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1、复合式听写（2009.12）TheancientGreeksdevelopedbasicmemorysystemscalledmnemonics.Thenameis36.________fromtheirGoddessofmemory“Mnemosyne”.Intheancientworld,atrainedmemorywasan37._________asset,particularlyinpubliclife.Therewereno38._________devicesfortakingnote
2、s,andearlyGreekorators(演说家)deliveredlongspeecheswithgreat39.____________becausetheylearnedthespeechesusingmnemonicsystems.TheGreeksdiscoveredthathumanmemoryisanassociativeprocess—thatitworksbylinkingthingstogether.Forexample,thinkofanapple.The41.______
3、___yourbrainregisterstheword“apple”,it42.________theshape,color,taste,smelland43.___________ofthatfruit.Allthesethingsareassociatedinyourmemorywiththeword“apple”.44.__________________________________________________.Anexamplecouldbewhenyouthinkaboutale
4、ctureyouhavehad.Thiscouldtriggeramemoryaboutwhatyou’retalkingaboutthroughthatlecture,whichcanthentriggeranothermemory.45.__________________________.AnexamplegivenonawebsiteIwaslookingatfollows:DoyouremembertheshapeofAustria,Canada,Belgium,orGermany?Pro
5、bablynot.WhataboutItaly,though?46._________________________________________________________________.Youmadeanassociationwithsomethingalreadyknown,theshapeofaboot,andItaly’sshapecouldnotbeforgottenonceyouhadmadetheassociation.36.derived37.immense38.conv
6、enient39.accuracy40.largely41.instinct42.recalls43.texture44.Thismeansthatanythoughtaboutacertainsubjectwilloftenbringupmorememoriesthatarerelatedtoit。45.Theassociationsdonothavetobelogical.Theyjusthavetomakeagoodlink。46.IfyouremembertheshapeofItaly,it
7、isbecauseyouhavebeentoldsometimethatItalyisshapedlikeaboot。（2009.06）Englishistheleadinginternationallanguage.Indifferentcountriesaroundtheglobe,Englishisacquiredasthemother(36)________,inothersit’susedasasecondlanguage.SomenationsuseEnglishastheir(37)_
8、_______language,performingthefunctionof(38)________;inothersit’susedasaninternationallanguageforbusiness,(39)________andindustry. Whatfactorsandforceshaveledtothe(40)________ofEnglish?WhyisEnglishnowconsideredtobesoprestigiousthat,acro
