Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write your answers in boxes 27-29 on your answer sheet.
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write your answers in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.
27 What does the typist’s experiment show in the passage?
A Old people reading ability is superior
B Losses of age is irreversible
C Seasoned tactics made elders more efficient
D Old people performed poorly in driving test
28 Which is correct about rat experiment?
A Different toys have different effect for rats
B Rat’s brain weight increased in both cages.
C Isolated rat’s brain grows new connections
D Boring and complicated surroundings affect brain development
29 What can be concluded in the chess game of a children’s group?
A They won game with adults.
B Their organization of chess knowledge is better
C Their image memory is better than adults
D They used different part of brain when chessing
30 What is the author’s purpose of using “vocabulary study” at the end of the passage?
A Certain people are sensitive to vocabularies while others aren’t
B Teachers and professionals won by their experience
C Vocabulary memory as a crystallized intelligence is hard to decline
D Old people use their special zone of brain when study
Questions 31-36
Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage, using no more than two words from the Reading Passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 31-36 on your answer sheet.
It’s long been known that 31__________ declined with age. Charles A. Dana foundation invested millions of dollars to test memory decline. They used advanced technology, neurochemical experiments and ran several cognitive and 32__________ experiments. Bahrick called one form ”33__________“, which describes factual knowledge. Another one called “34__________“contains events in time and space format. He conducted two experiments toward knowledge memory’s longevity, he asked 1000 candidates some knowledge of 35__________, some could even remember it decades ago. Second research of Spanish courses found that multiple course participants could remember more than half of 36__________ they learned after decades, whereas single course taker only remembered as short as 3 years.
Questions 37-40
Use the information in the passage to match the people (listed A-F) with opinions or deeds below. Write the appropriate letters A-F in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.
(A) Harry P. Bahrick
(B) Arnold B. Scheibel
(C) Marion Diamond
(D) Timothy Salthouse
(E) Stanley Rapport
(F) Robert Kail
37 Examined both young and old’s blood circulation of brain while testing,
38 Aging is a significant link between physical and mental activity.
39 Some semantic memories of an event fade away by repetition.
40 Rat’s brain developed when put in a diverse environment.
参考答案
1.C
2.D
3.B
4.C
5.memory
6.psychological
7.semantic memory
8.episodic memory / even memory
9.algebra
10.vocabulary
11.E
12.B
13.A
14.C
可参考真题:剑桥16——TEST2 Passage3 How to make wise decisions