第二节完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后面各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最

佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

With time flying, people become aged.Then many people even in their middle age often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be.We suddenly can' t remember we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old friend' s name, or the name of an old band we used to love.As the brain , we refer to these occurrences as "senior moments." seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a(n) effect on our social and well—being.

Neuroscientists,-experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that there' s actually a lot that can be done.It out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental can significantly improve our basic cognitive( 认知 ) .Thinking is basically a of making connections in the brain.To a certain ;extent, our ability to in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited(继承) , be-cause these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and wave mental effort.

Now, a new Web-based company has taken a step and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve and their mental sharpness.

The Web-based program you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills.The program keeps a( n) of your progress and provides detailed feedback(反馈) your performance and improvement.Most importantly, it changes and improves the games you play to up the strengths you are developing—much like a( n ) exercise routine which requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

1.A.where B.when C.that D.why

2.A.improves B.fades C.recovers D.falls

3.A.If B.Unless C.Once D.While

4.A.irregular B.limited C.damaging D.positive

5.A.personal B.psychological C.mental D.physical

6.A.turns B.finds C.points D.figures

7.A.connection B.responses C.workouts D.associations

8.A.style B.functions C.circumstances D.atmosphere

9.A.steps B.condition C.consequences D.process

10.A.insist B.believe C.succeed D.fail

11.A.Therefore B.Moreover C.Otherwise D.However

12.A.according to B.regardless of C.apart from D.instead of

13.A.back B.further C.aside D.around

14.A.regain B.reflect C.review D.respond

15.A.suggests B.makes C.hurries D.allows

16.A.hold B.record C.order D.pace

17.A.to B.with C.for D.about

18.A.irregularly B.habitually C.constantly D.unusually

19.A.carry B.put C.build D.take

20.A.risky B.effective C.meaningless D.familiar

Steve knew he’d been adopted as a baby, and when he turned 18, in 2003, he decided he’d try to track down his birth mother. The agency from which he’d been adopted gave him his mother’s name: Tallady. But online searches didn’t turn up any results about it, and Steve had to let it go.

In 2007, though, he searched for the name again online. This time, the search results included a home address near the Lowe’s store where Steve, then 22, worked as a deliveryman. When he mentioned the coincidence to his boss, his boss said, “You mean Tallady, who works here?”

Steve and Tallady, a cashier, had said hello to each other a few times at the store, but they’d never really talked. He hadn’t even known her name. Steve thought there was no possible way she was his mother though they shared the same name. For a few months, Steve avoided Tallady. “I wasn’t sure how to approach her,” he told a local reporter. Finally, the agency volunteered to arrange their reunion.

When Tallady realized that the nice guy she’d been waving at was his son, she sobbed. She’d always hoped to meet her birth son one day. Later that day, mother and son talked for almost three hours at a nearby bar. She’d given him up for adoption in 1985, when she was 23. “I wasn’t ready to be a mother,” she told him. Married with two other children, Tallady says, “I have a complete family now.”

1.Steve gave up the on-line search for his birth mother in 2003 because _____.

A. the agency didn’t give him any help

B. there was no information about his mother

C. his mother didn’t turn up online

D. he missed the information about his mother

2.What did Steve find about his mother online in 2007?

A. Her home address.

B. Her full name.

C. Her boss’s name.

D. Her new job.

3.Why Steve avoided Tallady for months?

A. Because she didn’t want to talk to him.

B. Because he wasn’t fully prepared for the reunion.

C. Because she was very difficult to approach.

D. Because he didn’t think she was his birth mother.

4.The best title for the text is _____.

A. The Love of Mother

B. An Unexpected Meeting

C. The Power of the Internet

D. An Unusual Reunion

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