小卷速测(六) 完形填空+阅读理解D+回答问题
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
Anvitha, a student from a high school, has built two apps.She is trying to use her skills to help 1 .With the help of YouTube videos, the young creator from Melbourne, Australia, learned to make digital code(编码) at the age of twelve before she could make apps by herself.
“When I got my iPad, I was 2 by all the apps on it,”she said. “From then on, I decided to create my own.”
She worked out her first two apps.One is called Smartkins Animals.It helps children identify(辨别) more than 100 animals and their 3 .The other app is Smartkins Rainbow Colors.It teaches kids how to use colors.Each app has been downloaded thousands of times online.
Anvitha’s skills 4 her a good chance to attend a tech-conference(科技会议) in San Francisco, California.There, she got tips from the experts.She went to workshops where she learned about the 5 software for app making.All that training led to an idea for a third app.This one, called GoalsHi, helps kids form good habits.Users are rewarded for achieving goals.Anvitha says the rewards are like getting a sticker(标签) for a job well done.“Kids can 6 goals with this app and get stars when they achieve them,” she says. “The idea is to encourage kids to achieve one little step a day.”
Anvitha’s goal is to 7 creating technology that helps kids learn while having fun.But what’s even more important to her is that the world sees the power of technology in kids’ hands.“The more training we get in tech at an early 8 ,” she says,“the better chance we have to become creative champions who will one day change the world.”
( )1.A.all B.others C.another D.either
( )2.A.confused B.scared C.attracted D.supported
( )3.A.pictures B.zoo C.family D.sounds
( )4.A.showed B.left C.advised D.won
( )5.A.latest B.lightest C.cheapest D.easiest
( )6.A.get B.set C.keep D.kick
( )7.A.suggest B.avoid C.continue D.finish
( )8.A.age B.price C.start D.top
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Imagine you could remember everything that ever happened to you: the detail(细节) of every book you have ever read; and every moment in class you have ever taken. A perfect memory sounds like a wish come true, doesn’t it?
But as the old saying goes, “Be careful what you wish for.” Believe it or not, there are some people in the world who have near perfect memories of their experiences. They remember almost every detail about almost every day of their lives. People with this ability have a “highly superior autobiographical memory(超级自传体记忆)” or HSAM.
If you are asked this evening to describe the events of your day in as much as detail as possible, you will probably do pretty well. But if I ask you to provide details about what you did on March 3, 2012, do you know what day of the week it was? What did you eat for lunch? Was it cold that day? You would have no idea where to even begin.
A person with HSAM would be able to provide all those details for almost any day of his or her life. In addition to(除了) every great moment they remember, they also remember each time they were embarrassed(难堪的) or deeply sad. The negative(消极的) events replay in their minds in equal detail as the great moments. Sometimes, forgetting isn’t such a bad thing.
In fact, for most of us, forgetting is a natural part of how our brains function(运转). If we don’t need to remember something or try to make an effort to remember it, the information fades away(消逝) and is lost. But for those people with HSAM, the problem is that they are unable to forget. All of their experiences, even the most unimportant, remain clear to them all the time.
Research has shown that the brains of people with HSAM do not simply function differently than other brains; their brains are structurally different. By studying the brains of people with HSAM, scientists may be able to find ways of helping others have better memories—not perfect memories with an inability to forget, but better memories.
9.The writer mentions three questions in Paragraph 3 to show that . ( )
A.many people would like to share their life experiences with others
B.few people can describe the events of the present moments
C.some people find it difficult to tell others about their life
D.most people can’t remember lots of details in the past
