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

【甘肃省天水市、兰州市2017届高三下学期一模考试英语试卷】相关文章：

★ 上海市十三校2015届高三第一次联考英语试卷

★ 福建省莆田八中2015届高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷 Word版含答案

★ 上海市宝山区2015届高三上学期期末质量监测英语试卷（文档版，含答案）

★ 湖北省八校2017届高三上学期第一次联考（12月） 英语试卷

★ 江苏省南京市金陵中学河西分校2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷（无答案）

★ 安徽省示范高中2015届高三第三次联考英语试卷（扫描版）

★ 天津市五区县2017届高三上学期期末考试英语试卷

★ 河南省信阳市第六高级中学2015届高三12月月考英语试卷

★ 浙江省舟山中学2014-2015学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷

★ 四川省成都外国语学校2015届高三12月月考试卷 英语 Word版含答案