2024年北京中考英语真题阅读理解解析 CD篇
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Sometimes it seems that time is flying. Perhaps it
doesn'tneed to
feel this way. Our experience of time can be possibly changed. By understanding the psychological （ 心 理 学 的 ） processes behind our different experiences of time ， wemight be able to slow downtime a little.
One basic law of psychological time is that time seems to slow down when we're exposed （ 接触） to new environments and experiences. The law is caused by the relationship between our experience of time and the amount of information our minds process. The more information our minds take in, the slower time seems to pass.
It follows, then, that we have different experiences of time in different situations. In some situations, our life is full of new experiences. Our minds process a lot of information and time seemsto slow down. In other situations, we have fewer new experiences and the world around us becomes more and more familiar （熟悉） . We become insensitive to our experience, which meanswe process less information, and time seems to speed up.
How can we slow down time Here are two suggestions.
Firstly, since we know that familiarity makes time pass faster, we can expose ourselves to as many new experiences as possible.
We can give
ourselves new challenges, meet new people, and expose our minds to new information, hobbies and skills. This will increase the amount of information our minds process and expand （增加） our experienee of time.
Secondly, and perhaps most effectively, we can give our whole attention to an experience-to what we are seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling or hearing. This means living through our senses rather than through our thoughts. For example, on the way home, focus your attention outside of yourself, instead of thinking about the problems you have to deal with. Look at the sky, or at the buildings you pass, traveling among them. This open attitude to your experiences helps take in more information and also has a time-expanding effect.
To a certain degree, we can understand and control our experience of
time passing. It's possible for us to slow down time by expanding our experience of time.
27. According to the writer, we can expand our experience of time by . A. going to bed on time B. traveling to new places C. having dinner as usual D. printing the same materials
解析：第五段最后一句对应本题的问题， 而该句子中的“ This ”就是本题的 答案。 This 是代词，指代前面所说的 new challenges, meet new people 等， 突出强调“ neW'。所以选择B。同时，也可以从全文主旨上去印证，本文通篇 讲的是新的经历可以放慢时间感，重复的经历会加速时间感。
28. What can we learn from the passage
A. Being familiar with the world around helps us get more information. B. Understanding psychological time makes life pass more quickly. C. We can take in more information by living through our senses.
D. We should build a stronger relationship between time and us. 解析：从第六段第二句判断，在阅读过程中，遇到“转折、因果、最高级、
解释、重复”等，都可能是考点，需要格外注意。“ this meanS解释了前面的 内容，是解释重复，是重点需要仔细阅读的。
29. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A. Slow Down Time B. Only Time Will Tell C. Race Against Time D. Time Will Not Come Twice
解析：从第四段设问句可以知道， 本篇文章提出了两点关于如何让时间放慢 脚步的建议，所以选与让时间变慢的选项
A。
D
How Much Can We Afford to Forget
In 2024. Science magaz ine asked some young scie ntists what schools should teach students.
Most said students should spend less time
memoriz ing facts and have more space for creative activities. As the Internet grows more powerful, students can access （获得）knowledge easily. Why should they be required to carry so much of it around in their heads
Civilizations （文明）develop through forgetting once n ecessary .In the Agricultural （
life skills that were
农业的）Age, a farmer could afford
to forget hun ti ng skills. When societies in dustrialized, the kno wledge of farming could be safe to forget. Nowadays, smart machines give us access to most huma nkno wledge. It seemsthat we no Ion ger n eed to remember most thin gs. Does it matter
Researchers have recognized several problems that mayhappen. For one, humanbe ings have biases （偏见），and smart mach ines are likely to in crease our biases. Many people believe smart mach ines are n ecessarily correct and objective but mach ines are trained through a repeated testi ng and scoring process . In the process, humanbeings still decide on the correct an swers.
Ano ther problem relates to the ease of access ing in formati on. When there were no computers, efforts were required to get knowledge from other people, or go to the library.
Weknow what knowledge lies in other brains
But today, the Internet gives us
or books, and what lies in our heads.
the information we need quickly. This can lead to the mistaken belief — the kno wledge we found was part of what we know all along.
In a new civilization rich in machine intelligenee, we have easy access to smart memory networks where information
depe ndency on a n etwork suggests possibilities of
is stored. But being harmed easily.
健康）
The collapse of any of the networks of relations our well-being（
depe nds upon, such as food and en ergy, would produce terrible results . Without food we get hungry; without energy we feel cold. And it is through widespread loss of memorythat civilizations are at risk of falling into a dark age.
We forget old ways to free up time and space for new skills. As long as the older forms of knowledge are stored somewherein our networks, and can be found when we need them, perhaps
they ' re not really forgotten.
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