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2017年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套）
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Part I Writing
(30 minutes)
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Section C
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Part Ⅲ
Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
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would have made the beer sweeter, the scientists say.Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was
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The Blessing and Curse of the People Who Never Forget
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A handful of people can recall almost every day of their lives in enormous detail—amd after years
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like to cling on to our past,even the saddest moments can be washed away with time.
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the details of the weather, what he was wearing, or even what side of the train he was sitting on his
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from waking to sleeping,"he explains.
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his first girlfriend at his best friend's 16th birthday party. He had always had a good memory,but
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the thrill of young love seems to have shifted a gear in his mind: from now on,he would start
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recording his whole life in detail."I could tell you everything about every day after that."
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to understand the way the brain records our lives. A couple of recent papers have finally opened a
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window on these people's extraordinary minds. And such research might even suggest ways for us
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Jim McGaugh one day, she claimed that she could recall every day of her life since the age of 12.
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Could he help explain her experiences?
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him about the world events on that day. True to her word, she was correct almost every time.
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recall", and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects(including
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life events in extraordinary detail, they seem to be no better than average at recalling impersonal
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remembering a round of drinks, say. And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to
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suffer from"false memories". Clearly, there is no such thing as a"perfect"memory—their
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extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on. The question is,
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HSAM and found that they scored particularly high on two measures∶ fantasy proneness（倾向）and
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absorption. Fantasy proneness could be considered a tendency to imagine and daydream, whereas
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absorption is the tendency to allow your mind to become fully absorbed in an activity—to pay
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sounds, smells and visual detail,"explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken part in many of these
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studies."I definitely feel things more strongly than the average person."
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fantasy proneness means that they revisit those memories again and again in the coming weeks and
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months. Each time this initial memory trace is"replayed", it becomes even stronger. In some
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ways, you probably go through that process after a big event like your wedding day—but the
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in, day out, for the whole of their lives.
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something must have caused them to think so much about their past."Maybe some experience in
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the plus side, it allows you to relive the most transformative and enriching experiences. Veiseh, for
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instance, travelled a lot in his youth. In his spare time, he visited the local art galleries, and the
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paintings are now lodged deep in his autobiographical memories.
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nearly 40 countries,"he says."That's a big education in art by itself."With this comprehensive
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knowledge of the history of art, he has since become a professional painter.
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definitely remember what I learned on certain days at school. I could imagine what the teacher was
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definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret."It can be very hard to forget
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embarrassing moments,"says Donohue."You feel the same emotions—it is just as raw,just as
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fresh...You can't turn off that stream of memories, no matter how hard you try."Veiseh agrees:"It
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is like having these open wounds—they are just a part of you,"he says.
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he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes."Some people are
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absorbed in the past but not open to new memories, but that's not the case for me. I look forward
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to each day and experiencing something new."
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36. People with HSAM have the same memory as ordinary people when it comes to impersonal
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37. Fantasy proneness will not necessarily cause people to develop HSAM.
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38. Veiseh began to remember the details of his everyday experiences after he met his first young love.
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39. Many more people with HSAM started to contact researchers due to the mass media.
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40. People with HSAM often have to make efforts to avoid focusing on the past.
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41. Most people do not have clear memories of past events.
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42. HSAM can be both a curse and a blessing.
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43.A young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her unusual memory.
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44. Some people with HSAM find it very hard to get rid of unpleasant memories.
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Passage One
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The phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis. It's the stage in the middle of the journey when
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people feel youth vanishing, their prospects narrowing and death approaching.
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conducted decades ago,"Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book,Life Reimagined. The bulk of the
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exciting, rather than terrifying. "
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Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the features of people who turn midlife into a rebirth. They break
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second big phase of decision-making. Your identity has been formed; you've built up your resources;
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and now you have the chance to take the big risks precisely because your foundation is already secure.
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Karl Barth described midlife precisely this way. At middle age, he wrote,"the sowing is behind;
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now is the time to reap. The run has been taken; now is the time to leap. Preparation has been made;
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now is the time for the venture of the work itself."
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changing the narrative structure of life itself. What could have been considered the beginning of a descent
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is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.
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Passage Two
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no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.
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Some traditions are simple,like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads. Others
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elevate the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered"eggs"that were favored by the
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One ancient form of egg art comes to us from Ukraine. For centuries, Ukrainians have been
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drawing complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs
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that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious,and delicate. Eggs are, too.
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technique to draw her very modern characters."I've broken eggs at every stage of the process—from
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the very beginning to the very, very end."
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Chast's designs,such as a worried man alone in a tiny rowboat,reflect that delicateness.
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Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears. The elaborate patterns were
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learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
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symbols, however,still endure. A decorated egg with a bird on it,given to a young married couple, is
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a wish for children. A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a wish for a good harvest.
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