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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 on the
Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder(文件夹). Surprisingly, people later
remember the folder location 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.
(1)
The passage begins with two questions to___.
A . show the author's altitude
B . introduce the main topic
C . describe how to use the Internet.
D . explain how to store information
(2)
What can we learn about the first experiment?
A . The first group did not try to remember the formation.
B . The two groups remembered the information equally well.
C . Sparrow's team typed the information into a computer.
D . The second group did not understand the information.
(3)
In transactive memory, people______.
A . keep the information in mind
B . change the quantity of information
C . remember how to find the information
D . organize information like a computer
(4)
What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research?
A . We need a better way to access information.
B . We are becoming more intelligent.
C . We have poorer memories than before.
D . We are using memory differently.
答案: B
A
C
D