15．Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it？Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind．How can you use this to increase your brain power？Start writing．
By putting thoughts into words，you are telling yourself the logic（邏輯）behind what you think，feel，or only partly understand．Often，explaining a thought is the process of understanding．In other words，you increase your brain power by exercising your"explain power．"
Try this experiment．Explain how you'll increase your brain power，even if you have no idea how right now．Just start with anything，and create an explanation．For example，start with"I'll learn chess，"or"I'll read an article on the mind every week．"Explain how that will help．You'll be surprised how often this becomes a workable plan，and if you actually do this，you'll have a better understanding of your brain from now．
Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember．Many，if not most，highly productive people are always taking notes．You can try keeping it all in your head，but if you keep a journal of your ideas the next time you're working on a big project，you'll probably have more success．
Want to understand a topic？Write a book about it．That's an extreme example，but if you are learning something new，write a letter to a friend about it，and you will understand it better．Want to invent something？Write an explanation of the problem，why you want to solve it，and why it is worth solving，and you're half-way there．
Writers don't always write because they clearly understand something beforehand．Often，they write about something because they want to understand it．You can do the same．Writing will help bring you to an understanding．Give it a try．
56．What would be the best title for the text？B
A．A Way on How to Write．
B．Increase Your Brain Power through Writing．
C．Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing．
D．How to Start Your Writing．
57．According to the text，writing can help you a lot in the following ways EXCEPTC．
A．the increase of your brain power   
B．the ability to remember
C．the development of your interest in study   
D．the better understanding of a topic
58．If a writer writes something，it means that he or sheB．
A．has understood it very well          
B．needs to understand it better
C．wants to remember it in his or her mind  
D．is exercising his or her"explain power"
59．The underlined sentence"you're half-way there"in the fifth paragraph implies thatD．
A．you are already successful           
B．you still need to work hard
C．writing can help you walk half way 
D．writing is important to solve problems
60．What's the main purpose of the writer writing the text？A
A．To advise readers to start their writing．
B．To explain the importance of writing．
C．To persuade readers to become writers．
D．To increase readers'brain power．

分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀，作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了通過(guò)寫(xiě)作，可以把你自己的一些想法理解得更加清晰，更加透徹，從而進(jìn)一步提高你的大腦思維能力．

解答 56．B．主旨大意題．本文主要是講了通過(guò)寫(xiě)作，可以把你自己的一些想法理解得更加清晰，更加透徹，從而進(jìn)一步提高你的大腦思維能力．故選B．
57．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章可知寫(xiě)作可以幫助你的大腦功率增加，提高記憶力，更好地理解一個(gè)話(huà)題；故選C．
58．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段Often，they write about something because they want to understand it可知如果一個(gè)作家寫(xiě)了一些東西，這意味著他或她為了更好的理解它；故選B．
59．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第五段Write an explanation of the problem，why you want to solve it，and why it is worth solving，and you're half-way there可知寫(xiě)作是解決問(wèn)題的重要方式；故選D．
60．A．主旨大意題．本篇文章敘述了寫(xiě)作的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，說(shuō)明了其重要性，根據(jù)最后一段Writing will help bring you to an understanding．Give it a try可知作者寫(xiě)作文本的主要目的是建議讀者開(kāi)始寫(xiě)作；故選A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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5．High in the sky，a group of birds fly past．The 5-foot-tall creatures are whooping cranes，the tallest birds in North America noted for its loud call．The wild animals appear to be following much larger birds．But those aren't birds at all．They are three-wheeled aircraft called trikes，and the pilots flying them are wearing white helmets and white gowns．That plan might sound like a stupid idea，but it's not．The pilots are from an organization called Operation Migration．They are helping the whooping cranes learn to migrate，or move from one area to another when the seasons change．The cranes are endangered．In 1941，the species had dwindled（減少）to roughly 20 birds because of hunting and habitat loss．US wildlife officials counted 149 whooping cranes in November 1995，the most since the American government began taking censuses（統(tǒng)計(jì)）in the 1930s．Today，about 380 remain．
In the fall，whooping cranes are supposed to migrate south．However，many of them don't know how．"With so few birds left，young whooping cranes typically don't have parents around to teach them，"explains pilot Joe Duff．
That's where the trikes come in．Each October，pilots dress up as whooping cranes and take to the skies in Wisconsin．The young birds follow them because they think the trikes are big whooping cranes．
It takes about three months to reach south-with plenty of rest stops on the way．The pilots lead the cranes to refuges，or protected areas，in Florida．
This spring，the birds will migrate north by themselves-no trikes needed!"It's nice because you know the birds are going to make it，"Duff told WR News．
41．We can learn from the passage that whooping cranesC．
A．a(chǎn)re the tallest birds in the world         
B．a(chǎn)ren't birds at all
C．a(chǎn)re increasing in the past 15 years       
D．have no team spirit
42．The three-wheeled aircraft serve asA．
A．a(chǎn)dult cranes
B．food suppliers 
C．temporary habitats 
D．hunting tools
43．It can be inferred from the passage thatA．
A．the aircraft make a great difference to the cranes
B．the aircraft don't have an effect on the cranes
C．the cranes get lost frequently
D．the cranes fly to Florida nonstop
44．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？D．
A．Whooping cranes are famous for their height．
B．The pilots wear helmets and gowns to attract people's attention．
C．Whooping cranes want to migrate north in the autumn．
D．Whooping cranes will migrate on their own this spring．
45．What's the main idea of the passage？B
A．Baby whooping cranes don't have parents around．
B．Pilots show baby whooping cranes how to migrate．
C．Whooping cranes are becoming endangered．
D．Whooping cranes are a clever species．

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