Question

A new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops(筆記本電腦).

Students are increasingly using laptops for note-taking because of speed and legibility(清晰度). But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.

Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes "mindlessly" by taking down word for word what the professors said.

In the first experiment, students were given either a laptop or pen and paper. They listened to the same lectures and were told to use their usual note-taking skills. Thirty minutes after the talk, they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.

The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand. However, the typists performed worse at remembering and applying the concepts. Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.

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In another experiment aimed at testing long-term memory, students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture. This time, the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.

These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding, but that they also lead to superior revision in the future.

1.More and more students favor laptops for note-taking because they can .

A. write more notes B. digest concepts better

C. get higher scores D. understand lectures better

2.While taking notes, laptop users tend to be .

A. mindless B. skillful

C. thoughtful D. tireless

3.The author of the passage aims to .

A. examine the importance of long-term memory

B. promote the use of laptops

C. explain the process of taking notes

D. stress the benefit of taking notes by hand

4.The passage is likely to appear in .

A. a newspaper advertisement B. a computer textbook

C. a science magazine D. a finance report

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了一項研究成果。研究顯示，用筆記本電腦記筆記沒有用手記筆記的效果好。雖然用筆記本電腦可以記更多的內(nèi)容，但學(xué)生使用筆記本電腦常常是心不在焉地記筆記。因此，他們對知識的記憶不牢固，也不能靈活運用所學(xué)知識。

1.Students are increasingly using laptops for note-taking because of speed and legibility(清晰度). ”可知，學(xué)生使用筆記本電腦記筆記是因為這樣記得速度快，而且清晰度高；根據(jù)第二段“l(fā)aptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught”可知，用筆記本電腦記筆記的學(xué)生不能很好地記憶所學(xué)內(nèi)容，也不能靈活運用所學(xué)概念，排除B、C、D，故選A。

2.if the notes are taken mindlessly, as is more likely the case on a laptop”可知，使用筆記本電腦記筆記的學(xué)生常常是心不在焉地記筆記，故選A。

3.who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams”和最后一段“handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding, but that they also lead to superior revision in the future”可知，作者寫這篇文章是為了強調(diào)用手記筆記的好處，故選D。

4.But the research has found...”和第三段“Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out...”與最后一段“These two experiments suggest that...”可知，文章主要介紹了一項研究成果，因此最有可能出現(xiàn)在科學(xué)雜志上，故選C。

考點：科學(xué)類短文閱讀