SearchingtheInternetmayhelpmid

更新 2022-09-03
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Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp,US researchers said.
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles ,studied people doing web searches by recording their brain activity.
“What we saw was people who had Internet experience used more of their brain during the search,”Dr.Gary Small, a UCLA expert on aging, said,“This suggests that just searching on the Internet may train the brain and that it may keep it active and healthy.”
“This is the first time anyone has simulated(模拟)an Internet search task while scanning the brain,”Small said. His team studied 24 normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76. Half were experienced at searching the Internet and the other half had no web experience. However, the two groups were similar in age, gender and education.
Both groups were asked to do Internet searches and book reading tasks while their brain activity was monitored.
“We found that in the book reading task, the visual cortex— the part of the brain that controls reading and language — was activated,”Small said,“In doing the Internet search task, there was much greater activity, but only in the Internet-savvy（了解）group.”
He said it appears that people who are familiar with the Internet can engage in much deeper level of brain activity. Activities that keep the brain engaged can preserve brain health and thinking ability. Small thinks learning to do Internet searches may be one of those activities.
Researchers when volunteers were doing web searches.

A．studied the Internet

B．activated the brain

C．recorded their memories

D．monitored the brain activity

The two volunteer groups were .

A．similar in education

B．of the same age

C．good at the computer

D．book lovers

According to the passage, we can learn that .

A．reading books keeps the brain more engaged

B．searching the web keeps the brain more engaged

C．watching TV keeps the brain more engaged

D．chatting online keeps the brain more engaged

Which of the following is TRUE?

A．When you read, the whole brain will be activated.

B．Dr.Gary Small is a UCLA expert on brain health.

C．Internet searches can preserve brain health and thinking ability

D．People who read books may have a better memory.

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C
In many businesses, computers have largely replaced paperwork, because they are fast, effective（高效的）, and do not make mistakes．As one banker said, “Unlike humans, computers never have a bad day.” And they are honest.
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Computer criminals don’t use guns. And even if they are caught, it is hard to punish them because there are no witness (证人) and often no proof (证据). A computer cannot remember who used it and simply does what it is told. The head teller(出纳) at a New York City bank used a computer to steal more than one and a half billion dollars in just four years. No one noticed this because he moved the money from someone else’s account (帐目)．This man was caught only because he was a gambler (赌徒). When the police broke up a gambling group, his name was in the records.
Some workers use the computer’s power to get revenge（报复）on bosses they consider unfair. Recently, a large company fired its computer assistant (助手) for reasons that were connected with her personal rather than her professional（职业的）life. She was given thirty days’ notice. In those thirty days, she got rid of all the company’s computerized records.
Most computer criminals have been workers in low position. Now police wonder if this is “the tip of the iceberg（冰山）”. As one of the officials says, “I have a feeling that there are more crimes out there than we are catching. What we are seeing now is all so poorly done. I wonder what the real experts are doing — the ones who really know how a computer works.”
69. Which character of computers makes computer crimes possible﹖
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B. Computers always feel good．
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70. It is hard to catch computer criminals because_________．
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B. computer criminals seldom bear witness or leave proof
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B
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A
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