音，而程度高的學生則是把單詞的意義短期記憶．

解答 25．A．細節理解題．根據文章第一段"The information may be kept for days or weeks．However，information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds"長時記憶的信息可以保持數天或數周．然而，短時記憶中的信息只能保持幾秒鐘，可知短時記憶中的信息與長期記憶中的信息是不同的；故選A．
26．A．細節理解題．根據文章第四段"Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike"Henning發現，凡是英語熟練程度低的學生會在發音相同的單詞上犯更多的錯誤；可知剛開始學英語的同學很難分清單詞的發音；故選A．
27．D．詞義猜測題．根據文章第二段"The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students"他實驗的對象為75名大學生，可推測出subject是指參與實驗的學生；故選D．
28．C．主旨大意題．通讀全文，可知文章主要描述了一個記憶測試的實驗，根據最終的結論初學生單詞的聲音保持短期記憶，而程度高的學生能把單詞的意義短時記憶；可知文章的中心是短期記憶；故選C．

點評 考察學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力，做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做詞義猜測題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．