Smartphone photography is not making us dumber. It is shifting the way our minds work, refocusing ou
英语试题 01-19
Smartphone photography is not making us dumber. It is shifting the way our minds work, refocusing our attention.
Alixandra Barasch, a cognitive(认知的) scientist at New York University, has run similar studies at Stanford, where participants either take photos or don't take photos while on a museum tour. When instructed to take photos of an exhibit, her participants were more likely to remember visual aspects of their experience (the art and other things they saw) than if they didn't take photos. But there's a trade-off : The participants taking photos were less likely to remember information they heard.
"Photos are increasing visual memories." Barasch says, "but it doesn't come without a cost." And that cost is our attention. If we are so focused on photos and visuals, we are more likely to ignore other things around us. And what gets ignored does not get remembered.
The lesson here is that we're probably limiting our experience when we're so focused on our cameras. Photos and recordings are always going lo be a thin slice of what you experienced. " When we look back on those photos, they do serve as memory cues, but they're not necessarily reminding us of the whole story. They were taken merely by our eyes. What were other senses doing then?" says Linda Henkel, a psychologist from Fairfield University.
Barasch's research finds evidence that smartphones are changing what we notice — they are redirecting or refocusing our attention. When we are hunting for the perfect Facebook shot, we’re not listening,we’re not smelling, and we're not always paying attention to the beautiful, complex small details that make up the moment.
1.What is the best title for the text?
A.Camera narrows our attention
B.How smartphones affect our life
C.Go back to the old-style cameras
D.Why not put away your smartphones
2.What can we conclude from Barasch's study?
A.Camera use can lead to some failure in memory.
B.Photographing is forbidden in the museums.
C.Participants took photos randomly during the tour.
D.Participants taking photos remember information better.
3.What does Henkel advise us to do?
A.Make the impossible possible.
B.Get our senses fully employed.
C.Pay attention to people around us.
D.Get well prepared for the possible future.
4.What is the author's attitude towards smartphone photography?
A.Satisfactory.
B.Supportive.
C.Sorry.
D.Hateful.
答案：1.A; 2.A; 3.B; 4.C
解析：
1.主旨大意题。根据全文的介绍,尤其最后一段的内容可知,研究发现智能手机改变了我们的注意力,当我们在集中精力拍照片的时候,我们就听不到周围环境中的声音,也闻不到味道,即摄影缩小了我们的注意力范围,故选择A项。
2.推理判断题。根据第二、三段的介绍可知,拍照可以提高人们的视觉记忆能力,但这得付出一定的代价,即如果人们的注意力集中在拍照和视觉上,他们可能记不住听到的信息。与这个研究发现意义最接近的是A项,拍照可能会比我们记不住某些信息。
3.推理判断题。根据第四段中Henkel的话可知,他认为照片不一定能让我们回想起整个事情,只能反映我们眼睛所见的东西,其他的感官体验都被忽视了。因此推知, Henkel认为人们需要调动其他感官一起去感知,故选择B项。
4.观点态度题。纵观全文尤其是最后一句"and we’re not always paying attention to the beautiful, complex small details that make up the moment”可知,作者对于智能手机摄影影响了人们的注意力的情况感到"遗憾”,故选择C项。
Alixandra Barasch, a cognitive(认知的) scientist at New York University, has run similar studies at Stanford, where participants either take photos or don't take photos while on a museum tour. When instructed to take photos of an exhibit, her participants were more likely to remember visual aspects of their experience (the art and other things they saw) than if they didn't take photos. But there's a trade-off : The participants taking photos were less likely to remember information they heard.
"Photos are increasing visual memories." Barasch says, "but it doesn't come without a cost." And that cost is our attention. If we are so focused on photos and visuals, we are more likely to ignore other things around us. And what gets ignored does not get remembered.
The lesson here is that we're probably limiting our experience when we're so focused on our cameras. Photos and recordings are always going lo be a thin slice of what you experienced. " When we look back on those photos, they do serve as memory cues, but they're not necessarily reminding us of the whole story. They were taken merely by our eyes. What were other senses doing then?" says Linda Henkel, a psychologist from Fairfield University.
Barasch's research finds evidence that smartphones are changing what we notice — they are redirecting or refocusing our attention. When we are hunting for the perfect Facebook shot, we’re not listening,we’re not smelling, and we're not always paying attention to the beautiful, complex small details that make up the moment.
1.What is the best title for the text?
A.Camera narrows our attention
B.How smartphones affect our life
C.Go back to the old-style cameras
D.Why not put away your smartphones
2.What can we conclude from Barasch's study?
A.Camera use can lead to some failure in memory.
B.Photographing is forbidden in the museums.
C.Participants took photos randomly during the tour.
D.Participants taking photos remember information better.
3.What does Henkel advise us to do?
A.Make the impossible possible.
B.Get our senses fully employed.
C.Pay attention to people around us.
D.Get well prepared for the possible future.
4.What is the author's attitude towards smartphone photography?
A.Satisfactory.
B.Supportive.
C.Sorry.
D.Hateful.
答案：1.A; 2.A; 3.B; 4.C
解析：
1.主旨大意题。根据全文的介绍,尤其最后一段的内容可知,研究发现智能手机改变了我们的注意力,当我们在集中精力拍照片的时候,我们就听不到周围环境中的声音,也闻不到味道,即摄影缩小了我们的注意力范围,故选择A项。
2.推理判断题。根据第二、三段的介绍可知,拍照可以提高人们的视觉记忆能力,但这得付出一定的代价,即如果人们的注意力集中在拍照和视觉上,他们可能记不住听到的信息。与这个研究发现意义最接近的是A项,拍照可能会比我们记不住某些信息。
3.推理判断题。根据第四段中Henkel的话可知,他认为照片不一定能让我们回想起整个事情,只能反映我们眼睛所见的东西,其他的感官体验都被忽视了。因此推知, Henkel认为人们需要调动其他感官一起去感知,故选择B项。
4.观点态度题。纵观全文尤其是最后一句"and we’re not always paying attention to the beautiful, complex small details that make up the moment”可知,作者对于智能手机摄影影响了人们的注意力的情况感到"遗憾”,故选择C项。
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