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zines and documentary filmmakers to e to understand her “total recall”, and thank to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects (including Veiseh) have since e forward and contacted the team at the University of California, Irvine.[H] Interestingly, their memories are highly selfcentred: although they can remember “autobiographical” life events in extraordinary detail, they seem to be no better than average at recalling impersonal information, such as random (任意選取的)lists of words. Nor are they necessarily better at remembering a round of drinks, say. And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to suffer from “false memories”.Clearly, there is no such thing as a “perfect” memory—their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on. The question is, how?[I] Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi recently studied around 20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly high on two measures: fantasy proneness (傾向)and absorption. Fantasy proneness could be considered a tendency to imagine and daydream, whereas absorption is the tendency to allow your mind to bee fully absorbed in an activity to pay plete attention to the sensations (感受)and the experiences. “I’m extremely sensitive to sounds, smells and visual detail,” explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken part in many of these studies. “I definitely feel things more strongly than the average person.”[J] The absorption helps them to establish strong foundations for recollection, says Patihis, and the fantasy proneness means that they revisit those memories again and again in the ing weeks and months. Each time this initial memory trace is “replayed”, it bees even stronger. In some ways, you probably go through that process after a big event like your wedding day,but the difference is that thanks to their other psychological tendencies, the HSAM subjects are doing it day in, day out, for the whole of their lives.[K] Not everyone with a tendency to fantasise will develop HSAM, though, so Patihis suggests that something must have caused them to think so much about their past. “Maybe some experience in their childhood meant that they became obsessed (著迷)with calendars and what happened to them,”says Patihis.[L] The people with HSAM I’ve interviewed would certainly agree that it can be a mixed blessing. On the plus side, it allows you to relive the most transformative and enriching experiences. Veiseh, for instance, travelled a lot in his youth. In his spare time,he visited the local art galleries, and the paintings are now lodged deep in his autobiographical memories.[M] “Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries,” he says. “That’s a big education in art by itself.” With this prehensive knowledge of the history of art, he has since bee a professional painter.[N] Donohue, now a history teacher, agrees that it helped during certain parts of her education. “I can definitely remember what I learned on certain days at school. I could imagine what the teacher was saying or what it looked like in the book.”[O] Not everyone with HSAM has experienced these benefits, however. Viewing the past in high definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret. “It can be very hard to forget embarrassing moments,” says Donohue. “You feel the same emotions—it is just as raw, just as fresh... You can’t turn off that stream of memories, no matter how hard you try.” Veiseh agrees. “It is like having these open wounds—they are just a part of you,” he says.[P] This means they often have to make a special effort to lay the past to rest. Bill, for instance, often gets painful “flashbacks”,in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes. “Some people are absorbed in the past but not open to new memories, but that’s not the case for me. I look forward to each day and experiencing something new.”注意:此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。t bee a (33)_______food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers. Based on that timing, they indicate barley may have (34)_______ in the region not as food, but as (35)_______material for beer brewing.注意:此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。s favorite student13. A) Tell him to play in her backyardB) Do something funny to amuse himC) Give him some cherry stones to play withD) Warn him of danger by making up a story14. A) They could break pp39。2017年6月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)真題及答案(一)Part I Writing (25 minutes)(請(qǐng)于正式開考后半小時(shí)內(nèi)完成該部分,之后將進(jìn)行聽力考試)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a puter you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, specifications/features, condition and price, and your contact should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) The man in the car was absentminded. B) The test driver made a wrong judgement.C) The selfdriving system was faulty.D) The car was moving at a fast speed.2. A) They have done better than conventional cars.B) They have caused several severe crashes.C) They have posed a threat to other drivers.D) They have generally done quite well.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation y