【题目】Plenty of exercise improves the academic performance (学习成绩) of teenagers, according to new research.

The study, of about 5,000 children, found links between exercise and exam success in English, maths and science. It found an increase in performance for every extra 17 minutes exercise for boys, and 12 minutes for girls.

The study by the University of Strathclyde and the University of Dundee found physical activity particularly benefited girls’ performance in science. The authors said this could be a chance to find or reflect gender differences in the impact (影响) of physical activity on the brain.

Most of the teenagers’ exercise levels were found to be well below the recommended 60 minutes a day. The authors wondered what might happen to academic performance if children got the recommended amount.

They claimed that since every 15 minutes of exercise improved performance by an average of about a quarter of a grade, it was possible for children who carried out 60 minutes of exercise every day to improve their academic performance by a full letter grade — for example, from a C to a B, or a B to an A.

However, the authors admitted this was speculation given that very few children did this amount of exercise.

Dr. Josie Booth, one of the leaders of the study, from the University of Dundee said, “Physical activity is more than just important for your physical health. There are other benefits and those are something that should be especially important to parents, policymakers and people involved in education.”

The authors of the study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, said further research backing the findings could have implications for public health and education policy.

1What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The relationship between exercise and gender.

B. The relationship between exercise and academic performance.

C. The relationship between exercise and brain activity.

D. The relationship between exercise and health condition.

2The underlined word “speculation” in Paragraph 6 probably means “ ”.

A. guess B. contribution

C. advice D. conclusion

3What can we learn from what Dr. Josie Booth said?

A. Physical activity leads to good health.

B. Physical activity offers a lot of benefits.

C. Students should spend more time on exercise.

D. Physical exercise should be introduced to schools.

【题目】How do young people learn best? This is something I think a lot when I am teaching foreign languages to young people. I often ______ that traditional teaching ______ are hardly effective for young brains to learn a foreign language.

After moving to southern Italy, I was ______ to have had the chance to ______ a private course teaching English to children under 7. I ______ children liked singing and enjoyed games so I wanted to use these ______ to help my students ______ English conversation skills. I found some fun and easy songs online,______ they loved. I also found the English version of some nursery rhymes (童瑶) they once were ______ with. All of them were very entertaining and helpful but ______ could still not have a basic ______ in English.

I wanted these guys to be ______ in the language I was teaching and I also wished them to speak it. I was eager to deliver 90 % of my lessons in English.______, I knew it would be difficult to get them to talk in a foreign language they ______ speak outside our lessons. So I had to ______ a simple yet effective plan.

One day I decided to ______ a dialogue in English and rather than simply getting students to repeat the phrases, I got them to sing and chant ()______. I discovered that chanting along to some conversational sentences was a practical way to get students to speak in English — it ______!

So when teaching English to young people now, I ______ them to make up their own songs and chants to help them remember ______ or complex sentences.

1A. suggest B. know C. find D. guess

2A. materials B. processes C. attitudes D. methods

3A. anxious B. lucky C. surprised D. puzzled

4A. get B. offer C. meet D. run

5A. considered B. realized C. proved D. insisted

6A. activities B. tools C. skills D. lessons

7A. develop B. practice C. support D. increase

8A. that B. when C. where D. which

9A. popular B. familiar C. similar D. particular

10A. students B. teachers C. writers D. readers

11A. conversation B. performance C. application D. contact

12A. experienced B. interested C. concerned D. caught

13A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. Though

14A. fairly B. eagerly C. nearly D. seldom

15A. come up with B. put up with C. keep up with D. catch up with

16A. prepare B. manage C. connect D. bring

17A. that B. it C. one D. them

18A. mattered B. valued C. worked D. wondered

19A. persuade B. encourage C. remind D. command

20A. expressions B. conversations C. courses D. measures

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