英语阅读（二）试题_2006年10月全国自考_自考_自学考试

A．the mysterious life of pandas
B．attentions towards panda protection
C．public liking for pandas
D．the strange behaviors of pandas
12．Pandas are much loved by people for all of the following reasons EXCEPT_______．
A．their baby-like features
B．their round faces and small jaws
C．their attractive cries
D．their inactivity
13．Which of the following factors plays a NEGATIVE role to panda’s surviving?
A．Public concern for panda’s welfare has been heightened．
B．Chinese government invested more money in panda protection．
C．Proper protection measures were not taken in time．
D．More reserves will be established in China．
14．Which of the following plays a key role in panda protection?
A．Animal behaviorists．                  B．Chinese government．
C．American zoologists．                  D．The zoos which raise pandas．
15．Pandas can be better protected today owing to______．
A．a better understanding of the animal
B．the increase in foreign funds
C．their increasing popularity
D．the efforts of American scientists
Passage Four
      That experiences influence subsequent behavior is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity called remembering．Learning could not occur without the function popularly named memory．Constant practice has such an effect on memory as to 1ead to skilful performance on the piano，to recitation of a poem，and even to reading and understanding these words．So-called intelligent behavior demands memory，remembering being a primary requirement for reasoning．The ability to solve any problem or even to recognize that a problem exists depends on memory．Typically，the decision to cross a street is based on remembering many earlier experiences．
Practice (or review) tends to build and maintain memory for a task or for any learned material．Over a period of no practice what has been learned tends to be forgotten；and the adaptive consequences may not seem obvious．Yet，dramatic instances of sudden forgetting can be seen to be adaptive．In this sense，the ability to forget can be interpreted to have survived through a process of natural selection in animals．Indeed，when one’s memory of an emotionally painful experience leads to serious anxiety，forgetting may produce relief．Nevertheless，an evolutionary interpretation might make it difficult to understand how the commonly gradual process of forgetting survived natural selection．
In thinking about the evolution of memory together with all its possible．aspects，it is helpful to consider what would happen if memories failed to fade．Forgetting clearly aids orientation in time，since old memories weaken and the new tend to stand out，providing clues for inferring duration．Without forgetting，adaptive ability would suffer，for example，learned behavior that might have been correct a decade ago may no longer be．Cases are recorded of people who (by ordinary standards) forgot so little that their everyday activities were full of confusion．This forgetting seems to serve that survival of the individual and the species．

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