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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为选项.

Ea sy Way s to Keep Your Brain Sharp

  Everyone i s forgetful, but a s we age, we start to feel like our brain s are slowing down a bit-and that can be a very annoying thing.  1   Read on for some technique s worth trying.

  1.  2  

  People who regularly made plan s and looked forward to upcoming event s had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer' s di sea se(老年性痴呆症), according to a recent study.  3   Something a s simple a s setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do.There' s evidence that people who have a purpo se in life or who are working on long or short-term goal s appear to do better.In other word s, keep your brain looking forward.

  2.Go for a walk.

  Mildly rai sed glucose(葡萄糖)level s can harm the area of the brain that help s you form memorie s and phy sical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal level s.In fact, exerci se produce s chemical s that are good for your brain.  4  

  3.Learn something new.

  Take a Spani sh cla s s online, join a drawing club, or learn to play card s.A study found that mental stimulation limit s the weakening effect s of aging on memory and the mind.But the be st thing for your brain i s when you learn something new and are phy sically active at the same time.  5   Or you can ju st go dancing with your friend s.

A.Focu s on the future.

B.Thi s can be e specially harmful to the aged.

C.It should be something like learning gardening.

D.So take a few minute s each day to do some reading.

E.But don't worry if our schedule i sn't filled with life-changing event s.

F.Luckily, re search show s there i s a lot you can do to avoid tho se moment s.

G.In other word s, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

  Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life.“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom.“Plea se speak to me in   1  , ” I interrupted.She paid no attention and   2   speaking in Spani sh.The word s   3   me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be   4   if she learned to speak Engli sh.We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty   5   to store owner s and my teacher s.I wa s determined that she should try.“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I   6  .“Don't you want to be   7   to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered.Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me.“What? ” I wa s not   8   with her, either.She   9   for the Engli sh word s.“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting.” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I   10   her, but now she refu sed to an swer.In   11  , we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot.I wa s   12  .I had expected a meeting at someone' s   13  -a garden club or a parent s’ group.Then I   14   a sign on a door.My mother wa s   15   night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!

  “I don't under stand.  16   you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked.“You'll learn fa ster if you   17   with me.” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent.She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home   18   you.”

  I   19   under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and   20   of Mexico.I said, “O.K., Mama, e stabien.”

(1)

[  ]

A.

Spani sh

B.

Indian

C.

Engli sh

D.

Ru s sian

(2)

[  ]

A.

remembered

B.

con sidered

C.

avoided

D.

continued

(3)

[  ]

A.

reminded

B.

informed

C.

warned

D.

accu sed

(4)

[  ]

A.

brighter

B.

fre sher

C.

bu sier

D.

ea sier

(5)

[  ]

A.

explaining

B.

ge sturing

C.

agreeing

D.

speaking

(6)

[  ]

A.

repeated

B.

in si sted

C.

stated

D.

reque sted

(7)

[  ]

A.

kind

B.

able

C.

equal

D.

worried

(8)

[  ]

A.

friendly

B.

happy

C.

bothered

D.

annoyed

(9)

[  ]

A.

searched

B.

accounted

C.

called

D.

cared

(10)

[  ]

A.

begged

B.

examined

C.

blamed

D.

que stioned

(11)

[  ]

A.

turn

B.

action

C.

silence

D.

order

(12)

[  ]

A.

shocked

B.

puzzled

C.

frightened

D.

embarra s sed

(13)

[  ]

A.

college

B.

hou se

C.

office

D.

company

(14)

[  ]

A.

spotted

B.

witne s sed

C.

watched

D.

scanned

(15)

[  ]

A.

gra sping

B.

enjoying

C.

taking

D.

preparing

(16)

[  ]

A.

Since

B.

Once

C.

Becau se

D.

Unle s s

(17)

[  ]

A.

train

B.

play

C.

perform

D.

practice

(18)

[  ]

A.

to

B.

with

C.

for

D.

at

(19)

[  ]

A.

suddenly

B.

fortunately

C.

ea sily

D.

partly

(20)

[  ]

A.

situation s

B.

effect

C.

memorie s

D.

language

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 It is not always easy for the public to see ________ use a new invention can be of to human life.

