5.13 考研英语阅读真题来源外刊模拟试题 七选五【难度 7.5】

Section II Reading Comprehension 

Part B 

Directions:In the following text, some segments have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. 

GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything from creativity to critical thinking.

An emerging crop of studies suggests people who lean too much on tools like ChatGPT could have problems with attention span, critical thinking, and memory. "On a high level, yes, we should be worried," says Adam Green, a professor of neuroscience at Georgetown University. AI will do work that used to require mental labour. "There's plenty of evidence that if you are not doing as much of the actual thinking, then your capability to do that kind of thinking is going to atrophy."

A phenomenon called the "Google Effect" emerged when search engines took over: we're less likely to remember information because it takes so little effort to find. It seems the brain gets worse at tasks when we outsource them. And AI is the most powerful outsourcing tool of all time. "What's happening with AI is that it's giving us an easy way to trade process for product," Green says. The essay sounds better, but you miss the mental struggle your brain needs. "It's like you're at the gym and a robot lifts the barbell for you. You get nothing."

So how can you use AI and still give your brain a workout?

41. ____One recent study found heavier users of AI scored significantly worse on a standard critical thinking test, apparently because they're used to offloading their thought processes to robots. People even trust AI over their own intuition—even when the AI is wrong. The fix starts before you open the app. Try forming a rough view on the subject and using AI to challenge your perspective before you get the robot's opinion. That way AI is pressure-testing your thinking, rather than replacing it.

42. ____There is early research to suggest that AI can mess with your ability to retain information. A survey found that students who used ChatGPT more often were more likely to report memory loss. When you're asking AI for information you need to remember, it's worth slowing down to engage with it. Take notes—ideally by hand, but typing them out works too. You can even ask the AI to quiz you. The work makes it stick. It sounds fussy, but friction is the point.

43. ____AI is remarkably good at coming up with ideas. That's the problem. Research suggests that people who use AI for creative tasks produce ideas that are more predictable and less original. Your brain builds creative capacity by making unexpected connections. Hand that job to AI, and you skip the workout. One approach to overcome this is to put your own ideas down on paper first. Spend more time with a blank page and write whatever comes. Then use AI to develop or refine what you've got.

44. ____If your attention is starting to wander while reading this, you're not alone. The onslaught of technology is making it harder for us to focus, and AI compounds the problem: answers are at your fingertips with plenty of opportunities to skip difficulty. Do things the slow way on purpose. Don't make ChatGPT summarise that long article. Sit with a hard problem before you ask a robot. Let yourself get bored. Unpleasant is the goal. That's your brain learning to tolerate the friction that deeper thinking requires.

45. ____I'm forcing myself to be more thoughtful when I reach for AI to keep my brain in the driver's seat. Green says human brains are structurally different from AI in ways that really matter: we make connections that are personal, unexpected and genuinely novel in ways that digital probability machines simply can't replicate. The distinctness and diversity of human ideas is going to be the great value add in the coming years. Forcing ourselves to "think outside the bots" will become a natural survival impulse.

[A] Cultivate a healthy dose of skepticism[B] Disconnect from artificial intelligence entirely[C] Embrace the discomfort of deep, unassisted focus[D] Delegate mundane memorization to machines[E] Introduce intentional hurdles to your learning[F] Recognize the irreplaceable nature of human insight[G] Delay the digital shortcut when generating ideas

附注：根据历年考研英语真题阅读题源外刊等，摘选最新文章，模拟仿真出题。

参考答案见以下。

Quick look: AEGCF

41.【正确答案】A【解析】题型：七选五（主旨概括题）定位： 第五段。段落大意指出，重度依赖AI的人在“批判性思维（critical thinking）”测试中得分更低，因为他们习惯于把思考过程外包，甚至在AI出错时也盲目“信任（trust AI over their own intuition）”。段末给出建议：在听取机器人意见前，先形成自己的粗略观点，让AI来测试你的思维，而不是替代它。分析： 选项 A“首先培养适度的怀疑态度（Cultivate a healthy dose of skepticism）”完美概括了本段的核心逻辑——不要盲信AI，要有自己的判断和批判性思维。干扰项：[B] 彻底断开与人工智能的连接，属于极端化干扰，文章作者明确表示是要“合理使用”，而不是“彻底不用”；[F] 虽然提到了人类洞察力，但并非本段强调的“批判与怀疑”。

42.【正确答案】E【解析】题型：七选五（主旨概括题）定位： 第六段。本段聚焦于“记忆（retain information / memory loss）”。给出的建议是：在向AI获取信息时，要“放慢速度（slowing down）”、“做笔记（Take notes）”、“让AI考考你（ask the AI to quiz you）”。段落末尾的总结句是“It sounds fussy, but friction is the point（听起来很繁琐，但制造阻力/摩擦才是关键）”。分析： 选项 E“在你的学习中引入故意的障碍（Introduce intentional hurdles to your learning）”是对原文中“friction（阻力/摩擦）”和“做笔记/测试自己”等刻意增加难度的行为的绝佳同义替换。干扰项：[D] 将日常的记忆工作委托给机器，这恰恰是本段作者所反对的做法（把记忆外包会导致记忆力衰退）。

43.【正确答案】G【解析】题型：七选五（主旨概括题）定位： 第七段。段落开头指出AI擅长想点子，但这会削弱人类的“创造力（creative capacity）”。给出的解决方案是：“先把自己粗糙的想法写在纸上（put your own ideas down on paper first）”，“花更多时间面对空白页（Spend more time with a blank page）”，然后再用AI来完善。分析： 选项 G“在生成想法时推迟使用数字捷径（Delay the digital shortcut when generating ideas）”高度概括了“先自己面对空白页想点子，最后再用AI”的先后顺序逻辑。干扰项：[A] 培养怀疑态度，虽然本段也觉得AI生成的点子缺乏原创性，但本段的核心动作是“自己先想（delay the shortcut）”，而不是“怀疑AI的答案”。

