2019-2020学年外研版英语必修2：Module 6 核心素养拓展练（含答案）

1、核心素养拓展练素养解读 2017 版普通高中课程标准首次提出“学科核心素养” 。英语学科核心素养由语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力构成。今后的英语考试将更加坚持能力立意，突出核心素养的考查。下面的文段就是围绕“思维品质”这一学科素养展开而来的，有助于学生了解人生哲理，积极地去寻找适合自己的记忆方法，从而取得学习和工作的进步。主 题 ： 寻 找 适 合 自 己 的 记 忆 方 法 学 科 素 养 ： 思 维 品 质As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information，are people r

2、emembering less? If you know your computer will save information，why store it in your own personal memory，your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.In a recent study，Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments.She and her research team wanted to kn

3、ow how the Internet is changing memory.In the first experiment，they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer.The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information.The second group understood that the computer would not save it.Later，the second group rememb

4、ered the information better.People in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it.In another experiment，the researchers gave people facts to remember，and told them where to find the information on the computer.The information was in a specific comput

5、er folder(文件夹)Surprisingly， people later remembered the folder location better than the facts.When people use the Internet，they do not remember the information.Rather，they remember how to find it.This is called “transactive memory(交互记忆)” According to Sparrow，we are not becoming people with poor memo

6、ries as a result of the Internet.Instead，computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is，people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date.This doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent，but the

7、re is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.语篇解读 文章主要讲述了互联网给人类的记忆带来的影响。互联网使用者越来越依赖互联网来储存信息，人们这样做是否会丧失记忆事物的能力呢？研究表明互联网可能正在改变人们的记忆内容和方式。1The passage begins with two questions to .Aintroduce the main topicBshow the authors attitudeCdescribe how to use the InternetDexplain how to store informa

8、tion答案 A解析 推理判断题。根据本文的中心句即第一段最后一句“Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.”可知，作者开篇用两个问句是为了引出要讨论的话题。 2What can we learn about the first experiment?AThe Sparrows team typed the information into a computer.BThe two groups remembered the information equally well.CThe f

9、irst group did not try to remember the information.DThe second group did not understand the information.答案 C解析 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“People in the first group knew they could find the information again，so they did not try to remember it.”可知答案。3In transactive memory ，people .Akeep the information in mindBc

10、hange the quantity of informationCorganize information like a computerDremember how to find the information答案 D解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后两句“Rather，they remember how to find it.This is called transactive memory(交互记忆) ”可知， “交互记忆”指的是人们记得怎样找到信息。4What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrows research?

11、AWe are using memory differently.BWe are becoming more intelligent.CWe have poorer memories than before.DWe need a better way to access information.答案 A解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句中的“but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing”可知，互联网对人们的记忆产生的影响是它改变了人们使用记忆力的方式。Notes：.障碍词汇1specific adj.明确的，特殊的

12、2location n位置3transactive adj .交互的.长难句分析This doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent，but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.分析：这是一个由 but 连接的并列句。第一个分句中 This doesnt mean 是主句，其后接宾语从句；第二个分句中 that 引导同位语从句，从句中的主语是 the way，其后接省略了引导词的定语从句 we use memory。翻译：这并不意味着我们变得更聪明或者更不聪明，但是我们使用记忆的方式在改变是毫无疑问的。