Speaking two languages can actually help reduce some effects of aging on the brain, a new study has found.

Researchers tested how long participants needed to _______ from one cognitive (認(rèn)知) task to another, something that’s known to _______ longer for older adults, said lead researcher, Brain Gold, an expert at the University of Kentucky, “It has great effects these days because our population is _______ gradually,” Gold said. “Seniors are _______ longer, and that’s a good thing, but it’s only a good thing _______ a certain degree that their brains are _______.”

Gold’s team compared task-switching of younger and older _______, knowing they would find slower speeds in the _______ population because of previous studies. _______, they found that older adults who spoke two languages were able to switch mental gear (齒輪) ________ than those who didn’t.

First, Gold and his team ________ 30 people, who were either bilingual (雙語的) ________ monolingual (單語的), to look at a series of colored shapes and ________ with the name of each shape by pushing a button. Then, they ________ the participants with a similar series of colored shapes and asked them to respond with what ________ the shapes were by pushing a button. The bilingual people had the ________ to respond faster to the shifting prompts (提示).

Researchers then gathered 80 more people for a second ________; 40 bilinguals and 40 monolinguals. This time, researchers used FMRI machines to ________ brain activity during the same shape-and color-identifying ________. Gold and his team found that bilingual people had different brain activity than their monolingual peers.

“Learning a second language in childhood was thought of as ________,” Gold said. “Actually, it’s beneficial.”

1.A. switch B. perform C. jump D. transport

2.A. hold B. spend C. last D. take

3.A. increasing B. aging C. growing D. exploding

4.A. surviving B. staying C. living D. expecting

5.A. with B. in C. at D. to

6.A. powerful B. healthy C. sensitive D. special

7.A. adults B. researchers C. leaders D. seniors

8.A. random B. ordinary C. older D. younger

9.A. Thus B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However

10.A. faster B. slower C. longer D. better

11.A. paid B. asked C. promised D. forced

12.A. yet B. nor C. or D. and

13.A. remember B. realize C. recall D. reply

14.A. presented B. rewarded C. assisted D. treated

15.A. forms B. types C. colors D. sizes

16.A. right B. ability C. opportunity D. determination

17.A. experiment B. conclusion C. lesson D. task

18.A. recognize B. improve C. make D. record

19.A. tools B. scores C. tasks D. games

20.A. useless B. reasonable C. simple D. interesting

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I stand outside waving at the car pulling slowly out of our driveway. I force a smile, hoping it will cover up my tearing eyes, but I know it’s not working. I run into the house, slam the door behind me, and begin crying. It’s just occurred to me that I can’t see my elder sister, Monsura, in the next four months.

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D. That the writer talked with her sister and brother on the phone,

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“Heaven is where the police are English,the cooks are French the mechanics are German,the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss.Hell is where the.police are German,the cooks are English,the mechanics are French,the lovers are Swiss,and everything is organized by the Italians.”

Obviously the national stereotypes（模式化的思想）in this,old joke are generalizations,but such stereotypes are often said to "exist for a reason".Is there actually a sliver of truth in them?Not likely,an international research team now says.

"National and cultural stereotypes do play an important role in how people see themselves and others,and being aware that these are not dependable is a useful thing,"said study author Robert McCrae of the National Institute on Aging."These are in fact unfounded stereotypes.They don't come from looking around you,"McCrae said.

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We may be "hard-wired",to some degree,to keep incorrect stereotypes,since we are less likely to notice and remember information that is different from our stereotypes.Generally,according to Robins,when we meet people who are different from our stereotypes,we see them as unique individuals rather than typical national or cultural groups.

1.What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. To introduce the topic of national stereotypes.

B. To make a comparison between the characters of different countries.

C. To exemplify the argument against stereotyping.

D. To analyze the strengths and weaknesses of people in different countries.

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A. Supportive. B. Indifferent.

C. Critical. D. Uncertain.

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C. Because generalizations are made through personal experience.

D. Because what was true in the past may not be true at present.

4.What does the underlined word "hard-wired" in the last paragraph probably mean?

A. Forgetful. B. Fixed.

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I’m happy to have older brother. He’s caring, smart or responsible. I’m proud in him, yet I am always annoying him and hurt his feelings.

But one thing made me to see how specially our relationship is, I had a cousin which died seven years ago. On the day of his funeral, his sister says she wished she had had a better relationship with him. But nobody can turn back the hand of time. I don’t want this to happen to my brother and I. I will try to be a better sister.

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The English have a difficult and, generally speaking, dysfunctional (不協(xié)調(diào)的) relationship with clothes. Their main problem is dial they have a desperate need for rules, and are unable to get along without them. Tins helps to explain why they have an international reputation for dressing in general very badly, but with specific areas of excellence, such as high-class men’s suits, ceremonial costume, and innovative (革新的) street fashion. In other words, we English dress best when we are “in uniform”.

You may be surprised that I am including “innovative street fashion” in the category of uniform. Surely the parrot-haired punks (朋克搖滾樂迷) or the Victorian vampire Goths are being original, not following rules? It’s true that they all look different and eccentric（奇特的） but in fact they all look eccentric in exactly the same way. They are wearing a uniform. The only truly eccentric dresser in this country is the Queen, who pays no attention to fashion and continues to wear what she likes, a kind of 1950s fashion, with no regard for anyone else’s opinion. However, it is true that the styles invented by young English people are much more eccentric than any other nation’s street fashion. We may not be individually eccentric, apart from the Queen, but we have a sort of collective eccentricity, and we appreciate originality in dress even if we do not individually have it.

Another “rule” of behavior I had discovered was that it is very important for the English not to take themselves too seriously, to be able to laugh at themselves. However, it is well known that most teenagers tend to take themselves a bit too seriously.

The Goths, in their scaring black costumes, certainly look as if they are taking themselves seriously. But when I got into conversation with them, I discovered that they too had a sense of humor. I was once chatting to a Goth in the full vampire costume—with a white face, deep purple lipstick, and black parrot-hair. I saw he was also wearing a T-shirt with “Goth”. “Why are you wearing that?” I asked. “It’s in case you don’t realize I’m a Goth,” he answered, pretending to be serious. We both burst out laughing.

1.What can we know about the English people?

A. They need rules to dress well. B. They are in need of uniforms.

C. They are creative in general. D. They lead the world trend.

2.Who is individually eccentric in dressing?

A. A high-class man. B. A parrot-haired punk.

C. The Queen. D. The fashion innovator.

3.Which of the following can best describe the Goths?

A. They dress badly.

B. They dress in an amusing way.

C. They are unable to laugh at the way they dress.

D. They are less fashionable than the other English people.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. How the English Dress

B. How the English Admire Fashion

C. Why the English Like Uniforms

D. Why the English Are Eccentric in Dress

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