According to a recent study by scientists in the US, people are best at doing different things at different ages. They studied many people aged 10 to 90 years old, who were asked to take part in different memory test. The following is what they have got from the tests.

“Different from what most people have believed, it seems that some of our skills become stronger as we grow old,” Syrion Goodman, one of the scientists, said, “We also find an interesting fact. That is those who do sports regularly seem to do better in our test than those who don’t.”

1.According to the study, at what age do people remember new faces easily?

A.When they are 18 years old. B.When they are 22 years old.

C.When they are 32 years old. D.When they are 43 years old.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.You can pay full attention to one thing at the age of 34.

B.Your vocabulary skills are at their highest when you are 22.

C.It will be difficult for you to accept failure at the age of 43.

D.It’s easy for you to understand others’ feelings at the age of 18.

3.How many tests did the scientists do at least?

A.Four. B.Five. C.Six. D.Seven.

4.According to Syrion Goodman, we can infer(推断) that __________.

A.our skills will always become stronger and stronger as we grow old

B.doing sports may probably help us improve some skills as we grow old

C.most people may believe our skills become weaker when we grow old

D.we can live a much better life if we can do sports regularly in our daily life

Every year, there are many people going home by long-distance buses during the Spring Festival and the Tomb-sweeping Day . There are more walkers on their way home or to work on the roads. So there are more and more traffic accidents on the roads. Thanks to the efforts of the traffic police, it is said that this year the number of traffic accidents across China was 25.2 percent fewer than the year of 2018 during the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day.

Tomb-sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival. It is an important occasion for Chinese to honor their ancestors(祖先). Most people go home in memory of(纪念)their ancestors on that day. About 9.78 million Chinese visited cemeteries to honor their ancestors or relatives during the holiday. A few people also spent the three-day holiday on leisure trains. So transportation safety is a big problem. On the other hand, it is said that Chinese have made 112 million trips during the holiday, up 10.9 percent from last year’s holiday. For the traffic accidents, some people lost their lives. This year, traffic accidents caused 10 deaths during the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day. The fewer traffic accidents are all from the efforts of the police and our government. With the development of society and the government’s efforts, I believe everything will change better.

1.Why are there more traffic accidents during the holidays?

A.Because people have to go home for the holidays.

B.Because people want to honor their ancestors.

C.Because people hurry to work after the holidays.

D.Because there are more people on the roads.

2.During the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day, the number of traffic accidents was about _______ fewer than 2018.

A.a half B.a quarter C.two thirds D.three fifths

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “cemeteries” ?

A.教堂 B.墓地 C.景点 D.溶洞

4.Which one is correct according to the passage?

A.Tomb-sweeping Day is different from Qingming Festival.

B.About half of Chinese honor their ancestors on Qingming Festival.

C.More and more people like traveling during their holidays.

D.Most traffic accidents happened on the Tomb-sweeping Day.

5.Where can you read the passage?

A.In a guide book. B.On a story website.

C.In a newspaper D.On a science website.

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