Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness.“A man who recite sports statistics from 30 years ago,”says Zelinski,“may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.”Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they are more interested in what’s happening around them,and memory relies on just that.

　　Visual cues(提示)can help prevent absent-mindednesssays Schacter.“But be sure the cue is clear and available,”he cautions.If you want to remember to take a medication with lunch,put the bill bottle on the kitchen table-don’t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.

　　Another common episode of absent-mindedness:walking into a room and wondering why you’re there.Most likely,you were thinking about something else.“Everyone does this from time to time,” says Zelinski.The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room,and you’ll likely remember.

　　12.What does the underlined word “episode” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

　　A.Experiences.

　　B.Experiments.

　　C.Expressions.

　　D.Feelings.

　　13.According to the passage,women have better memories than men probably because

　　.

　　A.they have a wider range of interests

　　B.they always put things where they were

　　C.they pay more attention to their environment

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