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5. We,re waiting the ram to stop before we go out.
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Feel too old or too stupid to learn a second ：
language? It may be worth peraeven(坚持).A study that tracked hundreds of Scottish people for decays gives the strongest evidence that speaking an extra language slows the mental decline that accompanies ageing. The benefits hold regardless of your IQ and even if you learn vour second language as an adult.
Previous studies have shown that people with disease(老年痴呆) who are fluent in two languages exhibit symptoms of the condition four or five years later than people who are(只用一种语言的) .However,it has been difficult to explain the effects of knowing multiple languages.
To resolve the issue,Thomas Bak of the Universi of Edinburgh,UK turned to the study,which has tracked about l,l00 people bom in 1936 in and around Edinburgh. AH were monolingual English speakers at age 11 ,when they had taken a series of (认知的) Although the study wasn't designed to investigate language effects,itvv provides a unique research opportunity,says Ellen Bialystok at York University m Toronto,Canada,who was the first to discover that being bilingual delays the beginning of Alzheimer 's disease .
853 of the participants were tracked down when they were in their early 70s. Almost 262 of them had learned;to speak at least one additional language and 65 had learned it after the age of 18. Bak gave the participants cognitive tests and compared these with the test scores ：from when they were 11. Those who had learned an extra;language performed better in the cognitive tests in their 70s,indicating that the extra language itself is beneficial. Bialystok says the cognitive benefits seen in the;Scottish study agree with her own work on blllngua people with Alzheimer' s disease,suggesting that thei same beneficial processes are at work:
How could languages protect the brain? A theory is that people who speak several languages constantly ：activate all the available words in each one before choosing the appropriate expression,giving them some ;：mental exercise.
9. According to the text,the mental benefits of learning a second language .
A. may decrease while ageing
B. can change with learners’ IQ
C. can help learners when they ’re old
D. are related to when one starts to learn it
10. How did Thomas Bak get his conclusion?
A. By studying Scottish history.
B. By watching participants’ behavior.
C. By comparing participants’ test scores.
D. By analyzing participants’ questionnaires.
11. What can we leam about Thomas Bak's study?
A. It was carried out in 1936.
B. Its result supports Bialystok's finding.
C. It was aimed at looking into language effects.
D. 262 of the participants failed to speak a second language.
12. Why can learning a second language benefit the brain?
A. It can raise speakers ’ spirits.
B. It increases mental activities.
C. It helps reduce mental diseases.
D. It can activate all the physical expression.
[语境展示]阅读下面句子，并从a-d中找出与1-4中的 bring up相符合的释义。
1. Her parents died when she was a baby and she was brought up by her aunt.
2. Why did you have to bring up the subject of money?
3. I was brought up to be honest.
4. Once the poison has been brought up there is no further danger.
a. 教育 b.提出c.呕吐d.抚养
[自我归纳]bring up在以上各句丰的意思分别为：
1→ 2;→3→;4→
[即学即练]翻译下面句子
Please bring your plan up at the meeting,
2. The couple brought up five children.
3. Mary di?n’t feel well and brought up her dinner.
Ⅲ.用适当的介词填空/
1. Nowadays more and more young people want
independence their parents.
9. Why don’ t you rest for a while? You (may / must) be tired after your long journey.
4. People in the street (流泪) with joy when peace was announced.
5. 实在抱歉，这么晚给您打电话。
I must calling you so late.
Kids and food: advice for parents
It is important for parents to know how to help their kids eat healthy. Here are a few easy ways:
Parents control the supply lines.
36 Though kids may keep asking for less (有营养的) foods,parents should decide
which foods are regularly provided in the house. Kids won’ t go hungry. They’ 11 eat what's available in the fridge at home.
Say goodbye to the “clean-plate club”.
37 Lots of parents grew up under the clean-plate rule,but that way doesn,t help kids listen to their own bodies when they are full. When kids feel full,theyJ re less likely to overeat.
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Food preferences are developed early in life,so tìy to offer different kinds of food. Likes and dislikes begin forming even when kids are babies. Parents may need to serve a new food on several different occasio/is (时机) for a child to accept it.
Food is not love.
Find better ways to say u\ love you/' When foods are used to reward kids and show love,they may start to turn to food when feeling worried or unhappy. 39
Kids do as you do.
40 When trying to teach good eating habits,try to set the best example. Choose nutritious food,eat at the table,and don't forget breakfasts.
A. Start them young.
B. Rewrite the kids* menu.
C. Be a role model and eat heal?ty yourself.
D. Offer praise and attention instead of food treats.
E. Let kids stop eating when they feel they’ve had enough.
F. You decide which foods to buy and when to serve them.
G. Let kids choose what to eat and how much of it they want.
2. The letter wasn,t written to him but he opened
it out of c .
