Question

Recent studies have1. that exercise is good to 2. your physical strength and brain. A new study finds that people become 3. after starting a running program. In their study, the researchers had seven young people start a running program consisting of running 30minutes,two or three 4. a week for at least 12skills before and after the 3-month running program. After 12 weeks of running, scores on all of the tests5. greatly in the runners, as did their reaction times(反应时间)in completing the tests, but the scores began to fall again if the runners stopped their6..

The results could have suggestions for old people as 7..According to these researchers, old people8.started a 4-month exercise program also showed it may help doctors find a way to use exercise and running to help old people and those 9.Altheimer’s(老年痴呆) disease improve 10. memory and other mental skills.

Answer 1

1.shown

2.both

3.smarter

4.times

5.increased

6.training

7.well

8.who

9.with

10.their

【解析】

1.小题1】结合句意，最近的研究表明锻炼对身体和脑力都好。show是展示，表明的意思，根据前面have可知是现在完成时，故用shown。

2.小题2】both…and…的意思是…和…，表示两者都。

3.小题3】结合句意，人们在跑完后会更聪明。此处应该用比较级，smart的意思是聪明的，比较级为smarter。

4.小题4】two or three times a week 的意思是一周两次或三次。

5.小题5】句意为，在经过12周的跑步后，所有的成绩都提高了很多。increase的意思是提高，联系上下文，可知用一般过去时，increase的过去式是increased。

6.小题6】句意为，如果运动者们停止训练，他们的成绩开始下滑。train是动词，训练，此处应该用其名词形式，training。

7.小题7】句意为，这项研究也适用于老年人。as well的意思是也。

8.小题8】此处是定语从句，先行词是old people, 指人，关系代词用who。

9.小题9】句意为，帮助老年人和有老年痴呆病的人，with的意思有，带着。

10.小题10】联系上文，提到的是老年人和老年痴呆病的人，所以此处是提高他们的记忆和心里技能。故用their。