問題詳情

四、閱讀測驗If someone has amnesia, they can’t remember things that happened before. Amnesia can happen whenpeople have an accident and hit their head, or when people get a brain sickness. People with amnesia forgetwhat happened to them and may even forget their names, where they live, or who their friends and familyare. Amnesia usually goes away after twenty-four hours or so. After the shock wears off or the sicknesspasses, people’s memories come back to them.Yet, Clive Wearing’s story is a most unusual one. In 1985, Wearing got a serious brain sickness thatwreaked havoc on the part of his brain that holds memories. Because of his sickness, Wearing can’t hold onto new memories for more than a few minutes. He forgets everything as soon as it happens. He spends eachday “waking up” every few minutes, because he has already forgotten everything he’s done that day---evenwaking up.Wearing remembers little of his life before 1985. He knows he has children, but he can’t remember theirnames. He loves his wife, Deborah. Each time he meets her, he believes he’s seeing her for the first time inmany years. He does this even though Deborah may have left the room just minutes before.Having such a bad memory is hard to imagine. Of course, it hasn’t been easy for the Wearings, andDeborah has written a book about her husband’s amnesia called Forever Today, and Clive’s story has beentold in a TV show. Because of his memory problem, Wearing can’t work anymore and now lives in a specialhome for people with brain injuries.
46. According to the passage, what is amnesia?
(A) A brain cancer.
(B) Loss of memory.
(C) An illness that only old people will suffer.
(D) A person with brain injuries.

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.680425
統計：A(205),B(2753),C(193),D(895),E(0)

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