Mental Athletics 腦力大競賽
by Marcus Maurice
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Could you memorize a deck of cards in order in less than 30 seconds?
你可以在 30 秒內記住一副撲克牌的順序嗎? |
Before books were invented, memory was a big part of education and taught along with math and grammar. Now, modern technology has made remembering things _(1)_. We don’t have to recall telephone numbers because they are _(2)_ in our phone. We don’t need to _(3)_ important dates in history because we can just google the information anytime we need it. Some people, though, arebringing the art of remembering back when they _(4)_ in the World MemoryChampionships. This year, mental athletes will be testing the _(5)_ of brain power in London from December 14 to 16.
At the World Memory Championships, there are 10 different events ranging from remembering binary digits for 30 minutes and then reciting them _(6)_ trying to recollect the most random names and faces in 15 minutes. The crème de la crème of the World Memory Championships, though, is speed cards. This is where mental athletes race against the clock to memorize the order of 52 playing cards. The world record for this event is just under 22 seconds.
The World Memory Championships are open to anyone regardless of their age, sex, or _(7)_. Contestants claim there is no such thing as photographicmemory. Instead, they are _(8)_ people that have learned how to use certain learning tricks to help them remember things. Tony Buzan, one of the _(9)_ of the World Memory Championships and author of more than 100 books about the mind, thinks that memory is a lost art. Buzan said that people should stop relying _(10)_ new technology like cell phones and laptops. Instead, they should be exercising the most important muscle they have in their bodies—the brain.(A) stored (B) nationality (C) limits (D) outdated (E) memorize
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