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  3. "Most episodes of absent-mindedness-forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room--axe caused by

"Most episodes of absent-mindedness-forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room--axe caused by

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问题    "Most episodes of absent-mindedness-forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room--axe caused by a simple lack of attention," says Schacter, "You’re supposed to remember something but you haven’t encoded it deeply. ’
   "Encoding," Schacter explains, "is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later." Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe (衣柜) . "Your memory itself isn’t failing you", says Schacter, "Rather you didn’t give your memory system the information it needed. "
   Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness. "A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago", says Zelinski, "may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox. ’ Women have slightly better memories than men possibly because they pay more attention to their environment and memory relies on just that.
   "Visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness," says Schacter, "But be sure the cue is clear and available", he cautions. If you want to remember to take a medication (药物) with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table--don’t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.
   Another common episode of absent-mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you’ re there. Most likely you were thinking about something else. "Everyone does this from time to time", says Zelinski. The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room and you’ Il likely remember.
What is the passage mainly about?
选项 A、The causes of absent-mindedness.
B、A way of encoding and recalling.
C、The process of gradual memory loss.
D、The impact of the environment on memory.
答案A
解析 主旨大意题。整篇文章的关键词显然是absent-mindedness。作者主要阐述的是人们心不在焉的原因与解决的办法。四个选项中，B) 、C) 、D) 三项叙述的都是这一过程中的一个方面，并不能涵盖文章的大意，所以都不对。
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