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Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age(变老), 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：本文讲述的是保持思维灵敏的简易方法。即：聚焦未来，散步，学习新知识。
小题1:考查句意理解和上下文：根据Read on for some techniques worth trying.和下文的 123 条就是避免思维迟钝的方法。选F
小题2:考查句意理解和上下文：由下文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.可知经常做计划，制定短期或长期目标的人会做得更好，要保持思维超前，故 A 项正确。
小题3:考查句意理解和上下文：由下文Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do.可知：同朋友约会喝咖啡这样的简单事情也行，所以你不必担心。选E
小题4:考查句意理解和上下文：由上文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.可知：锻炼能产生有益大脑的化学物质，后一句是进一步说明，故 G 项正确。
小题5:考查句意理解和上下文：由上句But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 可知对大脑最好的事情是你学新东西时，身体也要动，即脑力劳动和体力劳动相结合的事，就像学习园艺以及和朋友跳舞这样的事情。选C |
举一反三
Dear Mr. Green,
I’m very exciting to learn that we will start a magazine together. That sounds great, and I definitely agree you on that.
Some of the columns what you mentioned in the letter are really my cup of tea. “Cultural Express” gives us a better understanding of the world. Since the people from different parts of the world have different values, it’s necessary to learn from each others. This will offer a wonderful chance. Apart from that, “Blurt Out” is pretty good for Chinese student to learn English idioms and improving oral English. Last but not least, “Entertainment” is so cool! The popular singers, actors or celebrities are so attractively that you absolutely can’t miss this part. Teenagers were just fond of popular things.
Well, I can’t list more. I really can’t wait to read this magazine.
Yours faithfully
Li Hua |
After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the worried expression I 小题1: (wear)since childhood meant sure failure. I knew it wasn"t going to be easy to change that expression on my face left by so many years of 小题2: （hard）.It called for a complete change in my view on life. Here is the method I tried.
Each morning during a fifteenminute bath, I determined to cultivate a big, happy smile. I found out, however, that it couldn"t be a 小题3: (force) smile developed just for the purpose of putting dollars in my pocket. It had to be 小题4: honesttogoodness smile from down deep inside， an outward expression of happiness from within!
Let"s see 小题5: starting off with a good fifteenminute training of the smile muscles helped me during the day. 小题6: entering an office I would think of many things I had to be thankful for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail 小题7: (get) the same smile 小题8: return from the person I met. I also found that it pleased people when I passed them on the street to give them a cheerful smile.
Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have ever smiled in your life, 小题9: see how much better you feel and look. It"s one of the best ways I know to stop worrying, and start living. When I began doing this, I found 小题10: more welcome everywhere. |
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请将答案填涂在答题卡标号为46～50的相应位置上。
首先，请阅读以下各类网站的信息：
A. www.bbc.co.uk--- the latest information about Britain and from around the world is just a click away at this site. Contains separate section for education, film, sport and business to give the most up-to-date news about any topic as it happens. And best of all, all online services are free!
B. www.chinablog.com --- this is the perfect site for anyone interested about what people in China are thinking about today. Chinablog already hosts the weblogs (blogs-opinion web pages that allow readers to also post comments about the article featured) of over 50,000 people and is growing every day. For a monthly fee of $10 join chinablog and share your opinions with the world.
C. www. alternet.com --- this is a new news and current affairs website containing articles from over 80 different progressive news web-sites from around the world. If you think the major media outlets are not giving you the full story then surf over to altennet.com to find out what"s really going on in the world. And if you don"t agree with what we say feel free to post a comment saying why.
D. www.youtube. com --- is a website containing literally millions of video clips posted by the site"s users. The videos range from people personal home movies to clips from the latest TV show, news reports, and sports events. Viewing video clips is totally free of charge but to upload your own videos registration (also free) is required. Use the site"s powerful search engine to find whatever you"re looking for in seconds.
E. www, chinadaily.com.cn---The website of China"s official English language national newspaper, chinadaily.com.cn has all the stories you will find in China Daily plus much, much more. There are sections on sport, traveling in China, entertainment and news plus our free archives (档案) allows you to search for any article that we have published in the last 10 years.
F. www.myspace.com --- is a free social networking website that allows member to get to know each other and communicate through combination of photos, web blogs, user profiles, e-mail, web forums, and groups, as well as other media formats. My Space is a very active site with over 10 million members, and additions and new features are being added all the time.
请阅读下列人物的信息，然后匹配人物与其拟选择的网站；
小题1:Jessie was out last night and missed the big football match that was shown on TV. He already knows the result of the match but he would like to see the highlights of the game online.
小题2:Robert is a university student studying political science and has a great interest in news and politics from around the world. However, he feels that mainstream news sources do not provide balance analysis of most of these stories so he is looking for a site with a different perspective(角度) where he can also voice his own opinions about the topics discussed.
小题3:Killah is a student planning to travel to China in the summer and wants to find out more about the country, its people and interesting places to visit. Being on a limited budget ,however, he has no money spare to pay for this kind of information.
小题4:Jordan is a business analyst with a large financial company. In order to write a report for the general manager he needs the latest data about the performance of the London Stock Exchange.
小题5:Bluey is a man of many opinions and is interested in what people think about his ideas. He therefore wants to start his own blog where he can tell the world what he thinks and where he can get feedback on his ideas from the readers. However, Bluey is currently unemployed so he can"t afford to play for the privilege. |
The result was not as good as expected but the ________ on his face told us that he was still very happy.| A．expression | B．impression | | C．celebration | D．appearance |
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阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
1.People who drink a little, exercise, quit smoking and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables each day live on average 14 years longer than people who adopt none of these behaviors, researchers said on Tuesday . a collection of evidence has shown that these things contribute to healthier and longer lives, but the new study actually qualified their mixed effect, the British team said.
2 .“These results may provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may make a big difference to health, ” the researchers wrote in the journal plus medicine.
3.Between 1993 and 1997 the researchers questioned 20，000 healthy British men and women about their lifestyles. they also tested every participant’s blood to measure vitamin C intake, an indicator（指标）of how much fruit and vegetables people ate.
4.Then they assigned the participants-aged 45-79 a score of between 0 and 4，giving one point for each of the healthy behaviors. after allowing for age and other factors that could affect the likelihood of dying, the researchers found people with a score of 0 four times as likely to die.
5.The researchers, who tracked deaths among the participants until 2006，also said a person with a health score of 0 had the same risk of dying as someone with score of 4 who was 14 years older.
6.The lifestyle change with the biggest benefit was _____________ ,which led to an 80 percent improvement in health, the study found. This was followed by eating fruits and vegetables. drinking a little and keeping active brought the same benefits, Kay-tee Khaw at the university of Cambridge said. Do you have the four healthy living habits?
小题1:What is the best title of the passage?（within 10 words））
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小题2: Complete the following statement with proper words.( no more than 3 words)
________ is an important figure to show how much fruit and vegetables people ate.
小题3:Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with a proper sentence.（within 3 words）
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小题4:What should be encouraged according to the result of the research?（within 10 words）
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小题5:What does the words “ these things”( line 4, paragraph 1) probably refer to? (no more than 15 words)
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