Question

Passage 8(2014江苏南通如皋，B) 

    Have you ever trained your brain? Now there are some new sug?gestions,such as eating dark chocolate and having cold meat for breakfast. You should also avoid (避免) watching soap operas,spending time with people who complain or follow fat-free diets ,ac- cording to a new book on getting “brain-fit^” .

    Many of the suggestions in Teach Yourself to Train Your Brain are surprising.The book cays to read out loud while holding a baby.

Writers Terry Horne and Simon Wootton say their advice is from the latest research by experts around the world.

    “For years we have thought our brain capability (能力) is de?cided by our genes (基因 ) . But it's now dear that it depends on our lifestyle.What we eat and drink,how we learn at school and what type of feelings we have are all important,^” said Home.

    The book talks about the most up-to-date thinking in science about how diet,the environment,stress and other sides of modern life affect our brain capacity. It also offers advice and exercises. As the book comes out,more and more people are spending money on books,DVDs and computer g;ames,which can improve their brain's capability.

    Horne believes that people need to make changes to their lifes?tyles to increase their brain capacity.Happiness,confidence and an optimistic (乐观的) nature help the brain,”he added.

     So mix with people who make you laugh,or share the same in- terests as you.And avoid people who complain ,” said Home.“People who are negative will make you sad,which means you won't achieve things."

1. According to the book,which of the following isn’t good for training your brain?

  A. Doing some brain games.

  B. Eating dark chocolate.

  C. Having cold meat for breakfast.

  D. Watching soap operas.

2. What's Home's attitude toward the brain capability?

  A. It depends on what our genes are like.

  B. lf’s decided by our lifestyle.

  C. It has nothing to do with schools.

  D. It should follow the type of our feelings.

3. What^,s the book Teach Yourself to Train Your Brain mainly about?

  A. How peopled brain capability works.

  B. Exercises to improve brain capability.

  C. Some scientific and healthy diets.

  D. How to improve people's brain capability.

4. From the underlined sentence,we can learn that  .

  A. more and more people are interested in reading 

  B. books can help people improve their brain capability   C. people are paying more attention to training their brain

  D. there are many ways to train people's brain

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. D 4. C

Passage 8

[语篇解读]你知道如何让自己更聪明吗？ 一本新书《教你训练大 脑》问世了！它将告诉你大脑的活动能力不仅由先天的基因决定，还

取决于一个人的生活方式、周围环境及心理状态。

1. D细节理解题。根据第一•段第三句You should also avoid (避免) watching soap operas,spending time with people who complain or follow fat-free diets,according to a new book on getting “brain-fit”.可知，.看月巴 皂剧不利于训练大脑。故选D项。

2. B细节理解题。根据第三段第二句But it's now clear that it depends on our lifestyle.可知，Home纠正了我们对大脑能力的认识，它不是由 基因决定的而是由我们的生活方式决定的。故选B项。

3. D主旨大意题。根据第四段内容我们可推测《教你训练大脑》主要 是帮助人们改善大脑能力的。故选D项。

4. C推理判断题。画线部分的大体意思是:随着这本书的上市，越来 越多的人愿意在书籍、DVD和电脑游戏上花更多的钱，以改善他们 的大脑能力，也就是说人们开始关注他们的大脑训练了。故选 C项。