Changes in reading habits 1

Changes in reading habits  1     阅读习惯的改变

14.What is the writer's main point inthe first paragraph?

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Unbeknown to most of us, an invisible, game-changing transformationlinks everyone in this picture: the neuronal circuit that underlies the brain'sability to read is subtly, rapidly changing and this has implications for everyone

implication  [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn]   可能的影响

A. Our use of technology is having a hidden effect on us.

15.What main point does Sherry Turklemake about innovation?

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As MIT scholar Sherry Turkle haswritten, we do not err as a society when we innovate but when we ignore what we disrupt ordiminish while innovating.

diminish  [dɪˈmɪnɪʃ]  减少

B. We should payattention to what might be lost wheninnovation occurs.

16.What point is the writer making inthe fourth paragraph?

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Further, itwill adapt to that environment's requirements

D. Some braincircuits adjust to whatever is required of them.

17.According to Mark Edmundson,theattitude of college students

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Mark Edmundson describes how manycollege students actively avoid the classicliterature of the 19th and 20th centuries in favour ofsomething simpler

B. has influencedwhat they select to read.

Studies on digital screen use

There have been many studies on digital screen use, showing some　　18　　trends. Psychologist Anne Mangen gave high-school students a short storyto read,half using digital and half using print mediums. Her team then used aquestion-and-answer technique to find out how　　19　　each group's understanding of theplot was.The findings showed a clear pattern in the responses,with those whoread screens finding the order of information　　20　

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Multiple studies show that digitalscreen use may be causing a variety of troublingdownstream effects

D. worrying

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students who read on print were superior in their comprehensionto screen-reading peers, particularly in their ability to sequence detailand reconstruct the plot in chronological order.

H. thorough   [ˈθʌrə]   adj. 全面的; 深入的

20  第6段 定位句同上   superior  [suːˈpɪəriə(r)]  反义词

F. hard