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Researchers led by New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux recently claimed to be the first scientists to erase a singl

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问题     Researchers led by New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux recently claimed to be the first scientists to erase a single memory. Working with rats, LeDoux’s team first【B1】______the animals to fear both a beep and a siren【B2】______giving them an electric shock every time either of the tones sounded. Then LeDoux gave half the rats the drug U0126, which is known to【B3】______with memory storage, and replayed the beep【B4】______electric shocks.
    A day later, when LeDoux【B5】______back both tones to the rats, the animals that hadn’t been given the drug were still fearful of both sounds.【B6】______the rats that had been given the memory-blocking drug weren’t【B7】______of the beep, which they had last heard while【B8】______the influence of U0126.
    【B9】______how U0126 exerts its amnesiac effect is【B10】______, but it may block the synthesis of proteins that help strengthen【B11】______between neurons and establish memories. The opportunity for erasure【B12】______during the act of retrieving a memory, because that’s【B13】______the memory is being updated and【B14】______again for long-term storage. " Only those memories that are activated are【B15】______," LeDoux says.
    Drugs like U0126 may someday【B16】______sufferers of traumatic memories. A small group of human studies have been done on a drug called propranolol, which blocks the action of stress neurotransmitters that help【B17】______memories in the brain, but LeDoux’s work shows the【B18】______for greater precision. " You might be able to【B19】______the traumatic impact of memories in people," says LeDoux. " The good news is you wouldn’t be【B20】______off their memory bank. "
【B11】
选项 A、resemblances
B、connections
C、differences
D、conflicts
答案B
解析 名词辨析题。本空所在句推测记忆阻隔药物发挥作用的方式是阻碍一些蛋白质的聚合，这些蛋白质帮助建立记忆。而强化神经元之间的联系是建立记忆必要的条件，由此可推知[B]connections“联系”为正确答案。本题易排除[A]resemblances“相似之处”，作为固有特征，该词不能与表示外力作用的strengthen“加强”搭配。同理可排除[C]differences“不同之处”，且该词之后应连接between…and…结构，而本句中的and是用于连接两个动词strengthen和establish的连词。同样可依据上述搭配关系排除[D]conflicts“冲突，争执”。
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