B6 U2 Put Your Memory to Work

Which picture best shows how memory works?

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What isn't learned in the reading?

• How our brain works.

• Medical ways to treat memory loss.

• How much we count on our memory in life.

• Good ways to save important information in our brain.

Look at the picture. Which way is used to remember how long a yard is?

• Repeating.

• Grouping.

• Doing math.

• Creating pictures in one's mind.

Which sentence least relates to the topic of the reading?

• Understanding how memory works can be helpful for either tests or everything in life.

• Understanding how memory works can be helpful for not only tests but everything in life.

• Understanding how memory works can be helpful for neither tests nor everything in life.

• Understanding how memory works can be helpful for both tests and everything in life.

Read the passage and find out which sentence is best to put it simply with.

• Your working memory can only hold five to nine items at the same time for about 20 seconds.

• The more the information is repeated or used, the longer you will remember it.

• If you group items, it'll be easier to remember them.

• Suddenly, you don't remember what you wanted to say.

Look at the passages and put them in order according to the reading.

• D → C → A → B

• D → B → C → A

• D → C → B → A

• B → C → A → D

Which sentence is wrong?

• That your working memory can't hold many items is true.

• It's true your working memory can't hold many items.

• The truth is that your working memory can't hold many items.

• It's the truth that your working memory can't hold many items.

Which sentence is right?

• The more the information is repeated or used, the longer it will be remembered.

• After 20 seconds, the items will be either forgotten or save for later use.

• When information gets into your brain, it first stores in your working memory.

• Then how do I make sure the important information saved?

Your ? ? can't hold much information at the same time, so it's easy for your brain to forget something.

(a)  

Of the three ways in the reading, which way is used to remember the word, dictator(獨裁者)?

d-i-c-t-a-t-o-r

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dic-ta-tor

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dictator

(a)