Whether you're eight years old or 80, everyone has certain basic types of memory. There is shortterm, longterm, and even skillandfactbased __1__ of recollection, just for starters. But think about it—can you __2__ exactly where you were and what you were doing on March 14th, 2007? Most people have no __3__. If you have Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), however, you're __4__ to remember practically everything about that day.
Sounds crazy, right? But the __5__ is solid. Studies show that while most people will forget a certain event after just one week, HSAM participants can __6__ it for over a decade. Only around 60 people in the world have been diagnosed with HSAM so far, Curiosity reports. Pasternak, now 23, is __7__ the youngest person with HSAM. Give her any date between 2005 and present day, and she will tell you what __8__ of the week it was and everything she did that day in extraordinary __9__.
__10__ these habits of people with an impressive memory, and you could __11__ your own retention (保留，保持). __12__， researchers still don't understand exactly what gives certain people this amazing __13__. People who have HSAM have different __14__ of recalling dates. Pasternak describes her memory like a Candy Land board. In her __15__ she sees each month as a different __16__ square; June is green, August is golden yellow, November is dark red. The __17__ connect to form a path, __18__ back to February 2005, when she had her first HSAM memory.
Let's face it—having a perfect memory sounds pretty __19__. But if you're not blessed with a foolproof recall, you can always __20__ like a memory champion with these tricks to getting a superhuman memory.
1.A.ways B．forms
C.chances D．abilities
2.A.manage B．monitor
C.remember D．involve
3.A.clue B．proof
C.approach D．attention
4.A.casual B．automatic
C.likely D．confident
5.A.consequence B．imagination
C.conclusion D．evidence
6.A.recite B．recall
C.connect D．control
7.A.really B．actually
C.currently D．surely
8.A.date B．kind
C.day D．hour
9.A.silence B．return
C.vain D．detail
10.A.Borrow B．Equip
C.Provide D．Combine
11.A.create B．convey
C.add D．improve
12.A.Instead B．However
C.Unfortunately D．Therefore
13.A.power B．energy
C.force D．advantage
14.A.ideas B．means
C.series D．memories
15.A.mind B．opinion
C.life D．heart
16.A.fixed B．colored
C.separated D．lighted
17.A.hours B．weeks
C.months D．years
18.A.bringing B．calling
C.returning D．dating
19.A.amazing B．funny
C.confusing D．attractive
20.A.compete B．fight
C.train D．struggle
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