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浙江省名校协作体2022-2023学年高二上学期开学考试英语

试题

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学校姓名：班级：考号：

一、阅读理解

Lastweek,mywifeandIwerediscussinghowwe’dchosenouryoungestson’sname.I

hadavividmemoryofuswritingoutalistofpossiblenames,butstoppingafterjustafew

becausewe’dspottedonewebothloved.Mywifedisagreed.Inhermemory,we’dhada

muchlongerlist,andgonebackandchosenonefromthemiddleofthelist.Sowedugoutthe

pieceofpaperwe’dusedandfoundthatwe’dactuallydonesomethingcompletelydifferent

tochooseNate’sname.

Memorymistakeshappenonalargescale.The“MandelaEffect”iswhenlotsofpeople

haveconfidentrecollectionsthatturnouttobewrong.Itwasnamedbyresearcherswhowere

discussingtheirstrongmemoriesofNelsonMandela’sdeathinprison—whenheactually

livedfor23yearsafterhisrelease.Thereareplentyofotherexamplesofthisphenomenon.If

you’resurethatyourememberhearingawickedqueensay“Mirror,mirroronthewall,”

you’veexperiencedityourself(shesays,“Magicmirroronthewall”instead).

Sowhat’sgoingon?Well,forstarters,memoryoftenworksbyassociation,andsimilar

bitsofinformationcanoverlapinourbrains.We’realsogoodat“fillingintheblanks”with

detailsthatarelogicalbutuntrue.What’smore,wheneverwerehearseamemory,wemakeit

stronger—includinganybitsthatwerewrong.

Butthere’splentyofgoodnewshere,too.Everyonemisremembers.Weshouldn’tbetoo

hardonourselveswhenwemakemistakes.Thementalassociationsthatsometimesleadto

errorscanalsohelpustofindelusiveinformation.Ifyou’restrugglingwithsomeone’sname,

trythinkingofthingsyouassociatewiththem,andseeifyourbraingetsthenudgeitneeds.