A. whose   B. what   C. which   D. that

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My aunt Edith was a widow of 50,working as a secretary,when doctors discovered she had got what was then thought to be a very serious heart illness.?

Aunt Edith didn’t accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart doctor,Dr.Michael Debakey,of Houston,Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same illness. The article said Dr Debakey’s fees were very high;Aunt Edith couldn’t possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay??

So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live:her three children,who would be on their own in three or four years and among them a little girl who always dreamed of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn’t a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter,not really expecting an answer.

A few days later,my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn’t wait to come in;she stood in the hall and read aloud:?

Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston,there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.?

Signed:Michael Debakey?

That was seven years ago. Since then,Aunt Edith has been around the world. Her three children are happily married. For her age,she is one of the youngest,most alive people I know.?

1. “Aunt Edith didn’t accept defeat easily” means that     .

A. she was very beautiful

B. she was very strong?

C. she was very brave

D. she was very warm hearted?

2. Why did Aunt Edith write to Dr. Debakey? Because      .

A. she had no time to visit him?

B. she didn’t know the way to Houston?

C. she didn’t believe in him?

D. she wanted to get some help from him?

3.In fact,Aunt Edith’s letter to Dr.Debakey was full of     .?

A. courage        B .illness

C. pity           D. sadness?

4.After reading Dr.Debakey’s letter,Aunt Edith felt      .?

A. discouraged       B. frightened

C. disappointed       D. encouraged?

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Every day,the news of the world reaches people by over 300 million copies of daily papers,over 400 million radio sets,and over 150 million television sets. Additional news is  1 by motion(动作) pictures,in theatres and cinemas all over the world. As more people learn what the important events of the day are, 2 still only care for the events of their own household. Nearly four hundred years ago the English writer John Donne said,“No man is an island.”This  3 is more appropriate(恰当的)today than it was  4 Donne lived. In short,wherever he lives,a man  5 to some society;and we are becoming more and more aware(清楚的) that ? 6 happens in one particular society affects,somehow,the life of mankind.?

Newspapers have been published in the  7 world for about four hundred years. Most of the newspapers  8 today are read in Europe and North America. However,  9 they may be read in all parts of the world, 10 to the new inventions that are changing the techniques of newspaper  11 .?

Electronics and automation(自动化) have made it  12 to produce pictures and texts far more quickly than before. Photographic(照相的) copying doesn't  13 to use type(铅字) and printing machines.And fewer specialists(专家), 14 type?setters,are needed to produce a paper? or magazine by the  15 method. Therefore,the publishing of newspapers and magazines can  16 more money. Besides,photocopies can be sent over great  17 now by means of ?television channels and satellites such as Telstar. Thus(因此), 18 can be brought to the public more quickly than before.?

Machines that prepare printed texts for photocopies are being used a great deal today. Film,  19   light and small,can be sent rapidly to other places and used to print copies of the text  20 they are needed. Film pictures can also be projected(投影) easily on a movie or television screen.?

1.A. taken     B. shown     C. seen     D. known

2.A. fewer     B. higher    C. lower     D. less?

3.A. study     B. argument   C. knowledge   D. idea?

4.A. that    B. while     C. when     D. then?

5.A. moves    B. goes     C. belongs     D. comes?

6.A. it      B. whatever   C. something   D. anything?

7.A. common   B. modern    C. ordinary   D. usual?

8.A. bought   B. printed     C. found     D. discovered?

9.A. fast    B. suddenly   C. immediately   D. soon?

10.A. has    B. brings    C. thanks    D. imagines?

11.A. delivering B. making    C. selling     D. publishing

12.A. clear   B. possible   C. bright    D. successful?

13.A. want     B. need     C. like     D. hope?

14.A. including B. besides     C. such as     D. except?

15.A. advanced   B. easy     C. unusual     D. suitable?

16.A. make     B. earn     C. save     D. get?

17.A. places   B. distances    C. cities    D. villages

18.A. pictures   B. newspapers    C. letters     D. words?

19.A. becoming   B. feeling     C. turning     D. being?

20.A. where   B. there     C. which     D. because of

 

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