【题目】Answer the questions.

Some kinds of mental skills naturally decrease as people get older. Yet research seems to show that some training can improve such skills. A recently published study also appears to demonstrate that the good effects of training can last for many years after that training has ended.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland wanted to learn how long memory and thinking skills would last in older people who trained to keep them. The people were part of the ten-year research project. They were taught methods meant to improve their memory, thinking and ability to perform everyday tasks.

More than 2,800 volunteered for the study called ACTIVE - short for Advanced (Cognitive) Training for Independent and Vital Elderly. Most studied when they were more than 70 years old.

The volunteers took one of several short training classes meant to help them keep their mental abilities. One class trained participants in skills including how to remember word lists. Another group trained in reasoning. A third group received help with speed-of-processing - speed of receiving and understanding information. A fourth group - the control group did not get any training.

Earlier results had established that the training helped the participants for up to five years. Now, lead study writer George Rebok says, the research showed most of the training remained effective a full ten years later.

Professor Rebok and his team found that the people trained in reasoning and speed-of-processing did better on tests than the control group.

"We are wondering whether those effects which endured over time would still be there ten years following the training, and in fact, that's exactly what we found."

The effect on memory, however, seemed not to last as long. Still, the old people in any of the three classes generally reported less difficulty in performing daily activities than the control group. The total training time for the older people was between 10 and 15 hours.

1Which statement is true according to the text?

A.This kind of training can only have effect on people for a few years

B.The people were trained during a period of ten years.

C.All the people who were studied were more than 70 years old.

D.The second group were trained how to remember word lists.

2What can be inferred from the passage?

A.There were four groups being trained.

B.The old people trained can remember words better.

C.The second and third group improved their skills better than the first one.

D.The research showed that the effect of the training could absolutely last 10 years.

3What’s the main idea of the fourth paragragh?

A.What was the meaning of the research?

B.How was the research conducted?

C.Why was the mental training effective?

D.How long did the research last?

4What is the best title of the passage?

A.Mental Training Helped Elderly Stay Sharp for Years

B.How to improve our mental health

C.Four groups of old people were trained mentally.

D. The result of a ten-year research

【题目】根据短文内容,首字母和括号内所给汉语意思,写出空白处各单词的正确形式(每空一词) On Sept.19,2016 Alibaba(阿里巴巴 ) went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun,50,has done his business (成功地) A short Chinese man seems to be the (最高的)man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far ,he has (成为)the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve ,he found that English was very (有趣的). Every morning, he got up at 5 am, and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could (交流) with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years, whether it was rain or shine. This (经历) made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed to the Internet for the (第一次) time .He searched Yahoo using the word" Beer" ,and found that there was nothing about China .Seeing the chance, Ma (返回) to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers .Four years later,18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him "Crazy Jack Ma". But (十五) years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce(电子商务) (公司). When Ma was interviewed by the reporter from Times, he said, "Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?"

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