Question

【題目】 Brain fitness has basic principles: variety and curiosity. 【1】 If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain. Curiosity about the world around you, how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas below to help improve your mental fitness.

1. Learn a New Skill

【2】 Your memory comes into play, you learn new movements and you associate things differently. Reading Shakespeare, learning to cook and building an airplane out of toothpicks all will challenge your brain and give you something to think about.

2. Tell Good Stories

Stories are a way that we strengthen memories, interpret events and share moments. 【3】 Some basic storytelling techniques will go a long way in keeping people’s interest both in you and in what you have to say.

3. 【4】

Your brain needs you to eat healthy fats. Focus on fish oils from wild salmon, nuts such as walnuts, and seeds. Eat more of these foods and less saturated fats (飽和脂肪).

4. Read Something Different

Books are portable, free from libraries and filled with infinite interesting characters, information and facts. Branch out from familiar reading topics. If you usually read history books, try a contemporary novel. Read foreign authors, the classics and random books. 【5】

A.Eat for Your Health

B.Eat for Your Brain

C.Not only will your brain get a workout by reading different time periods, cultures and peoples, you will also have interesting stories to tell about your reading.

D.Practice telling your stories, both new and old, so that they are interesting and fun.

E.When anything you do becomes your second nature, you need to make a change.

F.Learning a new skill works multiple areas of the brain.

G.There are formal courses, websites and books with programs on how to train your brain to work better and faster.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】F

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了四種鍛煉方法讓大腦更健康。

【1】

空后“If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain.(如果你可以在睡覺時做縱橫填字游戲，那你是時候繼續(xù)新的挑戰(zhàn)來讓大腦得到最好的鍛練。)”是說要做出改變來鍛煉大腦，E項“不論做何事，一旦成了第二本能，就需要改變了�！迸c上文意義一致，空后是對E項的舉例說明，故選E項。

【2】

本段小標題是“Learn a New Skill(學習一項新技能)”，F項中“Learning a new skill”與小標題呼應，且根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容“你的記憶也會發(fā)揮積極的作用，你掌握了一套新動作，也發(fā)現(xiàn)了不同的新舊事物之間的聯(lián)系。讀莎士比亞的著作，學習烹飪，用牙簽做飛機，所有這些都鍛煉了大腦，促進了大腦思考”可知，F項“學習一門新技能會使大腦更多區(qū)域參與活動”統(tǒng)領本段內(nèi)容。故選F項。

【3】

本段小標題是“Tell Good Stories(講一些好的故事)”，D項中“telling your stories”與小標題呼應；空前一句“講故事是我們鞏固記憶，說明事情和分享片刻時間的好方法”是說講故事的好處，D項“練習講故事技巧，不論新老故事，這樣它們就聽起來有趣，同時也帶來樂趣。”也是說講故事帶來的好處，符合語境，故選D項。

【4】

空處是段落小標題，本段內(nèi)容“大腦需要有益健康的脂肪。關注來自野生三文魚的魚油，堅果類如胡桃，種子。多吃這些 食物，少吃飽和脂肪�！敝饕�是講述了一些對大腦有益的食物，所以B項“為大腦的健康而吃”符合題意，故選B項。

【5】

本段小標題是“Read Something Different(閱讀不同類型的書籍)”，C項中“reading different time periods, cultures and peoples”與之呼應；空前兩句提到“如果經(jīng)常閱讀歷史方面的書籍，試試改讀一下當代小說。讀些外國人寫的書，讀些名著，讀些隨機遇到的書”，C項“通過閱讀不同時期，不同文化背景和各類人物的書籍，不僅豐富了頭腦，而且也能把你讀到的那些有趣的故事講給別人”承接上一句，是說讀不同時代、不同文化的書籍的好處。故選C項。