考研英语一（完形填空）模拟试卷376
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1. Using mobile phones to navigate has become second nature. Whether you’re heading to a new park, meeting friends at a restaurant, or taking a short trip, you just tap the【C1】________on your phone and go.【C2】________GPS, exploring and way finding in new places required【C3】________. We had to think, consult paper maps, and plan and【C4】________parts of our route. But in today’s technological world, there is no need to think. Simply【C5】________the turn-by-turn directions on your phone, and you’ll end up where you need to be. But your overall sense of the place【C6】________. Spatial navigation, which had been a process performed【C7】________by the human brain and sensory system, has now been【C8】________ to technology.
There are structures in the brain【C9】________to these complex path finding tasks. In particular, the hippocampus is deeply【C10】________with supporting spatial memory, spatial navigation and mental mapping.
Our memory【C11】________as we age. And【C12】________there is no perfect solution for healthy aging, scientists agree that one of the key【C13】________of successful aging is staying mentally active. Studies show that we can actually exercise the hippocampus memory through exploration and spatial navigation. Expert navigators such as London cab drivers have larger hippocampi compared to regular populations【C14】________their intensive spatial mapping and multisensory experience of the city.
If spatial navigation is such an essential element to healthy aging and mental activity, why surrender this【C15】________skill to our phones? By following a set of digital turn-by-turn directions, GPS navigation apps treat us as【C16】________passengers rather than active explorers, removing our agency to make decisions.【C17】________, this inhibits our ability to create proper mental maps of the surrounding environment, and【C18】________impacts the hippocampus, which is critical for brain health.
While advances in technology clearly have many【C19】________, we must remain mindful that technology can influence the brain. Ultimately our goal should be to create and design technology in ways that【C20】________our brain and enhance our opportunities to interact and engage with the real world around us.
解析：
Parenthood isn\’t a career-killer. In fact, economists with two or more kids tend to produce more research, not less, than their one-child or childless colleagues. But female economists【C1】________can pay a price in terms of productivity after becoming mothers, especially【C2】________they\’ re young or unmarried.
That\’s according to a new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. There is widespread【C3】________that motherhood is【C4】________costly in terms of professional career advancement. \\
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