As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember 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 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 an the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location (位置) 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.

【小题1】The passage begins with two questions to ________.

A．introduce the main topic	B．show the author’s altitude
C．describe how to use the Interne	D．explain how to store information

【小题2】What can we learn about the first experiment?

A．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 formation.

D．The second group did not understand the information.

【小题3】In transactive memory, people ________.

A．keep the information in mind

B．change the quantity of information

C．organize information like a computer

D．remember how to find the information

【小题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.

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【小题1】I’m sorry to bother with you, but can you show me how to use the new equipment?
【小题2】Not known the local language, Alice found it difficult to make herself understood.
【小题3】Part-time jobs are usually paid by hour in Britain.
【小题4】Please add upon all these figures and see how much you finally get.
【小题5】The reason why he didn’t come is because he never got the notice.
【小题6】The teacher as well as the students enjoy listening to English songs every Wednesday morning.
【小题7】The traditional approach to deal with complex problems is to break them down to smaller ones.
【小题8】Isn’t it rude for him to talk to his father in that way?
【小题9】What made the kid so upset was that the medal he was proud had been gone.
【小题10】He is the only one of the students who have the same book as you borrowed from Amy.

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【小题1】After class, some students remained ___________(seat)in the classroom and didn’t go out.
【小题2】We lost our way in that small village, otherwise we ___________(visit) more places of interest yesterday.
【小题3】Before you quit your job, ___________（consider）how your family would feel about your decision.
【小题4】The book, The Little Prince, is so ___________(fascinate) that I cannot put it down.
【小题5】One-third of the town ___________(cover) with trees and the majority of the residents are African American.
【小题6】The fact that he can’t speak even one foreign language put him at a ___________(advantage)when he travelled abroad alone.
【小题7】When___________(compare) different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the similarities.
【小题8】Of the two sisters, Betty is ___________(attract) one, and she is also the one who loves to be quiet.
【小题9】---Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?
---I went to Gansu and_____________(stay) there for a year, teaching as a volunteer.
【小题10】My chemistry teacher told us that when you heat a metal, it _____________(expand).

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【小题1】He often says he________________ help, but he never seems to have time.
【小题2】I’m writing_________________ the programming position advertised in the newspaper.
【小题3】Students in London__________________the political system all this winter, and they show their dislike and opposition especially to Mrs. May.
【小题4】He didn’t sleep well last night and that _______________ his worries.
【小题5】A board ____________ to remind people to protect the trees several days ago in our campus.
【小题6】He felt quite bored while he________________ a traffic jam.
【小题7】The government has passed a new project _____________ improving people’s life.
【小题8】The doctor suggests him having a healthy and balanced diet, so his diet usually ___________ fresh vegetables and fruit.
【小题9】Since the document is urgent and crucial, it ___________________be sent as soon as possible.
【小题10】We made it! All our hard work ___________________!