But scientists have long believed that the brain’s 48 is limited by early conditions: when a person is born blind, the capacity of the brain’s visual cortex (大脑皮层) to process sight never develops, scientists have believed. With that 49 opportunity, a window is closed, and even if eyesight were to be restored, the visual cortex, they believed, would forever remain “blind” to images.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56.
A. take A. profits A. milk A. based on A. cause A. warn
A. unpleasant
B. reduce B. advices B. water B. fond of B. endure B. compare B. modest
C. increase C. benefits C. coke
C. different from C. ease C. cure
C. significant
D. face
D. promotions D. coffee
D. qualified for D. relieve D. treat D. positive
57. A. tendency B. intention C. intensity D. extension 58. A. on the contrary B. as a result C. for instance D. in one word 59. A. turned up B. took up C. put up D. gave up 60. A. satisfaction B. uncertainties C. consequences D. qualifications 61. A. Moreover B. However C. Otherwise D. Nevertheless 62. A. contemporary B. similar C. different D. initial 63. A. realize B. attach C. demonstrate D. weaken 64. A. unlikely B. sensible C. jealous D. miserable
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
I believe that memory is never lost, even when it seems to be, because it has more to do with the heart than the mind.
At the same time my 44-year-old husband, Ed, was losing his life, my mother was losing her ability to remember. She forgot how to start the car, whether or not she had eaten and which family members had died — including my father.
I became afraid that one day I, too, would be unable to recall my husband, not because of Alzheimer’s (早老性痴呆), but simply because my memory of him might disappear. So from the day of Ed’s diagnosis (诊断) until his death a year later, I set out to memorize him. I’d always be able to recite his qualities — kind, gentle, smart, funny — but I wanted to be able to think about the physical man in my mind as fully as possible when he was gone.
Later I learnt that memory has a will of its own. You can’t control it any more than you can influence the weather. When it springs up, a person loved and lost is found, even just for a few seconds.
Recently, when I was driving, I had a deep and sudden sense of Ed, and the way it felt to have him next to me in the car. My body softened as it used to when we were together seven years ago, living a shared life. I wasn’t remembering his face or the way he walked; the careful details I had stored had nothing to do with this moment in the car. And my mom’s brain couldn’t label my father correctly, but that was not important. It was clear to me that her husband was vivid in her heart, a memory even Alzheimer’s could not destroy.
I believe there is a difference between memory and remembering. Remembering has something to do with turning the oven off before leaving the house, but memory is nurtured by emotion. It springs from a deeper well, safe from the passage of time.
65. Ed is _____.
A. the author’s mother C. the author’s husband
66. Memory has its own will so _____.
A. the weather can’t control our memory C. it can spring up for a few seconds
B. the author’s father D. a physical man
B. it may happen anytime and anywhere D. it is safe from a passage of time
67. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Alzeimer’s is not very harmful to human beings. B. A physical man must be kind, gentle, smart, funny.
C. Memory has much to do with the deep emotion in one’s heart. D. Good memory begins with turning the oven off before leaving.
68. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Memory — the deeper well from our heart B. Differences between memory and remembering C. Alzheimer’s can never destroy our memory D. Memory — the passage of time
69. The letter is probably from _____.
A. Supervisor Management Unit C. Criminal Justice System
B. Thames Valley Police
D. Crime Reduction Committee
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