2018高级会计师《职称英语》串讲班：阅读判断1 (2)

几天以后，志愿者们接受测试。研究人员出示了以前的那些照片，让志愿者们用以前给出的单词对每张照片做出回应。志愿者的答案既有第一组单词，也有第二组单词，研究人员对此并不惊讶。两周后，志愿者再次接受测试。这次，大多数志愿者的答案都是第一组单词。显然，他们彻底忘记了第二组单词。

The study confirms that the responses we learn first are those that remain strongest over time. We may try to change our ways, but after a while, the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we learned. The more that response is used, the more automatic it becomes and the harder it becomes to respond in any other way.

Q21. The study suggests that it is more difficult to respond to what we learn first.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

【解析】题干的意思是：研究表明，人们很难记住先学到的东西。

【答案】B

研究表明，我们先记住的反应都是那些随着时间的流逝，还清楚地印在脑子里的东西。尽管我们试图改变我们的方法，但不久以后，脑子里首先反应到的通常是我们先记住的东西。这种反应次数越多，我们用这种方法反应就越自动化，用其他方法反应就越困难。

The study therefore suggests that over time, our bad habits also become automatic, learned behavior. This is not good news for people who pick up bad habits early in life and now want to change or break them. Even when we try to put new, good intentions into practice, those previously learned habits remain stronger in more automatic, unconscious forms of memory.

因此，研究表明，随着时间的流逝，我们的坏习惯变成了自动的固有习惯。这对那些小时候养成了坏习惯，现在想要改掉这些坏习惯的人来说，可不是一个好消息。即使我们试图想法设法加以改正，那些早已养成的坏习惯还是顽固地存在，自动地，无意识地存在于我们的记忆中。

Q22. If we develop bad habits early in life, they are harder to get rid of.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

【答案】A

【解析】题干的意思是：小时候养成的坏习惯，是很难改掉的。而文中后两段都是在讲小时候坏习惯是根深蒂固的，即使努力摆脱，也常常容易回到旧轨道上去。两相比较，题干和原文的意思是完全一致的。所以，本题选A，正确。

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