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(1)C.细节理解题。根据第一段的Spatial memory is the kind of memory you use to remember where you are.(空间记忆是一种用来记住你所处位置的记忆)可知,空间记忆可以帮助你记住你所处的位置。故选C。
(2)B.细节理解题。根据第二段的Each person was encouraged to explore the virtual space.(每个人都被鼓励去探索虚拟空间)可知,首先让参与者探索虚拟空间;根据第三段的At this point,the scientists took pictures of the people's brains using an instrument called FMRI(在这一点上,科学家们使用一种名为FMRI的仪器拍摄了这些人的大脑)可知,接着科学家们对他们的大脑进行了功能磁共振成像扫描;根据第四段的They repeated this process many times.(他们多次重复这个过程)可知,然后科学家把这个过程重复了很多次。根据第四段的By looking at patterns on the brain scans,the scientists were able to read the spatial memory of the test subjects.(通过观察大脑扫描的模式,科学家们能够读出测试对象的空间记忆)可知,最后科学家们阅读了参与者的空间记忆。故正确顺序是c,a,d,b。故选B。
(3)D.细节理解题。根据最后一段的"It is not the case that we can put someone in a brain scanner and simply read his private thoughts,"said one of the scientists who worked on the project.(参与该项目的一位科学家说:"我们不能对一个人进行脑部扫描,然后简单地读取他的私人想法")可知,我们的秘密思想和私人记忆是安全,这是因为科学家不能直接去读取人的想法。故选D。
(4)A.主旨大意题。根据文章第一段A team of British scientists recently just did that﹣they used brain scans to look at spatial memory in four people.(一组英国科学家最近刚刚做,他们使用脑部扫描看4人的空间记忆)以及第三段At this point,the scientists took pictures of the people's brains using an instrument called FMRI.(在这一点上,科学家们用一种叫做功能磁共振成像的仪器拍摄了这些人的大脑)可知,文章主要介绍了科学家们正在进行一个试验,该实验利用FMRI来了解人们大脑里的空间记忆的内容。由此可知,文章主要谈论了空间记忆和FMR1,故选A。