题目内容
阅读下面的短文, 并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)
_[1]If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
[2]According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
[3]The researchers also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a second language.
[4]A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
[5]Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without___________________. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.
[6] “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
[7]It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
[8]Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
【小题1】What is the best title for this passage? (no more than 10 words)
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【小题2】Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Mastering two languages can broaden your views in the world and makes you clever.
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【小题3】Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 4 words)
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【小题4】What does the word "they" Line2, Paragraph4) probably refer to? (no more than 5 words)
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【小题5】What do you think of English learning after you read this passage?
(no more than 10 words)
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【小题1】Learning a Second Language will improve your brainpower.
【小题2】Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible.
【小题3】(learning) a second language
【小题4】A group of Britons.
【小题5】Learning English can lead to an increase in our brainpower.
解析【小题1】主旨题:从第一段的句子:Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?可知主旨是:学习外语有助于提高脑力: Learning a Second Language will improve your brainpower.
【小题2】这两句话的意思都是:掌握两门外语可以让你有更开阔的视野并使你大脑更灵活:Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible.
【小题3】从前面的单词bilinguals通两种语言的人可知是和没有(learning) a second language的人相比。
【小题4】猜词题:从第五段的句子:took a group of Britons可知是 A group of Britons.
【小题5】读完文章后我们可以得出结论:Learning English can lead to an increase in our brainpower.
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阅读并选择最佳选项。(共5小题;每小题1分,计5分)
请阅读下面的短文,并从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中,选择最佳选项。
U.S. billionaire Bill Gates went to watch a game of his friend, U.S. teen player Ariel Hsing, at the ExCel Centre while the girl was playing against Chinese Li Xiaoxia.
Gates wore an orange jacket and dark blue baseball cap. He sat in the front row of the spectators’ stand (观众看台) and applauded (鼓掌) for every point Hsing scored.
“I’m wishing her the best of luck, but the opposite player is really great,” Gates said.
Hsing was in her third match at London 2012. She had already beaten Mexico’s Yadira Silva and Luxembourg’s Ni Xia Lian.
Hsing is known in the U.S. as a close friend with billionaires Warren Buffett and Gates. She is close enough to call them “Uncle Warren” and “Uncle Bill”.
Buffett met Hsing when she was only 9. Two years later, he invited her to play against his friends. She has returned several times after that. Earlier this year after winning a position on the U.S. team, she took a few points off Buffett and Gates.
When asked whether he has won a point off Hsing, Gates said, “She beat me when she was nine. She has been nice to me.”
【小题1】Bill Gates went to the ExCel Centre to watch a game between Ariel Hsing and .
A.Li Xiaoxia | B.Warren Buffett | C.Ni Xia Lian | D.Yadira Silva |
A.others applauded | B.Hsing won a point |
C.the Chinese player played well | D.Hsing won the game |
A.Exciting. | B.Just so-so. | C.Great. | D.Funny. |
A.seven | B.nine | C.ten | D.eleven |
A.Bill Gates cheered for Li Xiaoxia in London |
B.How Ariel Hsing made friends with Buffett and Gates |
C.An excellent teen player — Ariel Hsing |
D.An interesting visit in London |