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Ｃ)ａnewfoｃｕｓoｎｓmallciｔｉeｓ?D)aｎｅｖer-increasｉngdemaｎd47. Wｈaｔchａracｔeｒizeｓ“24-hourcities”lｉｋeNｅwYork?Ａ）?Ｐeｏｐlecａｎｌivｅwitｈoutpｒiｖaｔecars.B) Peoｐlｅaｒegeｎeraｌlｙmorecompｅtitive.Ｃ) Pｅoｐleｃａnｅnｊｏysｅrvｉcｅsaroundtｈｅclｏck.D） Peopleaｒeinharmoｎywｉththｅenviroｎment.48.WhyareMｉｌlｅnniaｌsｒeluｃtanttoｂuyahoｕｓe?Ａ)?Theyｃａnoｎｌyaffordsmａlｌapaｒtments.B) Thehoｕｓepricｅsarｅcurreｎtlytoｏhｉgh.C)Theｉrpａrenｔs'bａdeｘpｅriencｅstillｈaｕｎｔstheｍ．D）Ｔheｙfeelattachedtotｈesuburｂａnenvirｏｎｍent.49.?WhatｍighthiｎdeｒrealeｓtateｄeｖｅｌopｍentiｎtheU．S.?Ａ) Theｃontinuingｅconoｍｉｃrecｅssionｉnｔｈｅcoｕntry．B)?Tｈelａcｋofconfｉdｅncｅｏnｔｈeｐarｔofinｖestｏrs.C）?Ｔhefｉeｒceglobalｃoｍpｅtition.D）?Ｔhewｏrseningiｎｆrastrucｔure.50． HoｗｄoｍoｓｔofthｅreｓponｄeｎｔｓｉnthesurvｅyfeelａboｕtthｅＵ.Ｓ.real-estaｔｅｍarketin2023?Ａ)Pｅｓsｉｍiｓtic.?Ｂ）Ｈoｐeful．C) Ｃautioｕｓ. D)Unceｒｔain.PａssａgeTｗoQueｓtions5１to５５arebasedonthefollowiｎgｐａssagｅ.Tｈebrainｉsaseemｉｎglyendlｅssｌibｒaｒy,ｗhoｓｅｓｈelｖeｓhoｕｓｅouｒmostｐrecｉousｍｅmorieｓaｓｗelｌａsourｌifｅtime’ｓknowlｅｄgｅ.Butiｓｔhereａpointwｈeｒｅiｔｒeacｈｅscapａciｔy?Ｔｈeaｎsｗerisno,becaｕsebrａｉnsａｒemoｒesｏpｈisticatedｔhantｈat.Iｎsteadｏfjuｓtcrowｄingin，oldｉnformatｉoｎｉｓsometimespｕshｅdoutoftｈebｒaｉｎforｎewmemｏrieｓtoｆorｍ.Preｖiouｓｂｅhａviｏuｒａｌstudieｓhaveshｏwｎthａt(yī)learniｎｇnewinformationcaｎleaｄtofｏrｇettiｎg.Ｂutｉnaｎｅｗsｔudy，reｓeａｒｃｈersdemoｎstｒａt(yī)edｆｏrｔhｅfiｒsｔｔｉmｅhowthiseffectｏccｕrsinthebｒaiｎ.Indailylife，fｏrgettingactuallyhasclｅａradvａntages．Ｉmagine,ｆｏrｉｎstanｃe,tｈａt(yī)yoｕloｓtyｏurbaｎｋｃard．Thenｅwcaｒdyoureceiｖeｗｉllcｏｍewiｔhａnewｐeｒsonａlidentificaｔipnnuｍｂer（PＩN).EachtimeyoureｍemｂerthenｅwPＩN,yougradualｌyforgeｔtｈeoｌdｏne．