1. What is paradoxical about the topic of this passage?

( 1 Mark )

Forgetting is generally considered bad but the topics says its actually
useful too

2. Who among us hasn’t worried ………….. ( 1 Mark )

Everyone is worried

3. What literary device does “doesn’t ring a bell” refer to ? ( 1 Mark )

Idiom

4. What two factors are important for the functioning of a healthy

brain? ( 1 Mark )

Both forgetting and remembering .

5. What are the benefits of forgetting?

6. It helps us clear out unnecessary pieces of information so that we can
retain the most relevant for long-term storage. . ( 1 Mark )

7. What are the TWO types of forgetting mentioned in paragraph 2 ?

( 2 Mark )

a. Normal forgetting
b. forgetting that occurs in disease and with aging
8. Which forgetting was seen a passive process that served no useful
purpose? ( 1 Mark )

The normal forgetting was seen a passive process that served no

useful purpose.

9. What are ‘nano-machines’ and what is so special about them? ( 1

Mark )
 They are separate molecular parts within nerve cell—one for
memory and the other for forgetting
10.What is the difference between a computer memory chip and nano
machines ? ( 2 Mark )

.A computer has only one chip.it is up to the user to save or delete the
memory,. But nanomachines have two types of cells one for storing and the
other for deleting
11.Give another word for discard with the same meaning in paragraph
4 ? ( 1 Mark )

Delete, remove…. Accept all relevant answers

12.Say in YOUR ., WORDS what the brain does when you are sleeping.
No mark will be awarded for lifting from the passage. ( 3 Mark )

The brain is continuously arranging all the stored memories and

deciding which ones to keep and which ones to delete so that humans
can make better decisions.
13.If we don’t have the ability to forget, what are the factors that we
cannot execute? ( 2 Mark )

We will not have the ability to prioritize, think better, make

decisions, and be more creative.
14.MORASS of stored information means …….( 1 Mark )

Mess of information
15.The expression to see the forest through the trees is an/ a ( 1 Mark )

Idiom
16.What is the writer’s view of photographic memory? ( 2 Mark )

He does not recommend this type of memory because it can be a

burden, and at worst, imprison us with pain
17.What are the contrasting factors about people who have
hyperthymestic syndrome? ( 2 Mark )
 photographic memory gives equal access to misery and to joy
18.Why would you NOT be willing to possess photographic memory
(also known as Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory or
HSAM)? ( 2 Mark )

Definitely I would noy like to photgraphic memory becsyse it can be

a burden, and at worst, imprison me with feelings of memory and
psychological pain
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