Question

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14分)

         You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain.

Limit your TV viewing

Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it n__1.__ very little brain activities. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.

Travel

Travelling to a____2.__ country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain. Learn a new language

Learning a new language involves different learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p___3.___ that you may meet in later years.

Read often

As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar. Reading makes your vocabulary much l___4.__ if you always search for words and definitions that you don’t know. Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.

Calculate w_____5.___ you shop

As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.

Use your non-dominant（不占優勢的）hand

If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain c____6.__ new neural （神經）networks.

Wechat（微信）!

Read messages from people who has different interests. And some say that learning to express y____7.___ in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.

Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.needs

2.another

3.problems

4.larger

5.when

6.control

7.yourself

【解析】

試題解析:本文大意：合理飲食和鍛煉能使身體健康強壯，但你知道使你的大腦更健康聰明的方法嗎？下面是使大腦更聰明的七步驟：限制看電視，旅行，學習一門外語，經常閱讀，購物時計算，使用劣勢手，微信。

1.考查動詞。句意：永遠不要花費太多的時間看電視，因為它需要很少的大腦活動。need需要。電視娛樂性節目多，不需要多少大腦思考的活動，it它，指代看電視，謂語動詞用三單，故答案填needs.

2.考查代詞。句意：去另一個國家旅行強迫你以一種新鮮的方法看事情做事情，給大腦帶來刺激。another另一個，根據 in a fresh way以新鮮的方法，可知不在本國，故答案填another.

3.考查名詞。句意：學習一門語言磨練大腦，幫助預防以后的記憶問題。problem問題。學習語言可鍛煉大腦增強記憶，預防老年癡呆問題，故答案填problems.

4.考查形容詞。句意：閱讀使你的詞匯量更大如果你總是搜索你不知道的詞和定義。larger更大的。搜索的過程也是學習的過程，擴大詞匯量的過程，故答案填larger.

5.考查疑問副詞。句意：購物時計算。when當……的時候。calculate計算，you shop你購物，購物時計算可鍛煉大腦，故答案填when.

6.考查動詞。句意：以不同的方式做熟悉的事情會讓你的大腦控制新的神經網絡。control控制。大腦控制神經，故答案填control.

7.考查代詞。句意：有人說學會只用100個字表達自己的想法對大腦是一個很大的了挑戰。yourself你自己，express表達。根據in just 100 words 用只100個字，和express表達,可知是表達自己的想法，

故答案填yourself.

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