Question

Until just a few years ago，we doctors believed that the brain stopped making new neural(神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的)connections (meaning that your memory began to get worse)when the body stopped developing，usually in your early 20s. And we knew that，like any other body part，neurons weaken as we age. Loss of brain function due to neural breakdown was assumed to be a normal，unavoidable part of aging.

It turns out that we were wrong. In the past few years，it has been discovered that you can，in fact，make new neurons starting in your 20s and continuing well into old age. You can literally rewire the brain with new parts as the older parts wear out. How？Simple：Keep learning. Just as your body can pack on and condition new muscle，your brain can rebuild used-up neurons.

How strong is the evidence for this？Strong enough that a $200 million industry devoted to brain boosting software (products like Brain Age，MindFit，and Lumosity that supposedly improve your memory function)has sprung up out of nowhere. All“mental fitness”means are keeping your memory intact(everything from phone numbers to how to throw a football)．So what can you do to stay smart?

Keep blood pressure down. People with high blood pressure are more likely to develop cognitive impairment later in life.

Eat more vitamins. Like E(in nuts and sunflower seeds)，B6 and B12(beef，tuna)，and folic acid(leafy greens，citrus，berries)，which help keep your brain’s chemistry in balance.

Exercise your brain. This is the best way to rebuild and strengthen those precious neurons. Learn to play chess or the guitar. When you’re at a stoplight，try to recall the starting lineup of the 1983 Celtics. See a movie that doesn’t feature Ben Stiller. Or read，like，a book.

Title：How to keep the1.________smart？

Previous 2._________	The brain no longer makes new neural connections once the 3.________ of one’s body has stopped.
New 4. ________	●New neurons continue to occur even in one’s old age. ●5.________contributes to the development of the new parts of your brain. ●Many products which claim to improve your brain function appear in the 6._________.
7._________	●Keep yourself away from 8._________blood pressure. ●9._________in more vitamins for the needs of your brain. ●10.________your brain as much as you can.

 

Answer 1

1.brain

2.belief

3.growth/development

4.discoveries

5.Learning

6.market

7.Advice/Suggestions/Tips

8.high

9.Take

10.Use/Exercise

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要是講述關(guān)于如何使得大腦能夠保持靈活和聰明 ，并就如何保持大腦的聰明給出一些建議。

1.1】原詞重現(xiàn)題：第一段的第一句提到the brain stopped making new neural，而后文在論述如何保持大腦的活力，所以填名詞brain。

2.2】詞性轉(zhuǎn)化題：第一段提到了we doctors believed that the brain stopped making new neural，說明以前的觀點是這樣的，但是此處要將動詞改為名詞，填belief。

3.3】詞性轉(zhuǎn)化題：第一段中提到了when the body stopped developing在身體不會繼續(xù)生長的時候，大腦也不會生長了可知，此處要填寫的，是表示生長的詞匯。但是此處需要填寫名詞，所以寫development或者growth皆可。

4.4】詞性轉(zhuǎn)化題：第二段中提到了it has been discovered that you can，說明了這種觀點被發(fā)現(xiàn)了，此處則需要一個名詞表示新的發(fā)現(xiàn)，所以填discoveries。

5.Keep learning，所以此處填寫名詞Learning。

6.

7.So what can you do to stay smart?表示我們能夠為保持聰明做一些什么事情，所以下面應(yīng)該就會提一些我們能夠做的來讓我們保持聰明的建議。所以本空應(yīng)該填A(yù)dvice/Suggestions/Tips。

8.Keep blood pressure down 保持血壓較低，也就是說血壓不能過高，故此處填high。

9.Eat more vitamins可以知道，建議要多吃維他命，所以本空應(yīng)該填Take

10.Exercise your brain.所以本空的答案應(yīng)該是Use/Exercise。

考點：考查任務(wù)型閱讀。