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PAGE 阅读理解之逸闻趣事类 (共3篇，限时23分钟) A (2013·哈尔滨高三联合考试)A 34-year-old mother has spoken of how she woke up thinking she was 15 years old and living in 1992. Naomi Jacobs, from Manchester, was convinced she was still a teenager. In her mind, John Major was Prime Minister and George Bush Sr. was running the White House. She also revealed how she screamed when a boy appeared and called her “Mum”. Mobile phones and e-mail were puzzling and Google, Facebook and YouTube sounded like made-up words, she said. Ms. Jacobs, who had no memory of the years, was told by doctors that she had Transient Global Amnesia (TGA). She has now written a book about the experience which happened in 2008. “I fell asleep in 1992 as a brave, very confident know-it-all 15-year-old, and woke up as a 32-year-old single mum living in a rented house，” Ms. Jacobs said. “The last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed, dreaming about a boy in my class. When I woke up, I looked in the mirror and had the fright of my life when I saw an old woman with wrinkles staring back at me. Then a little boy appeared and started calling me Mum. Thats when I started to scream. I didnt know who he was. I didnt think he was much younger than I was, and I certainly didnt remember giving birth to him. I began sobbing uncontrollably. I just wanted my mum. I couldnt get my head around going to bed one night and waking up in a different century.” TGA is a rare type of amnesia which can occur suddenly, affecting around three people per 100,000 each year. Fortunately, permanent memory loss is rare. Ms. Jacobs memory started to return after eight weeks. Some people who often suffer from migraines (偏头痛) also appear to be more likely to have TGA. The cause of TGA is unknown. Some think that it may be caused by a temporary disruption of blood flow to parts of the brain involved in memory. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。Naomi Jacobs 患上了失忆症，醒来时记忆只停留在1992年。 1．What was the last thing Naomi Jacobs could remember? A．S