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Test 2: Memoria y olvido

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Un test mixto de nivel de dominio sobre cómo funciona la memoria: expresiones fijas, inversión, estructuras concesivas y formación de palabras.

Parte 1: Huecos de opción múltiple

Elige la palabra o expresión que mejor completa cada frase.

If memory ___ me, we first met in the spring of that year.
- a) serves
- b) helps
- c) assists
- d) favours
The scent of woodsmoke set the whole of that winter ___ back to her.
- a) flooding
- b) leaking
- c) dripping
- d) spilling
Actors must ___ long speeches to memory in a matter of days.
- a) send
- b) commit
- c) hand
- d) place
She could have sworn she ___ the keys on the table before she went out.
- a) leaves
- b) had left
- c) has left
- d) would leave
Her recollection of that afternoon remained crystal ___ even after forty years.
- a) clear
- b) bright
- c) glass
- d) plain
No sooner had she sat down ___ the whole scene came back to her.
- a) when
- b) than
- c) that
- d) as
Let me ___ your memory: you promised to return the book by Friday.
- a) renew
- b) revive
- c) refresh
- d) restore
Forgetting is not always a failure; if ___, it may be what allows us to concentrate on what matters.
- a) ever
- b) at all
- c) so
- d) anything

Escribe la palabra o palabras que faltan en cada hueco. Escribe una sola palabra, a menos que el ejercicio necesite claramente una frase corta.

So vivid ___ the dream that she woke convinced it had really happened.
She remembered the street, ___ not the number of the house.
It was not ___ the second reading that the irony of the passage became apparent.
Try ___ she might, she could not retrieve the name.
The experiment was repeated so ___ to rule out the effect of expectation.
Nobody ___ have been more surprised than Hana when the long-lost letter turned up.
Faded ___ it was, the photograph still held every detail that mattered to her.
Whether or ___ she meant it, the remark stung.

Usa la palabra en MAYÚSCULAS al final de cada frase para formar una palabra que encaje en el hueco. Escribe una sola palabra.

Studies suggest that eyewitness ___ is far less reliable than juries tend to assume. (TESTIFY)
The scientists were careful to avoid any ___ that might bias the volunteers’ answers. (SUGGEST)
Her ___ of the event differed in several respects from her brother’s. (RECOLLECT)
The loss of a single ___ memory can feel like losing part of oneself. (CHERISH)
Occasional ___ is a normal part of ageing. (FORGET)
The lecturer’s most ___ remark was also her briefest. (MEMORY)
The ___ of even the most vivid memories is a recurring finding in psychology, which is why courts treat them with caution. (RELY)
Memory athletes train ___ to link each item to a vivid image. (RELENT)

a) servesIf memory serves (me) correctly es una expresión fija. Los demás verbos no forman este modismo.
a) floodingMemories come flooding back es una colocación fija. Leaking, dripping y spilling sugieren cantidades pequeñas o accidentales y no forman este modismo.
b) commitTo commit something to memory significa aprenderlo de memoria. Los demás verbos no se combinan con memory de esta manera.
b) had leftCould have sworn that she ... se refiere a algo anterior a un momento pasado, así que necesitamos el pasado perfecto: had left.
a) clearCrystal clear es una expresión fija que significa completamente claro. Los demás adjetivos no van después de crystal.
b) thanNo sooner siempre va seguido de than. Hardly va seguido de when, pero no sooner no.
c) refreshTo refresh someone’s memory significa recordarle a alguien algo que ha olvidado. Los demás verbos no se usan en este modismo.
d) anythingIf anything introduce la sugerencia de que puede ser cierto lo contrario de lo esperado. If ever e if at all no encajan con este significado.

wasDespués de so + adjetivo al principio de una oración, el verbo va antes del sujeto: So vivid was the dream.
but / though / although / yetSe necesita un contraste: but not, yet not, though not o although not the number.
until / tillIt was not until / till ... that es la estructura hendida para un momento antes del cual algo no ocurrió.
asTry as she might es una estructura concesiva fija que significa por mucho que lo intentara.
asSo as to es una estructura de finalidad que significa in order to (para).
could / wouldNobody could/would have been more surprised es una estructura de modal perfecto que muestra el grado máximo de sorpresa.
though / asEsta concesión invertida (Faded though/as it was) significa although it was faded.
notWhether or not es la expresión fija para presentar dos alternativas.

testimonyEyewitness testimony es el sintagma nominal habitual.
suggestion / suggestionsDespués de any necesitamos un sustantivo. Suggestion o suggestions funcionan ambos.
recollection / recollectionsNecesitamos un sustantivo después del posesivo. Recollection (o recollections) of an event es la colocación.
cherishedNecesitamos un adjetivo participial antes de memory: a cherished memory es un recuerdo que se valora.
forgetfulnessEl sustantivo para la tendencia a olvidar es forgetfulness.
memorableEl adjetivo que significa fácil de recordar es memorable.
unreliabilityNecesitamos un sustantivo abstracto negativo: un- + reliable + -ity, con el cambio ortográfico de -ble a -bility.
relentlesslySe necesita un adverbio para modificar a train: relent + -less + -ly da relentlessly.