Ｔｈｉsｐｒocessｉmprovesａcｃeｓstorｅlevantinforｍatiｏｎ,wiｔhoutolｄmeｍoriesiｎｔｅｒｆｅrｉng.Anｄmostｏfusmaｙsomeｔiｍｅsfｅelthｅfｒustｒatｉｏｎｏｆhａvingoｌdmemorｉesinｔｅrfｅrewithnｅw，relevanｔmemｏｒｉes.Conｓidｅrtryinｇtoremｅmｂerwherｅyouparkedyourcarinthesamecａrparkyouweｒeａt(yī)aweekeaｒliｅr.Thｉsｔypeofmｅmｏｒy(whｅｒeｙouaretｒyingｔｏｒeｍｅｍbｅrnew，bｕtsｉｍiｌarｉnｆormation)ｉsparticｕlarlyvulnｅrａbｌetｏｉntｅrfｅrence．Whenweacquｉrenｅwinｆormaｔioｎ,tｈebrａinautomaｔiｃalｌytｒiestoincoｒporate(合并)itｗｉtｈinexistinginforｍationbyｆoｒmｉngaｓsoｃiations.Anｄｗhenweretrｉeve(檢索)ｉnｆormation，boththedｅｓiredaｎdａssociａt(yī)edｂutｉｒrｅleｖａntinfｏｒmａt(yī)ｉoｎisrｅcａlled.,Theｍajoｒitｙｏfｐreｖiouｓresｅarchhaｓfｏcusedoｎｈowweleａrnanｄremｅｍbｅrnewinfoｒmａt(yī)iｏｎ.Butcurreｎtstｕdiesarebegｉnnｉｎgtoｐlaceｇreａt(yī)erempｈaｓｉsontｈeconｄｉtiｏnsuｎderwhｉcｈwｅforget,ａsｉtsｉmporｔanceｂｅgiｎstobemｏreaｐpｒeｃiaｔed．Aｖeryｓmallnｕmbｅｒoｆpｅoｐleareablｅｔｏremｅmｂｅraｌmosteveｒydetaｉloｆｔｈeirlife.Wｈｉｌeitｍａｙｓounｄliｋｅanadｖanｔａgetomany，peoplｅwithtｈisｒarecoｎditionｏftenfiｎdtheｉrｕｎuｓualabilitｙｂuｒdeｎｓoｍe.Iｎaｓensｅ,ｆoｒgettｉngisouｒbrain’swａyofsｏrtingmemories,sothemostrelevaｎtmemoｒiesarereａdyforretrievａl.Norｍalfｏrgｅttiｎgmayevenｂｅasafeｔymechａｎｉｓｍtｏeｎsurｅourbraｉndoesn’ｔbｅcoｍetoｏｆuｌl.注意:此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。5１. Whaｔhavepastbehaｖiourａlstudiesｆoundaboutoｕrｂｒａｉｎ?A) Ｉｔscapacｉtｙactuaｌlyknoｗｓnolｉmits.B) Iｔgrowsｓoｐｈisticatedwitｈｐｒactｉce.C） Ｉｔkｅｅpsoｕrmostpｒecｉouｓmｅmｏｒiｅｓunｔilｌife’ｓeｎd.D) Nｅwｉnfoｒｍatioｎlearneｄpusｈesolｄinformａt(yī)ionｏut．５2. Wｈatisｔheｂenefitofｆorgeｔting?A） Itfｒeｅsｕsfroｍｐainfulmemoｒieｓ.Ｂ）?Ithelpsｓｌoｗdowｎouragingprｏｃｅｓｓ.C)?Itfacilitateｓouraccｅｓstorｅlｅvanｔinformaｔiｏn.D） Itpreｖｅｎtsoldinfｏrmaｔｉonfromformingａｓsociaｔiｏｎs.53. Whatisｔｈeempｈasisofcuｒｒeｎtstudiesofmｅmory?A) Ｗｈenpeopletｅndtofｏrｇeｔ．Ｂ）?Wｈａｔcoｎtribｕtestoｆorgeｔting．C） Hownｅｗｔ