题目内容
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Our brains naturally start slowing down at the cruelly young age of 30.1. used to be thought that this couldn’t be helped,but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains to work faster.“Your brain is a learning machine,”says Dr.Merzenich from University of California.2. (give) the right tools,we can train our acts as they did when we were young.All that 3.(require) is the practice designed just for this purpose: a few exercises for 4.mind.
Dr.Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process in5. the brain deals with information.Since much of the data we receive comes through speech,the Bain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to improve speed and accuracy.
Over the course of the training,the program starts asking you to distinguish sounds-between“dog” and “bog”,for example-6.an increasingly faster speed.It’s a bit like a tennis instructor,says Dr.Merzenich,hitting balls at you faster and 7.(fast) to keep you challenged.You may start out slow,but before long you’re pretty quick.
The biggest finding in brain research in the last decade is that the brain at any age is highly plastic.8. you ask your brain to learn,it will learn.And it may speed up in the process.
To keep your brain young and plastic,you can do one of a million new 9. (activity) that challenge and excite you: playing table tennis or bridge,doing crossword puzzles,learning a new language…“When it comes to10.(prevent) aging,you really do‘use it or lose it’”,says Barbara Sahakian ,a professor at Cambridage University.
根据语境，用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。（每个短语仅使用一次）
communicate with, more than, the number of, be based on, because of, be able to, make use of, such as, at present, come up |
1. Then each new student had to ________ to the front of the classroom and introduce themselves.
2. You don’t have to join in; there are ________ enough people on the job already.
3. ________ children under 14 are not permitted in bars.
4. If you speak English, you can ________ business people from other countries.
5. The reports ________ wrong information, so don’t believe it.
6. My friend tried to join the army but was refused ________ his poor health.
7. You have to type in commands, ________ ＂help＂and＂print＂.
8. This year we can even ________ buy many more presents for our grandchildren. It’s great.
9. Excuse me, can you tell me how you ________ your spare time?
10. ________ people asking to go there is on the increase.