Don’t feel guilty about the breaks you’ve been sneaking at work―they could be helping you learn.
Neuroscientists at MIT find that rats take a similar pause after exploring an unfamiliar maze. During that break, the
animals’ brains repeatedly review a backward version of the route they just took, most likely cementing memories of
the steps needed to reach the goal.
David Foster and his team zero in on this process by placing tiny wires into the rats’ brains. The neurons that light
up during the experiments lie in a region known to form short-term memories. But as those cells play the memory
again and again―10 times faster than the original experience―the rest of the brain has lots of opportunities to absorb
the information and to place it into long-term storage. This implies that it’s not just during an experience that learning
occurs. The period after the experience is just as important, maybe more important. The results may explain previous
studies showing that people and animals learn best when given breaks between tasks―and provide a persuasive new
justification for office daydreaming. 【題組】23 Why does the author suggest that it is okay to daydream in the office?
(A) When we daydream, we are organizing and rehearsing the information acquired.
(B) When we work hard for a long time, we tend to become inefficient.
(C) When we daydream, we find new ideas.
(D) Daydreaming is a better way to relax than sleeping during regular hours.
11 Renting a car in Morocco isn’t cheap, but it is possible to strike very good ____with some of the smaller
dealers.
(A)allies (B)bargains (C)commodities (D)diversities
324. When taking medicine, we should read the instructions on the ______ carefully because they provide important information such as how and when to take it.
(A) medals
(B) quotes
(C) labels
(D) recipes
355. The high speed rail system in China has experienced _____ growth which no other infrastructure programs in the world have ever seen so far.
(A) adequate
(B) prototypical
(C) unprecedented
(D) prolonged
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題：
Wherever you go in France, the country’s artistic heritage is very much in evidence. France does have her share of ugly
urban sprawl and unlovely out-of-town hypermarkets, but these are eclipsed by her wealth of beautifully restored and
maintained historic buildings which, together with striking new architecture and works of art, are part of the fabric of
everyday life.
France has had an important role throughout the history of western art which began with the cave painters of the
Dordogne, long before their land became a nation. From the Renaissance onwards French kings invited the finest
European painters to decorate their palaces, and Paris became the center of nearly all important artistic developments,
whether the artists concerned were French or not.
It was only in the nineteenth century that French painters formed a distinctively French movement that was far more
influential than the Flemish, German and Italian schools of previous centuries. The impressionists and their successors
radically altered the direction of European art, attracting even more foreign artists to Paris.
Since the seventeenth century, when the Academies of painting and sculpture, and architecture were founded,
architecture and the visual arts have been a central concern of the French state. Today, the Ministry of Culture is
housed in the elegant seventeenth-century Palais-Royal, alongside two of the nation’s highest institutions, the Conseil
Constitutionnel and the Conseil d’Etat, exemplifying the belief of Catherine Trautmann, the culture minister from 1997
to 2000, that “culture is at the heart of our democratic system.” This sentiment echoes the aims of her predecessors who
include de Gaulle’s post-war minister Andre Malraux and Mitterrand’s innovative and daring minister, Jack Lang, both
of whom wanted to enrich the lives of ordinary citizens.
【題組】50 Who is Andre Malraux?
(A) The owner of Palais-Royal. (B) A culture minister of France.
(C) A famous artist of impressionism. (D) The head of a party against Mitterrand.
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