B
Memories of highly charged events, like the London bombings of the 7th July 2005, can be inaccurate and should not be relied on in court, according to a study in Britain. People can create false memories, bringing problems for police investigations.
The simultaneous (同时) bombings of three underground trains and a double－decker bus in London some years ago are imprinted on the minds of many people in Britain.
But our memories of the attacks are unreliable, according to a study from Portsmouth University. Forty percent of British students questioned about the events remembered seeing a film recorded by a CCTV(闭路监控) camera that shows a particular event of the bus bomb——footage(片段) which never existed. A further 28% claimed to have seen a non－existent computerized reconstruction.
Some even recalled specific details of the attack, which none of them witnessed. "The bus had just stopped to let people off when two women and a man got on," said one. "He placed a hag by his side, the woman sat down and as the bus left, there was an explosion. There was a leg on the floor." Another described how the bus had stepped at a traffic light when there was a bright light, an explosion and the roof of the bus was blown off by the power of the explosion.
"Memories are not like videotape you can return to the beginning and replay for perfect recall," said lead researcher James Ost. "Because of this, they are not reliable enough to form the basis of legal decisions." He believes people who are more creative might be more inclined to make these kinds of errors.
60．According to the passage, when people are strongly affected by an event______.
A．all they say about the event is not true
B．they couldn't remember anything
C．they couldn't go on the court to be witnesses
D．they couldn't make any errors on what they see about the event
61．The third paragraph______.
A．tells us what some people saw about the attack
B．shows that some people did create some false memories
C．shows that the London bombing was indeed a terrorist attack
D．shows that some people could remember details of an event
62．The underlined word "inclined" in the last paragraph is closest to the meaning of______.
A．careful B．likely C．serious D．curious
63．What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A．How our memories work. B．False memories.
C．How to avoid false memories. D．What can be done to memories.
三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A．B．C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。
A
I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
"Dad, dad!" I cried. "This wine is too old to drink."
"Son, hold on," he said.
"No, you can't drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago."
"Wait, let me tell you..."
"Would you like me to throw it away for you?" I asked.
"Son, wait a second," he said. "Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true."
When I was young, I didn't have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple role: The longer you wait for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don't get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class－work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
56．Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?
A．Because it smelt terrible.
B．Because it was mixed with something else.
C．Because his father drank too much that night.
D．Because it had been kept for years.
57．What the author's father said______.
A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child
B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author
C．threw the author into deep thought then
D．was an excuse to drink the wine
58．In the author's opinion, if we do things too quickly we will______.
A．do it better B．save much time
C．graduate from college more quickly D．miss something useful to us in life
59．Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?
A．Well begun is half done. B．More haste, less speed.
C．Failure is the mother of success. D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A．B．C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。
I like to give my praise to anyone whenever and wherever I can. I'll tell you why.
It was the end of my first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had been lost, and my feet 36 . The loaded plates I was carrying 37 to be heavier and heavier. Tired and 38 , I didn't seem able to do anything right. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice－cream 39 a dozen times, I was ready to 40 . Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said, "you've looked after us really well." 41 my tiredness disappeared. I 42 back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd 43 my first day, I said, " 44 !" Those few words of 45 had changed everything. Praise is like sunlight to the human 46 ; we can not flower and grow without it. And yet, 47 moat of us are only too ready to 48 to others the cold wind of criticism, we are 49 to give our fellows the warm 50 of praise. Why one word of praise can bring such pleasure?
It's 51 how chary(吝惜的) we are about praising. Perhaps it's because few of us know how to accept it. It's especially 52 to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes 53
or unmentioned. Do you, however, 54 tell your laundry(洗衣店) manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? In fact, to give praise costs the giver 55 but a moment's though and a moment's effort.
36．A．knelt B．stood C．hurt D．strengthened
37．A．were B．seemed C．looked D．happened
38．A．discouraged B．excited C．hated D．forced
39．A．dish B．stick C．plate D．order
40．A．stop B．start C．praise D．smile
41．A．Generally B．Suddenly C．Actually D．Terribly
42．A．hit B．talked C．smiled D．fought
43．A．spend B．see C．have D．like
44．A．Horrible B．Fine C．Sad D．Sorry
45．A．praise B．criticism C．appeal D．complaint
46．A．body B．activity C．spirit D．words
47．A．why B．what C．how D．while
48．A．apply B．afford C．effect D．affect
49．A．ready B．unwilling C．anxious D．uncomfortable
50．A．sunshine B．water C．advice D．suggestion
51．A．good B．possible C．likely D．strange
52．A．rewarding B．common C．ordinary D．contributing
53．A．undelivered B．unexpected C．unnoticed D．unconditioned
54．A．even B．never C．ever D．still
55．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
It was how the disabled had managed to drag the child off the tracks the very moment when the train came______touched the audiences.
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A．when |
B．where |
C．that |
D．which |
They often chatted about the hard times______they spent together in the old days.
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A．where |
B．when |
C．which |
D．what |
______in March, that so many people had on their light wears.
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A．So hot did the weather become |
B．So became the hot weather |
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C．Hot the weather became so |
D．So hot became the weather |
