阅读理解Grown-upsareoftensurprisedbyhowwelltheyremembersomethingtheylearnedaschildrenbuthaveneverpracticedeversince.Amanwhohasnothadachancetogoswimmingfor
阅读理解 Grown-upsareoftensurprisedbyhowwelltheyremembersomethingtheylearnedaschildrenbut
haveneverpracticedeversince.Amanwhohasnothadachancetogoswimmingforyearscanstill
swimaswellaseverwhenhegetsbackinthewater.Hecangetonabicycleaftermanyyearsandstill
rideaway.Hecanplaycatchandhitaballaswellashisson.Amotherwhohasnotthoughtaboutthe
wordsforyearscanteachherdaughterthepoemthatbegins"Twinkletwinklelittlestar"orremember
thestoryofCinderellaorGoldilocksandtheThreeBears.
Oneexplanationisthelawofoverlearningwhichcanbestatedasfollows:Oncewehavelearned
somethingadditionallearningtrialsincreasethelengthoftimewewillRememberit
Inchildhoodweusuallycontinuetopracticesuchskillsasswimmingbicycleridingand
playingbaseballlongafterwehavelearnedthem.Wecontinuetolistentoandremind
ourselvesofwordssuchas"Twinkletwinklelittlestar"andchildhoodtalessuchas
CinderellaandGoldilocks.Wenotonlylearnbutoverlearn.
Themultiplicationtables(乘法口诀表)areanexceptiontothegeneralrule.thatwe
forgetratherquicklythethingsthatwelearninschoolbecausetheyareanotherofthethings
weoverlearninchildhood.
ThelawofoverleatningexplainswhycrammingJ(突击学习)foranexaminationthough
itmayresultinapassinggradeisnotasatisfactorywaytolearnacollegecourse.By
crammingastudentmaylearnthesubjectwellenoughtogetbyontheexaminationbutheis
likelysoontoforgetalmosteverythinghelearned.Alittleoverlearningontheotherhandis
reallynecessaryforone'sfuturedevelopment.1.What'themainideaofParagraph1?A.Peoplerememberwellwhattheylearnedinchildhood.
B.Childrenhaveabettermemorythangrown-ups.
C.Poemreadingisagoodwaytolearnwords."
D.Storiesforchildrenareeasytoremember.2.TheauthorexplainsthelawofoverlearningbyA.presentingresearchfindings
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