The teacher asked us ________ in our reports before class.
A．hand B．to hands C．handed D．to hand
科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年重庆市高三下学期第四次月考（二模）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
The study also found the earlier people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.
A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London(UCL), took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of“early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,”said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills.
“Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,”he said,“You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading, writing and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the earlier they started to learn, the better.“Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,”explained the scientists.
1.What does the underlined part“grey matter”(in paragraph 2) refer to?
A. Grey hair. B. Material of the brain.
C. Intelligence. D. Difficult situations.
2.The experience of learning a second language can .
A. change one’s brain completely
B. improve one’s maths skills
C. make one smarter than others
D. increase the ability to learn
3.We can learn from the passage that .
A. the researchers from UCL did another study in Italy
B. a similar study was done on native Italian speakers who learn English as a second language
C. the research done on the Italians showed a totally different result
D. it will be easier for one to travel around the world by learning a second language
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Learning a second language can help improve your brain power.
B. You should learn a second language in English that is not your native language.
C. If you want to learn a second language, you should do it at a certain age.
D. The research done by the researchers from UCL is very successful.
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He is one of the world-famous musicians. By the time he was six, he ______ composing.
A. had begun B. beginsC. would beginD. was beginning
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Was he ________to get to school on time when he got up at 7:45?
A．possible B．impossible C．probable D．likely
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Everyone here will thank the firefighters for the things they did to prevent fires ________the environment safer.
A．to make B．make C．making D．from making
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Jack became seriously ill after ________ in polluted air for many years.
A．breathed B．breath C．breathing D．to breathe
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假如你是李华，你代表你们班同学给你们学校新来的外籍教师Mr. Smith写一封电子邮件，告诉他大家对他第一周教学的感受，内容包括：
1、大家对他的总体评价较高；
2、具有独特的、使课堂生动活泼的方法；
3、知识渊博，且对学生很耐心；
4、就如何帮助英语基础薄弱的学生，向他提一些建议（内容自拟）。
注意：1.电子邮件必须包括以上内容，可适当增加细节；
2. 词数110左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
Dear Mr. Smith，
On behalf of the students of our class, I email you telling you how we feel about your first-week teaching in our class.
Yours,
Li Hua
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The committee __ over the problem among themselves for two hours.
A. has argued B. has been arguing
C. have argued D. have been arguing
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Do other countries’ students also have so much homework? What do they usually do in their free time? You may feel curious about them.
On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China. South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
Who is the most distracted (分心的)?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercise. Most Korean students watch TV.
1. The report is about ___________.
A. the countries B. the subjects
C. the students’ lives D. the high schools
2.What country isn’t mentioned in the report?
A. The US B. South Korea C. Japan D. India
3._____of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework.
A. 26.4% B. 8.2% C. 5.2% D. 48.6%
4.The phrase doze off means _____.
A. be half asleep. B. get up C. eat snacks D. send emails
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