Question

    We all use different ways to remember ideas, facts and things we need to store. Remembering is an extremely important part of our learning experience. Information process, storage and recall（回顾）encourage purposeful learning.

But the brain doesn’t store everything we want or need for future use. It makes choices and tends to remember information that forms a memorable pattern. Things you learned recently can be particularly difficult to remember because they haven’t taken root in your mind.

“Forgetting allows us to remember what is really important to our survival. We forget much of what we read, watch, and think directly every day.” writes John Medina in his book, Brain Rules.

How do you avoid losing 90%of what you’ve learned? An inspiring writer and speaker Zig Ziglar once said：“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.”

Repetition has been a remembering skill for ages. When you hear or read something once，you don’t really learn it-at least not well enough to store the new information for long. The right kind of repetition can do wonders for your memory. People learn or remember better by repeating things or getting exposed to information many times. Others repeat particular steps or processes deliberately a number of times or even years to become better at certain skills.

Daniel Coyle explains in his book, The Little Book of Talent：“...closing the book and writing a summary, even short ones, forces you to figure out the key points, process and organize those ideas so they make sense, and write them on the page. When you pick it back up weeks later, reread all of your notes or highlights to strengthen the ideas even further.”

People learn by repeating things. Better learning is a repetition process. Every time we repetitively access something we already know, we increase the memory’s stored value.

1.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A.The brain tends to store 90% of the things we learn.

B.The fresher the information is, the easier to remember.

C.Thinking is more important than remembering in study.

D.The brain tends to choose and keep what it thinks important.

2.How does the writer prove his opinion?

A.By giving examples. B.By listing numbers.

C.By borrowing words of experts. D.By providing scientific finding.

3.What does Daniel Coyle want to say in his book？

A.You can’t pay too much attention to repetition.

B.Summarizing is a very effective learning tool.

C.Forgetting forces human brain to make choices.

D.Regular repetition helps to form good habits.

4.What may be the purpose of the last paragraph？

A.To summarize and stress his opinion. B.To ask the readers to use the skills to learn.

C.To introduce his opinion and attract readers. D.To tell readers to increase the value of memory.

5.Which do you think is the best title of the passage？

A.How the Brain Works B.Reading for More

C.Fighting Against Forgetting D.Repeat to Remember

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。我们都在用不同的方式去记住东西，但大脑并没有储存我们想要或需要的东西以供将来使用。它做出选择，并倾向于记住形成可记忆模式的信息。本文通过介绍大脑的记忆并引用专家的话来证实重复是个不错的记忆方式。

1.

推理判断题。根据第二段的It makes choices and tends to remember information that forms a memorable pattern. 它做出选择，并倾向于记住形成可记忆模式的信息。和第三段的“Forgetting allows us to remember what is really important to our survival. “遗忘让我们记住对我们生存真正重要的东西。可知，大脑倾向于选择并保留它认为重要的东西。故选D。

2.

推理判断题。在第三段作者引用了John Medina 的书中的话；在第四段引用了作家和演说家Zig Ziglar；在倒数第二段中引用了Daniel Coyle书中的话。这些引用的话均证明了重复是很好的记忆方式，由此可知，作者通过引用专家名人的话来证实自己的观点。故选C。

3.

细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的Daniel Coyle explains in his book, The Little Book of Talent：“...closing the book and writing a summary, even short ones, forces you to figure out the key points, process and organize those ideas so they make sense, and write them on the page. When you pick it back up weeks later, reread all of your notes or highlights to strengthen the ideas even further.”丹尼尔·科伊尔(Daniel Coyle)在他的《才艺小书》(The Little book of Talent)中解释道:“……合上书，写一个总结，即使是简短的总结，也会迫使你找出要点，整理并组织这些观点，使它们有意义，然后把它们写在纸上。几周后，当你再拿起它时，重读你所有的笔记或亮点，以进一步强化你的想法。”可知，他在书中想要表达总结是一种非常有效的学习方式。故选B。

4.

推理判断题。作者通过引用几位专家的话来证实自己的观点“大脑倾向于记住重要的东西，重复记忆是个非常有效的方式，最后一段再次指出重复的重要性。由此可知，最后一段的目的是进行总结并强调他的观点 。故选A。

5.

主旨大意题。本文讲述我们都在用不同的方式去记住东西，但大脑并没有储存我们想要或需要的东西以供将来使用。它做出选择，并倾向于记住形成可记忆模式的信息。本文通过介绍大脑的记忆并引用专家的话来证实重复是个不错的记忆方式。因此，结合选项，本文的最佳标题为“重复记忆”。故选D。