戴尔美语练功坊 英检阅读测验(7/10日)
下面一篇阅读测验，大约在英检中级程度，
同学可试做看看，了解自己的实力。
The three phases of the human memory are the sensory memory,
the short-term memory, and the long-term memory. This division of
the memory into phases is based on the time span of the memory.
Sensory memory is instantaneous memory. It is an image or memory
that enters your mind fleetingly; it comes and goes in under a second.
The memory will not last longer than that unless the information enters
the short-term memory. Information can be held in the short-term
memory for about twenty seconds or as long as you are actively using it.
If you repeat a fact to yourself, that fact will stay in your short-term
memory as long as you keep repeating it. Once you stop repeating it,
either it is forgotten or it moves into long-term memory.
Long-term memory is the almost limitless memory tank that can
hold ideas and images for years and years. Information can be added
to your long-term memory when you actively try to put it there through
memorization or when an idea or image enters your mind on its own.
1. The best title for this passage would be?
(A) the difference between sensory and short-term memory
(B) how long it takes to memorize a new word
(C) how to classify the stages of human memory
(D) the time span of human phases
2. According to the passage, which type of memory is the shortest?
(A) sensory memory
(B) active memory
(C) short-term memory
(D) long-term memory
3. The three phases of memory discussed in this passage are
differentiated according to
(A) different locations responsible for memory in the brain.
(B) the period of time it takes to remember a number.
(C) how the senses are involved in the memory.
(D) how long the memory lasts in human brain.
答案：1. C 2. A 3. D
原文及题目翻译：
人类记忆的三个状态为感官记忆、暂存记忆及长期记忆。这样的区分
记忆是以记忆停留的时间为基础。
感官记忆是瞬息间就消逝的记忆，它是短暂进入思想的图像或记忆，
进出只花一秒钟。此类记忆除非进入暂存记忆区否则不会持久。资讯进入
暂存记忆区可以停留约廿秒或更长，只要你一直使用它。如果你对自己复诵
一个事实，那个事实只要你不断复诵就会一直停留在暂存记忆区。一旦你
停止复诵，这个讯息不是被忘记了就是进入长期记忆区。
长期记忆区几乎就像一个没有极限的记忆库，可以长期保存概念或影像。
当你试着将资讯利用记忆的方法去记它，或者一个想法或影像自动进入你的
思想中，它就会进入长期记忆区。
1. 本文最适合的标题是
(A) 感官记忆与长期记忆的差异。
(B) 记忆一个单字要花多久时间。
(C) 如何分类人类的记忆阶段。
(D) 人类时期的期间。
2. 根据本文，哪一种记忆最短暂？
(A) 感官记忆
(B) 积极记忆
(C) 短期记忆
(D) 长期记忆
3. 本文中的三种记忆期是根据什么来做区分？
(A) 大脑中负责记忆的不同位置。
(B) 记得一个数字要花的时间。
(C) 感官如何与记忆有关。
(D) 记忆在人类大脑中停留的时间。