12．Canadian scientists have found a method to help aging people get less forgetful by improving their cognitive（认知）abilities through well-designed training．Everyone experiences some degree of memory loss and cognitive decline as they get older．The decline usually becomes noticeable after 50，when people may find it slightly more difficult to focus on tasks，organize everyday jobs and remember how to do things in the right order．
A team of psychologists in Toronto created a strategy of cognitive training to help people preserve these abilities．"Our primary emphasis was on improving the use of general strategic abilities because they are particularly weak to the aging process，"Dr．Donald Stuss，director of the study，said in a press release．The team examined 49 healthy older adults with normal cognitive decline．All of the participants were between the ages of 71 and 87．Over the course of 12 weeks，psychologists taught them methods to improve their strategic abilities．Afterwards，researchers saw a 15 to 40 percent improvement in the memories of all participants．"Over a period of six months their improvement not only maintained，but increased，"said Dr．Gordon Winocur，coordinator of the study．The 12-week course was broken up into three four-week sections，focusing on a different skill involved in strategic abilities：memory，goal management and psychosocial function．
The memory training emphasized how to preserve and recover information，while goal management focused on methods to lower the chance of memory slips．Psychosocial training was aimed at increasing the participants'confidence in their mental abilities．
"We wanted to develop a cognitive training program that would produce improvement over a relatively short period of time，so participants could benefit more on that while they're still functional and slow down the rate of decline，"said Winocur．"If we can work with people in the early stages of cognitive decline，then we can slow down the rate of this decline and help them maintain a higher level of function for a longer period of time．"

71．What can be a suitable title for the passage？D
    A．A new way to develop a good memory．
    B．Cognitive abilities are essential to memory．
    C．Say no to the memory decline．
    D．Canadian scientists help aging people preserve memory．
72．According to the psychologists，what causes the bad memory when a man becomes old？B
    A．Forgetfulness．                      B．General strategic abilities．
    C．Goal management．                    D．Psychosocial function．
73．The underlined word"maintained"means"D"．
    A．weakened       B．changed        C．improved       D．kept
74．How many strategic abilities do the psychologists mainly focus on？B．
    A．Two．          B．Three．        C．Four．         D．Five．
75．From what Winocur said in the last paragraph，we can learn thatA．
    A．Winocur aims to help aging people suffer less from memory loss and cognitive decline
    B．the training can prevent one's memory from declining
    C．the cognitive training program has been proved successful
    D．the earlier they begin the training，the better the result will be．

11．昕第6段材料．回答第6至第8题．
6．How long will the man's holiday last？
A.15 days．    B.10 days．    C.25 days．
7．What is the favourite  activity of the man's wife？
A．Reading．    B．Fishing．    C．Climbing mountains．
8．When will the woman visit Europe？
A．Not mentioned．    B．Next summer．    C．This summer．

10．Where does this conversation probably take place？
A．At home．    B．In a shop．    C．At the doctor's．

9．Where are the speakers probably？
A．In an office．    B．In a lift．    C．On the stairs．

8．1．What happened to the woman？
A．She lost her files．
B．She couldn't find her car key．
C．She locked her car key in her office．
2．Where are they going next？
A．Going home．
B．Going to the airport．
C．Going to her office．

7．Eight-year-old Owen Howkins suffers from growth delays（迟缓） and poor eyesight．This means that Owen needs a wheelchair to get around．Not surprisingly，he felt people were staring （盯着看） at him，and that made him very uncomfortable，so he became lonely and even stopped going outside of his house．That，however，was all before Haatchi came into his life!
Haatchi had a very unlucky start to life too．Tied to a railway track when he was just five months old，the dog was hit by a train．The hit unjured his tail and a leg so badly that both had to be cut off．Taken to a rescue shelter（救助站），the dog would have probably been killed if his story posted on Facebook had not been seen by Owen's dad Will．He fell in love with Haatchi and decided to keep him，thinking that they were helping him．It turns out that it was Haatchi who helped them．By always staying at young Owen's side，he became the boy's best friend．Slowly Owen liked to go outside．Wherever he goes，the dog follows and protects him．Owen now proudly walks around the neighborhood，showing off his dog and telling anyone willing to listen，Haatchi's story．
Haatch's positive influence on the young boy has not gone unnoticed．In October 2012，the International Fund of Animal Welfare presented him with a special award（奖）．The amazing friendship between the two has also been shown in a touching short film called"A Boy and His Dog"by students from the filmmaking class at the University of Hertfordshire．It has won several awards and had almost 2million views．British best-selling author Wendy Holden has also writtern about this touching friendship in a aheartwarming children's book，which was released on February 13^th and had made Owen and Haatchi better known!

25．Owen didn't like go out of his house mainly becauseD．
A．he couln't walk outside by himself
B．he felt very lonely without any friend
C．he was very unhappy with his disease
D．he disliked other people's unfriendly stares．
26．The underlined word"they"in the second paragraph refers to"A"．
A．Will's family            
B．Facebook users
C．the rescue shelter workers  
D．the friends from the neighborhood
27．Since Haatchi came into his life，OwenB．
A．has more friends
B．has more confidence
C．has been growing taller and taller
D．had become a best-selling author
28．What can we learn about"A Boy and His Dog"？A
A．It is very popular
B．It was filmed by Will
C．It was first shown on February 13^th
D．It made Wendy Holden better known．

6．What have they decided to do？
A．Visit an exhibition．
B．Study about planes and satellites．
C．Fly in a plane．

5．What will the woman do？
A．Finish a report．
B．Go for a meeting．
C．Help her son．

4．What did the man mostly do in Paris？
A．He saw the Eiffel Towet．
B．He visited the museums．
C．He went to restaurants．

3．1．How many days has the man got for his vacation？
  A.10 days．B.25 days．C.20 days．
2．What's the main reason for the man's vacation？
  A．Climbing the mountains．B．Going fishing and swimming．C．Relaxing themselves．