完形填空：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项．

　　American's latest strategy(对策) for single persons who don't want to be single any longer has many names: speed-dating, express-date, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date.

　　The principle (原则) is the same: Why spend an 1 evening with a stranger 2 you realize after only the first few minutes that you can't 3 the person?

　　The solution(解决办法): The man and woman sit down 4 each other. A bell is sounded, and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the 5 person. When the bell 6 off a second time, the men stand up and move 7 to the next female.

　　At such a meeting in San Francisco 8 , some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a 9 expression on their faces, in two long 10 opposite each other. The signal was given, and then almost everybody started 11 away.

　　Richard Gosse, 12 of “American Singles,” says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment “ 13 ”way to search for a partner. Minute-dates have become a 14 everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to gays in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago. Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for 15 singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar.

　　His 16 :Don't talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but 17 about your dreams, desires and hobbies.

　　Most speed-dating meetings cost about US $25 per evening, 18 a person to get to know 15 to 20 people 19 the opposite sex. Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are 20 out weeks and months in advance.

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（江西省瑞昌一中2010届高三上学期期中考试）

Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memory，right ? Dana Denis is just 40 years old, but  36   she's worried about what she calls “my rolling mental blackouts” . “I try to remember something and I just blank out.” she says. You may  37   about these lapses, calling them “senior moments ”or blaming “early Alzheimer's (老年痴呆症)”. Is it an inescapable fact that the older you get, the  38   you remember? Well, sort of. But as time goes by, we tend to blame age   39   problems that are not necessarily age-related.
　“When a teenager can't find her keys, she thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized”, says Paul Gold. “A 70-year-old blames her  40   ”. In fact，the 70-year-old may have been   41  things for decades.
　In healthy people, memory doesn't worsen as  42    as many of us think. “As we  43   , the memory mechanism isn't  44   ”, says psychologist Fergus Craik. “It's just inefficient”.
　The brain's processing speed  45  over the years，though no one knows exactly   46  . Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency    47   there's less activity in the brain. But, cautions Barry Gordon, “It's not clear that less activity is  48   . A beginning athlete is winded（气喘吁吁）more__49__than a senior athlete. In the same way,   50  the brain gets more skilled at a task, it expends less energy on it.”
　There are  51  you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory, though it  52   effort. Margaret Sewell says “We're a quick-fix culture, but you have to  53   to keep your brain  54   . It's like having a good body. You can't go to the gym once a year  55  expect to stay in top form”.

    36. A. almost              B. seldom                  C. already                 D. never

    37. A. joke                B. laugh                    C. blame                 D. criticize

    38. A. much               B. little                     C. more             D. less

    39. A. since              B. for                     C. by               D. because

    40. A. memory                   B. mind                     C. trouble            D. health

    41. A. organizing           B. misplacing                C. putting             D. finding

    42. A. rapidly              B. frequently                C. timely              D. quickly

    43. A. mature              B. progress                C. age                D. grow

    44. A. broken              B. poor                    C. perfect                 D. working

    45. A. falls down          B. slows down            C. sets down            D. turns down

    46. A. why                B. how                    C. what                   D. when

    47. A. although           B. so                     C. since                   D. that

    48. A. irregular             B. better                    C. normal                 D. worse

    49. A. difficultly            B. easily                    C. common                D. fast

    50. A. as                  B. till                      C. though                 D. yet

    51. A. stages             B. steps                    C. advantages              D. purposes

    52. A. tries                B. takes                    C. does                    D. spends

    53. A. rest               B. come                   C. work                   D. study

    54. A. in peace            B. in detail               C. in fashion             D. in shape

    55. A. so                B. or                      C. and                     D. if

  

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　　America's latest strategy for single persons who don't want to be single any longer has many names: speeddating, expressdate, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date.

　　The principle is the same: Why spend an 1 evening with a stranger 2 you realize after only the first few minutes that you can't 3 the person?

　　The solution: The man and woman sit down 4 each other. A bell is sounded, and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the 5 persons. When the bell 6 off a second time, the men stand up and move 7 to the next female.

　　At such a meeting in San Francisco 8 , some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a 9 expression on their faces; in two long 10 opposite each other. The signal was given, and then almost everybody started 11 away.

　　Richard Gosse. 12 of“American Singles, ”says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment“ 13 way”tosearch for a partner. Minute-dates have become a 14 everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to gays in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago. Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for 15 singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar.

　　His 16 : Don't talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but 17 about your dreams, desires and hobbies.

　　Most speed-dating meetings cost about US$25 per evening, 18 a person to get to know 15 to 20 people 19 the opposite sex. Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are 20 out weeks and months in advance.

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　　American's latest strategy （对策）for single persons who don't want to be single any longer has many names: speed-dating, express-date, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date.

　　The principle （原则） is the same: Why spend an 1 evening with a stranger 2 You realize after only the first few minutes that you can't 3 the person?

　　The solution （解决办法）: The man and woman sit down 4 each other. A bell is sounded , and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the 5 persons. When the bell 6 off a second time , the men stand up and move 7 to the next female.

　　At such a meeting in San Francisco 8 , some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a 9 expression on their faces, in two long 10 apposite each other. The signal was given, and then almost everybody started 11 away.

　　Richard Cosse, 12 of “American Singles”, says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment “ 13 ” way to search for a partner. Minute-dates have become a 14 everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to gays in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago. Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for 15 singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar.

　　His 16 : Don't talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but 17 about your dreams , desires and hobbies.

　　Most speed-dating meeting cost about $ 25 per evening, 18 a person to get to know 15 to 20 people 19 the opposite sex. Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are 20 out weeks and months in advance.

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　　America's latest strategy for single persons who don't want to be single any longer has marry names: speeding-dating, express-date, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date.

　　The principle is the same: Why spend an　　1　　evening with a stranger　　2　　you realize after only the first few minutes that you can't　　3　　the person?

　　The solution: The man and woman sit down　　4　　each other. A bell is sounded, and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the　　5　　persons. When the bell　　6　　off a second time; the man stands up and moves　　7　　to the next female.

　　At such a meeting in San Francisco　　8　 , some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a　　9　　expression on their faces, in two long　　10　　opposite each other. The signal was given, and then almost everybody started　　11　　away.

　　Richard Gosse,　　12　　of“AMERICAN SINGLES”, says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment“　 13　 ”way to search for a partner. Minute-date has become a　　14　　.everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to young people in San. Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago. Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for　　15　　singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar.

　　His　　16　　: Don't talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but　　17　　about your dreams, desires and hobbies.

　　Most speed-dating meetings cost about US $ 25 per evening,　　18　　a person to get to know 15 to 20 people　　19　　the opposite sex. Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are　　20　　out weeks and months in advance.

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