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Why play games? Because they are fun, and a lot more besides. Following the rules… planning your next move…acting as a team member… these are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life.
Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating.
Many children’s games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones, which sharpens the hand-eye coordination (协调) needed in hunting.
Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.
Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it — some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.
Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.
【小题1】Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to ________.
| A.be a team leader |
| B.obey the basic rules |
| C.act as a grown-up |
| D.predict possible danger |
| A.describe life in an exciting way |
| B.turn real-life experiences into a movie |
| C.make learning life skills more interesting |
| D.change people’s views of sporting events zxxk |
| A.It inspires people’s deep love for the country. |
| B.It proves the exceptional skills of the winners. |
| C.It helps the country out of natural disasters. |
| D.It earns the winners fame and fortune. |
| A.bring fun to poor kids |
| B.provide soccer balls for children |
| C.give poor kids a chance for a better life |
| D.appeal to soccer players to help poor kids |
Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia (痴呆) in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones (荷尔蒙) , U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better
in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies, and their brains show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimer’s (早老痴呆症). University of Richmond psychology professor Craig Kinsley believes his findings will translate into humans.
“Our research shows that the hormones of pregnancy are protecting the brain, including estrogen (雌激素), which we know has many neuroprotective (保护神经的) effects,” Kinsley said.
“It’s rat data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals,” he added in a telephone interview. “The
y go through pregnancy and hormonal changes.”
Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and researchers will look to see if having had children protects a woman from Alzheimer’s and other forms of age-related brain decline.
“When people think about pregnancy, they think about what happens to babies and the mother from the neck down,” said Kinsley, who presented his findings to the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Orlando, Florida.
“They do not realize that hormones are washing on the brain. If you look at female animals who have never gone through pregnancy, they act differently toward young. But if she goes through pregnancy, she will sacrifice her life for her infant—that is a great change in her behavior that showed in genetic alterations (改变) to the brain.”
【小题1】 How do scientists know “Motherhood may make women smarter”?
| A.Some researchers have told them. |
| B.Many women say so. |
| C.They know it by experimenting on rats. |
| D.They know it through their own experience. |
| A.Baby rats. | B.Animals. | C.Old rats. | D.Grown-up rats. |
| A.Estrogen. | B.The hormones of pregnancy. |
| C.More exercise. | D.Taking care of children. |
| A.The experiments on the rats have nothing to do with humans. |
| B.The experiments on the rats are very important for animals. |
| C.The experiments on the rats are much the same on humans. |
| D.The experiments on the rats are much the same on other animals. |