Section C
Directions : In this section , you will hear a passage three times .When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea . When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He(36) _____.on studying how quickly the human mind can remember (37) _____. One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis(假设), which simply means the amount you learn (38) _____ on the time you spend trying to learn it . This can be taken as our first rule of learning.
Although it is usually true that studying for four hours is better than studying for one, there is still the question of how we should use the four hours. For example, is it better to study for four hours (39) _____ or to study for one hour a day for four days in a (40) _____?. The answer, as you may have (41) _____, is that it is better to spread out the study times. This (42) _____, through which we can learn more (43) _____.by dividing our practice time, is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, (44)_________________________________________________________.
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But we’re not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we should study over very short periods of time. (45) _________________________________________________________. Should you look at the same word in rapid succession, or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again ?(46) _________________________________________________________.