A.until B.learning C.when A. does not mature【T7】______ about the age of two B. remember【T8】______ to walk C.【T9】______ they search through their mental files What's your earliest childhood memory? Can you【T10】______? Or talk? The first time you heard thunder or watched a television program? Adults seldom recall events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four rarely retain any specific, personal experiences. A variety of explanations have been proposed by psychologists for this "childhood amnesia" (儿童失忆症), One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories,【T11】______ . But the most popular theory maintains that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot reflect childhood memories. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or narratives—one event follows another as in a novel or film. But【T12】______ for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fits the pattern. It's like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary.
单选题 【T7】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:本题主要考查固定用法。“not…until…”为固定搭配,是“直到……才……”的意思,符合题意。所以,答案是until。
单选题 【T8】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:本题主要考查固定用法。remember doing sth.为固定结构,意为“记得做某事”,learn to do sth.意为“学着做某事”,也是固定用法,符合题意。所以,答案是learning。
单选题 【T9】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:本题是考查连词的用法。分析题目可知,此句结构完整,由此可推断,句中缺少连词。所以,答案是when。
单选题 【T10】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:空格前一句的意思为:你最早的童年记忆是什么?空格后一句的意思为:或是学说话时的情形?所以,B项“记起学走路时的情形”符合题意。所以,答案是B。
单选题 【T11】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:空格前一句的意思为:一种解释认为,海马状突起(人脑内负责形成记忆的区域)。空格后一句的意思为:但是,最流行的理论主张,由于成年人不像儿童那样思考,所以他们不能反射出童年的记忆。所以,A项“直到大约两岁时才成熟”符合题意。所以,答案是A。
单选题 【T12】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:空格前一句的意思为:成年人用言语思考,他们有关生活的记忆就像故事或叙述——正如小说或电影中那样,一件事紧跟又一件。空格所在句的意思应为:但是,当他们通过大脑中的文件搜寻早期的童年记忆以便补充这种用言语表达的生活经历时,他们发现,任何记录都适应不了这种方式。所以,C项“当他们通过搜寻大脑中的文件”符合题意。所以,答案是C。