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IELTS Reading

MEMORY AND AGE


IELTS Reading
MEMORY AND AGE
IELTS Reading
MEMORY AND AGE

Question 14
What does the typist’s experiment show in the passage?
A Old people reading ability is superior
B Losses of age are irreversible
C Seasoned tactics made elders more efficient
D Old people performed poorly in driving test
Question 15
Which is correct about the rat experiment?
A Different toys have different effects on rats
B Rat’s brain weight increased in both cages.
C Isolated rat’s brain grows new connections
D Boring and complicated surroundings affect brain development
Question 16
What can be concluded in the chess game of a children’s group?
A They won games with adults.
B Their organization of chess knowledge is better
C Their image memory is better than adults
DThey used a different part of the brain when choosing
Question 17
What is the author’s purpose of using “vocabulary study” at the end of the passage?
A Certain people are sensitive to vocabulary while others aren’t
B Teachers and professionals won by their experience
C Vocabulary memory as a crystallized intelligence is hard to decline
D Old people use their special zone of the brain when studying
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Questions 18-23
Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage, using no
more than two words from the Reading Passage for each answer. Write your answers
in boxes 18-23 on your answer sheet.

It’s long been known that______18_______ declined with age. Charles A. Dana foundation
invested millions of dollars to test memory decline. They used advanced technology,
neurochemical experiments and ran several cognitive and_______19_______ experiments.
Bahrick called one form” _______20_______ “, which describes factual knowledge. Another
one called “21“contains events in time and space format. He conducted two experiments on
knowledge memory’s longevity, he asked 1000 candidates for some knowledge
of_______22_______, some could even remember it decades ago. Second research of
Spanish courses found that multiple course participants could remember more than half of
_______23_______ they learned after decades, whereas a single course taker only
remembered as short as 3 years.

Questions 24-27
Use the information in the passage to match the people (listed A-F) with opinions or
deeds below. Write the appropriate letters A-F in boxes 24-27 on your answer sheet.

A Harry P. Bahrick
B Arnold B. Scheibel
C Marion Diamond
D Timothy Salthouse
E Stanley Rapport
F Robert Kail

24 Examined both young and old’s blood circulation of brain while testing,
25 Aging is a significant link between physical and mental activity.
26 Some semantic memories of an event fade away by repetition.
26 Rat’s brain developed when put in a diverse environment.
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