Question

You will spend hours at the gym training your body, but do you ever think about training your brain? Here are four ways to keep your brain mentally (脑力上地) active and healthy.

Play games

Your brain is a muscle just like the ones in the rest of your body. If you don’t use it, you will lose it. For example, doing a crossword puzzle (纵横填字游戏) once a day is a good way to give the brain the exercise it needs. This kind of puzzle is good at training different areas of the brain. But remember that when doing this puzzle, you should gradually increase the complexity (复杂度); otherwise, it will become repetitive (重复乏味的) and stop being mentally challenging.

Talk aloud

Although it might sound strange to you, talking aloud is a great way to boost your memory. A good exercise to try is counting to 99 in threes as fast as you can.

Be a team leader

If you find you can do your work very easily, you should find a new task. It is important that your job should be mentally challenging. Complex jobs are often more challenging and make the brain work a little harder.

Learn a language

A study found that, compared with those who could speak only one language, the people who could speak two languages had a slower rate of cognitive (认知能力) decrease. Learning a new language is very challenging and it makes sure that different areas of the brain have their lights on.

1.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Why you should train your brain.

B．How to be a good team leader.

C．Training the brain is more important than training the body.

D．How to make your brain healthy and work actively.

2.Which word can replace the word "boost" in the third paragraph?

A．Change.           B．Promote.          C．Decrease.         D．Lose.

3.We should gradually increase the complexity when doing crossword puzzles because ______.

A．if we don’t use our brain, we will lose it

B．we should make our brain face different challenges

C．our brain is a muscle like other parts in our bodies

D．these puzzles can work on different areas of the brain

4.Which group of people have a slower rate of cognitive decrease?

A．Those who don’t often do crossword puzzles.

B．Those who don’t often count to 99 in threes.

C．Those who do their work very easily.

D．Those who can speak more than one language.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章指出经常参与脑力劳动有助于保持思维的敏捷，作者介绍了几种训练脑力的方法。

1.主旨题：从第一段的句子：Here are four ways to keep your brain mentally (脑力上地) active and healthy.可知文章主题是 经常参与脑力劳动有助于保持思维的敏捷。选D

2.猜词题：从句意看：大声说话会提高脑力。选B

3.推理题：从这段的句子：otherwise, it will become repetitive (重复乏味的) and stop being mentally challenging.可知大脑要有挑战。选B。

4.推理题：从最后一段的句子：the people who could speak two languages had a slower rate of cognitive (认知能力) decrease. 可知D是正确的。

考点：考查教育类短文

点评：以推理题的考查为主，推理的根据来自于上下文，最主要的方法是根据词义关系推断具体细节。