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        Do you remember what you had for dinner two years ago today? Most of us won’t have a clue, but a small number of people, including a California woman named Jill Price, can remember such events in great detail. That’s because they all have a condition called highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM).

        The type of memory associated with HSAM may be called autobiographical memory or eidetic memory. People with this type of memory recall events, images, dates, even conversations, in extremely clear detail. And they’re able to access these memories easily. When researchers studied Jill Price, for instance, they asked her about events on specific days, and she almost always answered correctly. After several years of research, they asked if she remembered dates of her appointments with them. Without pausing, she listed all those dates correctly.

        When you experience something, your brain stores it as a short-term memory. You probably remember what you wore yesterday, but that memory will fade quickly. If the experience was meaningful, it may be stored indefinitely as a long-term memory: many people, for example, will clearly remember where and when they married even if this happened years ago. In people with HSAM, short-term memories are processed in the normal way, but researchers have found that the accuracy and details of these actually improve over time instead of going away.

        To date, only around 100 people worldwide have been diagnosed with HSAM, and research on it is growing as scientists hope to explore the ways our brain processes memory. This has the potential of helping people with damaged memory, such as people who have amnesia or have had a brain injury.

(Adapted from healthline.com)

Question 39: What is the passage mainly about?

        A. Current scientific research on memory        B. A rare condition related to human memory

        C. Jill Price and her extraordinary memory          D. Possible treatment for damaged memory

Question 40: According to paragraphs 1 and 2, what do we learn about Jill Price?  

        A. She is the only woman in the world who has HSAM.

        B. She can accurately remember every event in her life.

        C. For many years, researchers studied her condition.

        D. It was found that she is best at remembering dates.

Question 41: The word “indefinitely” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to __________.             

        A. slightly        B. permanently         C. temporarily        D. roughly

Question 42: The word “these” in paragraph 3 refers to ___________.

        A. people        B. memories        C. researchers        D. details

Question 43: Which of the following is NOT TRUE, according the passage? 

        A. Those who have eidetic memory can recall small details effortlessly. 

        B. People with HSAM process short-term memories like everyone else.

        C. Only about 100 people around the world are known to have HSAM. 

        D. Scientists are using their knowledge about HSAM to treat amnesia.

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