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  3. Recent legal research indicated that incorrect identification is a major factor in many miscarriages of justice. It also suggest

Recent legal research indicated that incorrect identification is a major factor in many miscarriages of justice. It also suggest

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问题     Recent legal research indicated that incorrect identification is a major factor in many miscarriages of justice. It also suggests that identification of people by witnesses in a courtroom is not as (1)_____ as commonly believed. Recent studies do not support the (2)_____ of faith judges, jurors, lawyers and the police have in eyewitness evidence.
    The Law Commission recently published an educational paper, "Total Recall? The Reliability of Witness (3)_____", as a companion guide to a proposed code of evidence. The paper finds that commonly held (4)_____ about how our minds work and how well we remember are often wrong. But while human memory is (5)_____ change, it should not be underestimated.
    In court witnesses are asked to give evidence about events, and judges and juries (6)_____ its reliability. The paper points out that memory is complex, and the reliability of any person’s recall must be assessed (7)_____.
    Both common sense and research say memory (8)_____ over time. The accuracy of recall and recognition are (9)_____ their best immediately (10)_____ encoding the information, declining at first rapidly, then gradually. The longer the delay, the more likely it is that information obtained after the event will interfere (11)_____ the original memory, which reduces (12)_____.
    The paper says (13)_____ interviews or media reports can create such (14)_____. "People are particularly susceptible to having their memories (15)_____ when the passage of time allows the original memory to (16)_____, and will be most susceptible if they repeat the (17)_____ as fact."
    Witnesses may see or read information after the event, then (18)_____ it to produce something (19)_____ than what was experienced, significantly reducing the reliability of their memory of an event or offender, "Further, witnesses may strongly believe in their memories, even though aspects of those memories are (20)_____ false."

选项 A、fade
B、diminish
C、lessen
D、dwell
答案A
解析 原始的记忆会衰退，所以选fade"衰退、衰减"，如：His hopes／memories faded．"他的希望破灭了/记忆衰退了"；diminish意为"缩小、减少"，如：the government’s diminishing popularity"政府日益不得人心"；lessen意为"减少、减轻"；dwell意为"居住"。与fade近义的还有两个很重要的词汇vanish与disappear， vanish指突然地、完全地、有时是神秘地消失不见或不再存在：The mark vanished overnight。disappear指突然地或逐渐地消失不见或不再存在：The ship disappeared at last。fade指徐徐地消失，最后完全看不见：His figure faded into the mist。
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