Question

You will spend hours at the gym training your body, but do you ever think about training your brain? Here are four ways to keep your brain mentally (脑力上地) active and healthy.

Play games

Your brain is a muscle just like the ones in the rest of your body. If you don’t use it, you will lose it. For example, doing a crossword puzzle (纵横填字游戏) once a day is a good way to give the brain the exercise it needs. This kind of puzzle is good at training different areas of the brain. But remember that when doing this puzzle, you should gradually increase the complexity (复杂度); otherwise, it will become repetitive (重复乏味的) and stop being mentally challenging.

Talk aloud

Although it might sound strange to you, talking aloud is a great way to boost your memory. A good exercise to try is counting to 99 in threes as fast as you can.

Be a team leader

If you find you can do your work very easily, you should find a new task. It is important that your job should be mentally challenging. Complex jobs are often more challenging and make the brain work a little harder.

Learn a language

A study found that, compared with those who could speak only one language, the people who could speak two languages had a slower rate of cognitive (认知能力) decrease. Learning a new language is very challenging and it makes sure that different areas of the brain have their lights on.

1.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Why you should train your brain.

B. How to be a good team leader.

C. Training the brain is more important than training the body.

D. How to make your brain healthy and work actively.

2.Which word can replace the word "boost" in the third paragraph?

A. Change. B. Promote.

C. Decrease. D. Lose.

3.We should gradually increase the complexity when doing crossword puzzles because ______.

A. if we don’t use our brain, we will lose it

B. we should make our brain face different challenges

C. our brain is a muscle like other parts in our bodies

D. these puzzles can work on different areas of the brain.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍的是四个锻炼我们大脑的方法以及在进行这些锻炼时的注意事项。

1.but do you ever think about training your brain? Here are four ways to keep your brain mentally (脑力上地) active and healthy.可知本文主要介绍的是四个锻炼我们大脑的方法。故D正确。

2.Although it might sound strange to you, talking aloud is a great way to boost your memory.句义：尽管这听起来很奇怪，但是大声说话是促进记忆的一个好方法。所以该词表示B项含义。

3.B 推理题。根据第二段最后一句But remember that when doing this puzzle, you should gradually increase the complexity (复杂度); otherwise, it will become repetitive (重复乏味的) and stop being mentally challenging.可知我们要循序渐进，要让我们的电脑面对不同的挑战。不然大脑会停止这种精神上的锻炼。故B正确。

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