Ⅲ. 短文填空(21-35題,請選出最適當的選項。) Passage 1
The human brain is a remarkably complex organic computer, taking in 21 sensory
experiences, processing and storing this information, and recalling and integrating selected bits at
the right moments. The destruction 22 by Alzheimer's disease has been likened to the erasure
of a hard drive, beginning with the most recent files and working backward. As the illness
progresses, old 23 new memories gradually disappear until even loved ones are no longer
recognized. Unfortunately, the computer analogy 24 ; one cannot simply reboot the human
brain and reload the files and programs. The problem is that Alzheimer's disease does not only erase
information; it destroys the very hardware of the brain, which 25 more than 100 billion
nerve cells (neurons), with 100 trillion connections among them.
【題組】21.
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(C) face-to-face
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