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【单选题】What’s your earliest childhood memoryCan you remember learning to walk Or talk The first time you heard thunder or watched a television programAdults seldom (1) events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, (2) children younger than three or four (3) retain any specific, personal experiences.

A、variety of explanations have been (4) by psychologists for this " childhood amnesia " . One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is (5) for formling memories, does not mature until about the age of two.But the most popular theory (6) that, since adults don’t think like children, they cannot (7) childhood memories.Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or (8) —one event follows another as in a novel or film. (9) , when they search through their mental (10) for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don’t find any that fit the (11) . It’s like trying to find aChinese word in anEnglish dictionary.
Now psychologistAnnette Simms of the New York State University offers a new (12) for childhood amnesi
A、She argues that there simply aren’t any early childhood memories to recall.According toDr. Simms, children need to learn to use someone else’s spoken (13) of their personal (14) in order to turn their own short-term, quickly forgotten (15) of them into long-term memories. (16) , children have to talk about their (17) and hear others talk about them—Mother talking about the afternoon (18) looking for seashells at the beach orDad asking them about their day at Ocean Park. Without this (19) reinforcement, saysDr.Simms, children cannot form (20) memories of their personal experiences.
[A] permanent[B] mental[C] spiritual[D] conscious
网考网参考答案：A
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[解析] 语义搭配题。permanent意为“水久的，长期不变的”，例如：permanent brain damage(永久性脑损伤)。此句指经过口头强化训练，孩子们可以形成关于其个人经历的什么样的记忆。根据西姆斯博士的观点，这样才可形成永久性记忆，从而克服儿童失忆症，故选项[A]permanent正确。选项[B]mental意为“精神上的；智力的”；选项[C]spiritual意为“精神上的，心灵的”，例如：spiritual needs；选项[D]conscious意为“有意识的”，常用作be conscious of sth. 。全句可译为：西姆斯士说，没有这种口头的强化训练，孩子们就不能形成对他们个人经历的永久性记忆。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>