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初中英语练习册全套试题及解答推荐答案---阅读理解（8）
Do you have a good memory? Maybe you remember better than all of your friends. But even if you have a short-term memory, it’s better than a chimpanzee’s(黑猩猩), right? Well, you may be wrong.
Tetsuro Matszawa, a scientist from Kyoto University, Japan has showed how chimps have far better memories than humans. “We learn that chimps have great memories by doing tests,” he told The Guardian “You can do things to improve your memory.”
How do chimps have better memories than us? Scientists tested four chimps and human volunteers. They showed them five numbers on a computer screen. Chimps and human volunteers had to remember the numbers correctly. But to make it hard, the numbers disappeared(消失) after seven tenths of a second. Then they will reduce(减少) the time to two tenths of a second. While humans began to make mistake after mistake, the young chimps still did very well.
Why do they have better memories? We share 98.8 percent of our DNA with chimps. But during evolution(进化), we lost some of our shared abilities. As humans learned new skills, like language, we had to lose some of our memory skills to make room in our brains. “To get something, we had to lose something,” said the scientist.
Chimps need good memories to survive(生存). When a chimp looks up at the big tree and pick a banana, he must remember where he saw it as he fights off competition fro m other animals.
1. What did the scientist’s study find?
A. Chimps can remember all of their friends.
B. Chimps have better memories than humans.
C. Chimps do things to improve their memories.
D. Chimps can do many things better than humans.
2. Which of the following is TRUE of the test?
A. Five chimps and human volunteers were tested.
B. The numbers first disappeared after a second.
C. Humans made fewer mistakes than chimps.
D. The chimps did a better job than humans.
3. During evolution, humans __________.
A. lost 98.8 percent of their DNA shared with chimps
B. needed very good memories to survive
C. gained skills but also lost skills D. learned to compete against chimps
【答案】
1.B
2.D
3.C
【解析】
试题分析：日本科学家研究表明黑猩猩比人类的记忆更好。但在进化过程中我们失去了我们的一些能力。当人类学会了新的技能，我们不得不失去我们的记忆技能，给我们的大脑中让出空间。
1.B细节信息题。据文章Tetsuro Matszawa, a scientist from Kyoto University, Japan has showed how chimps have far better memories than humans.可知，科学家的研究发现黑猩猩比人类有更好的记忆力，故正确答案为B.
2.D细节信息题。根据While humans began to make mistake after mistake, the young chimps still did very well.可知，故该题正确答案为D.
3.C细节信息题。根据As humans learned new skills, like language, we had to lose some of our memory skills to make room in our brains.可知，在进化期间人类不仅获得技能也丢失了技能，即该题选C.
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