Most episodes of absent-mindedness—forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room—are caused by a simple lack of attention, says Schacter. "You"re supposed to remember something, but you haven"t encoded it deeply". Encoding, Schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don"t pay attention to what you did because you"re involved in a conversation, you"ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe(衣柜). "Your memory itself isn"t failing you", says Schacter. "Rather, you didn"t give your memory system the information it needed". Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness. "A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago", says Zelinski, "may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox". Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory relies on just that. Visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness, says Schacter. "But be sure the cue is clear and available", he cautions. If you want to remember to take a medication(药物) with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don"t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket. Another common episode of absent-mindedness, walking into a room and wondering why you"re there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. "Everyone does this from time to time" says Zelinski. The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room and you"ll likely remember.
单选题 Why does the author think that encoding properly is very important? ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:解题依据为第二段第一、二行。
单选题 One possible reason why women have better memories than men is that______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:依据为第三段第三行起的内容。误选B项的主要是没有搞清楚they一词。这里指代 women,和原文中的memory 不是同一概念。
单选题 A note in the pocket can hardly serve as a reminder because______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:依据为第四段。误选A、D项的考生是脱离了文章想当然所致。误选B项的考生显然误解了原文的clear一词。
单选题 What do we learn from the last paragraph? ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:依据为最后一段第一行、第二行。B项本身并不错,但这是文章第三段的内容。D项主要是条件有误。
单选题 What is the passage mainly about? ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:主旨考题的解答需要考生恰当把握全文的内容,从而加以概括。答案提示有二:一是第一段第一行,第二行;二是第三段开头。