根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain SharpEvery
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit and that can be a very annoying thing. 小题1: Read on for some techniques worth trying.
1. 小题2: .
People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer’s disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study. 小题3: . Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There’s evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2. Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 小题4:
3. Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 小题5: or go dancing with your friends.| A．Focus on the future. | | B．This can be especially harmful to the aged. | | C．It should be something like learning gardening. | | D．So take a few minutes each day to do some reading. |
E. But don’t worry if your schedule isn’t filled with life-changing events.
F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain. |
答案
小题1:F
小题2:A
小题3:E
小题4:G
小题5:C |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:根据Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit and that can be a very annoying thing. 以及Read on for some techniques worth trying. 可知这里想说幸运的是，研究表明你可以做很多事，来避免这些， 故选F。
小题2:根据People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer’s disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study.可知这里想说要致力于未来，故选A。
小题3:根据Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There’s evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward. 可知这里想说如果你的预定计划中没有充满改变生活的事情，不要担心，故选E。
小题4:根据In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 可知这里想说换句话说，照顾好你的身体，也就照顾好了你的脑，故选G。
小题5:根据But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 可知这里想说例如像学习园艺这样的课程，故选C。 |
举一反三
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
David: Have you made up your mind 小题1: to go for your holiday, Jane?
Jane: We 小题2: (go) to Florida.
David: Great! Florida has always been one of the world’s most popular tourist 小题3: (attract). Oh, by the way, how long are you going to stay there?
Jane: One week.
David: Have you got any friends there?
Jane: No. I have always wanted to go, 小题4: I’ve been too busy to afford the time. Now I’ve got a week’s holiday, and I can enjoy Christmas special prices. My dream will come true.
David: Lovely! I guess you will 小题5: (certain) go to Disneyland.
Jane: You are right. You have been there, right?
David: Yes, I went there last year. And I’m looking forward 小题6: going there a second time.
Jane: Tell me something about it, will you?
David: The park, 小题7: is often called a “Magic Kingdom”, 小题8: (make) up of several main sections. They are named Main Street, Frontier Land, Fantasy Land, Tomorrow land and Adventure Land. There are so many things 小题9: (see) in the park.
Jane: It must have been 小题10: unforgettable experience for you.
David: That’s true. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your visit.
Jane: Thank you. I believe so. |
According to a UN report, one third of the world population have no _________ to clean drinking water and health care.| A．means | B．approaches | C．ways | D．access |
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句子翻译 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
小题1:罗伯特·彭斯是苏格兰的文学巨匠，他的诗歌作品往往运用想象触及强烈的情感。
Robert Burns is Scotland’s __________ _________ _________ whose poetry tends to use imagination and _________ __________ ________ _________.
小题2:在文莱用食指来指东西会对人们造成冒犯，因此当我们在文莱时应该努力适应用拇指来指东西。
Pointing with one’s first finger can __________ ___________ to people in Brunei, so we should try to _________ _________ using our thumb to point when we are in Brunei.
小题3:大风过后使得村庄一片混乱，但是所幸的是它并未对人们的生活造成影响。
The strong winds left the village _________ __________, but luckily it didn’t __________ __________ ___________ __________ people’s lives.
小题4:根据查尔斯·狄更斯的小说《远大前程》改编的这部现代影片是以19世纪初的英格兰为背景。
The modern film _________ _________ Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations is set in
England _________ __________ __________ __________.
小题5:联合国的职能不仅仅只是局限于解决国际间的政治冲突，另外，它还能促进对人权的尊重。
The function of the UN _________ _________ __________ __________ solving international political conflicts. __________ __________, it also promotes respect for human rights. |
阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Language follows power. In an increasingly globalized world, some languages become the kings in terms of trade and communication. They jump geographic boundaries, pushing smaller languages toward 小题1: .
According to National Geographic magazine, one language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth are 小题2: to disappear as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin or Spanish.
This is 小题3: Google.org is launching a new campaign called the Endangered Languages Project. It aims to digitally record the world’s little-known tongues and the heritages to which they are central.
What kind of languages are disappearing? Languages like Arogonese, which can be found in northern Spain, for example. Spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, this language seems to 小题4: (disappear) within a few generations. Navajo and Ojibwa, both native to the Americans, are also close to extinction. Koro is the native language of a small population 小题5: in the mountains of northeast India. It’s spoken by about 4,000 people.
The Endangered Languages website will record roughly 3,500 of the world’s little-spoken tongues. “ 小题6: every language that dies, humans are in danger of losing an enormous cultural heritage”, writes Loek Essers on the website Computerworld.com.
“As each one disappears, an understanding of how humans relate to the world around them, as well as scientific, medical, and botanical（植物的）knowledge, are all lost, 小题7: is the expression of a community’s humor, love, and life.”
Users of the website can find 小题8: which can be identified by their location on a map, or reached by means of a list that has been broken down into four categories: at risk, endangered, severely endangered, or unknown. 小题9: can upload video or audio samples as well as share their knowledge of a language.
“Languages are alive and in constant change, and their extinction is not new,” write the site’s creators. “ 小题10: today we have the tools and technology that could become a game changer.” |
阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上，(请注意问题后面的词数要求)。
[1] As a distinguished Indian painter and author, Aabid has written around 80 books but no story so shocked him as the truth about water shortage on the planet, “A UN report says by 2025 more than 40 countries are expected to ．That shortage of water will be the end of civilized life，”he said with great worry．
[2] One day back in 2007，he was sitting in a friend’s house and noticed a leaky tap．It bothered him．A few days later, he came across a statistic in the newspaper：a tap that drips(滴落)once every second wastes a thousand litres of water in a month．That triggered an idea．He would take a plumber(水管工)from door to door and fix taps for free every weekend.
[3] He named his Non-governmental Organization ‘Drop Dead’and created a slogan: save every drop…or drop dead．
[4] By the end of the first year，he had visited l,533 homes and fixed around 400 taps．Slowly，the news began to spread．Local newspapers began to write about Drop Dead, which caused a further flood of grateful emails and messages．Conservatively, it could be estimated that he has saved at least 5．5m litres of water till date．
[5] In the summer of 2014，the state where Aabid lives is expecting its worst drought in 40 years. Months in advance，the govemment has prepareddrought-relief packages worth millions of dollars，but Aabid sees his own approach as simple and inexpensive．“Anyone can launch a water conservation project in his or her area．It doesn’t require much funding．And most importantly, it puts the power back in our own hands，”he says．
小题1:Fill in the blank in Paragraph l with proper words．(no more than 5 words) ．
小题2:Why did Aabid take a plumber from door to door and fix taps?(no more than 6 words)
小题3:Explain the underlined sentence in aragraph 2 in English．(no more than 6 words)
小题4:What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?(no more than 10 words)
小题5:What does Aabid think of his water conservation approach?(no more than 4 words) |
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