44.【正确答案】C【解析】题型：七选五（主旨概括题）定位： 第八段。本段讨论了科技带来的“注意力涣散（attention is starting to wander / focus）”问题。作者的建议是：“故意用慢办法做事”、“不要让ChatGPT总结长文”、“在问机器人前自己先啃硬骨头”。最后一句点明核心：“让你的大脑学会容忍深度思考所需的摩擦力/不适感（tolerate the friction... Unpleasant is the goal）”。分析： 选项 C“拥抱深度、无辅助的专注所带来的不适感（Embrace the discomfort of deep, unassisted focus）”是对原文中“focus”、“unassisted（不要让AI总结）”以及“Unpleasant/discomfort”的高度提炼。干扰项：[B] 完全不用AI，同样是过于绝对的干扰；[E] 引入学习障碍，虽然本段也提到了“摩擦（friction）”，但本段的核心是“专注力（focus）和不适感”，E选项更适合上一段的“记忆与学习（learning）”。

45.【正确答案】F【解析】题型：七选五（主旨概括题）定位： 第九、十段（最后两段）。段落指出，人类大脑在结构上与AI不同，人类能建立个性化、出人意料且真正新颖的联系，这是“数字概率机器根本无法复制的（simply can't replicate）”。人类思想的独特性和多样性将成为未来的巨大附加值。分析： 选项 F“认识到人类洞察力的不可替代性（Recognize the irreplaceable nature of human insight）”精准对应了原文中的“simply can't replicate（无法复制/不可替代）”和对人类大脑独特价值的赞美。干扰项：[G] 虽然提到了人类的独特想法，但这属于创造阶段的“推迟捷径”，而最后一段是对整篇文章的拔高，强调人类智慧的本体价值，故 F 为最佳契合。

【词汇注释】

atrophy: verb (BIOLOGY) (of a part of the body) to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker 萎缩；衰退

【参考译文】

GPS毁了我们的方向感。搜索引擎削弱了我们的记忆力。科学家警告说，人工智能（AI）可能会对从创造力到批判性思维的一切造成同样的影响。

最近涌现的一批研究表明，过度依赖ChatGPT等工具的人可能会在注意力、批判性思维和记忆力方面出现问题。“从宏观层面上讲，是的，我们应该感到担忧，”乔治城大学神经科学教授亚当·格林说道。AI将接管过去需要脑力劳动的活儿。“有大量证据表明，如果你减少了实际的思考，那么你进行这种思考的能力就会萎缩。”

当搜索引擎接管生活时，出现了一种被称为“谷歌效应”的现象：我们不太可能记住信息，因为寻找信息几乎毫不费力。当我们把任务外包时，大脑在这些任务上的表现似乎就会变差。而AI是有史以来最强大的外包工具。“AI正在发生的事情是，它为我们提供了一种用过程换取产品的捷径，”格林说。写出来的文章听起来更好了，但你错过了你的大脑所需要的精神挣扎。“这就像你在健身房，一个机器人替你举起了杠铃。你什么锻炼效果也没得到。”

那么，你该如何在使用AI的同时，依然让你的大脑得到锻炼呢？

41. 首先培养适度的怀疑态度最近的一项研究发现，重度AI用户在一项标准的批判性思维测试中得分明显更低，显然是因为他们习惯于将思考过程转嫁给机器人。人们甚至比相信自己的直觉更信任AI——即使AI是错的。解决这个问题要从打开App之前开始。在听取机器人的意见之前，试着先对该主题形成一个粗略的看法，并用AI来挑战你的观点。这样一来，AI是在对你的思维进行压力测试，而不是替代它。

42. 在你的学习中引入故意的障碍早期研究表明，AI可能会干扰你保留信息的能力。一项调查发现，更频繁使用ChatGPT的学生更有可能报告记忆力减退。当你向AI索要你需要记住的信息时，放慢速度与它互动是值得的。做笔记——最好是手写，打字也可以。你甚至可以要求AI考考你。这些努力能让知识留在脑子里。这听起来很繁琐，但制造阻力正是关键所在。

43. 在生成想法时推迟使用数字捷径AI非常擅长想点子。这恰恰是问题所在。研究表明，使用AI进行创造性任务的人，其产生的想法比不使用AI的人更具可预测性，也更缺乏原创性。你的大脑通过建立意想不到的联系来构建创造力。把这项工作交给AI，你就跳过了大脑锻炼。克服这个问题的一种方法是，首先把你自己的想法写在纸上。花更多的时间面对一张白纸，想到什么就写什么。然后，再使用AI来发展或完善你已有的东西。

44. 拥抱深度、无辅助的专注所带来的不适感如果你在阅读本文时注意力开始涣散，你不是一个人。科技的狂轰滥炸正让我们越来越难以集中注意力，而AI加剧了这个问题：答案触手可及，你有很多机会跳过困难。故意用慢办法做事。不要让ChatGPT总结那篇长文章。在问机器人之前，先自己死磕一个难题。让自己感到无聊。不适感就是你的目标。这就是你的大脑在学习容忍深度思考所需的摩擦力。

45. 认识到人类洞察力的不可替代性当我想使用AI时，我强迫自己更加深思熟虑，以努力让我的大脑保持在驾驶座上。格林说，人类大脑在结构上与AI有着本质的不同：我们建立的联系是个性化的、出人意料的、真正新颖的，这是数字概率机器根本无法复制的。人类思想的独特性和多样性将成为未来几年的巨大附加值。强迫自己“跳出机器人的思维定势”将成为一种在社会中立足的自然生存冲动。

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