【題目】Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp

Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing.【1】Read on for some techniques worth trying.

1. 【2】

People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性癡呆癥), according to a recent study.【3】Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.

2. Go for a walk

Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 【4】

3. Learn something new

Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time.【5】Or go dancing with your friends.

A. Focus on the future.

B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.

C. It should be something like learning gardening.

D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.

E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.

F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.

G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

【答案】

【1】F

【2】A

【3】E

【4】G

【5】C

【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇廣告類文章。主要介紹了幾種方法來讓你的大腦保持敏捷靈活。

【1】F考查上下文的語境理解能力�？涨耙痪涞囊馑际牵好總�人都很健忘，但是隨著我們慢慢變老，我們開始感覺大腦好像很遲緩了，并且這樣的情況很讓人心煩？空后一句的意思是：看看下面這些值得一時的建議吧。所以選F，這里這是一個過渡句，承上啟下（幸運(yùn)的是，研究表明你可以做很多事來預(yù)防這樣的時刻。）承上啟下，與前后一致

【2】A考查上下文的語境理解能力。根據(jù)本段的敘述我們可以看出，這里是在說有目標(biāo)，向未來看的人對于預(yù)防老年癡呆是很有好處的。再結(jié)合本段的最后一句話“In other words, keep your brain looking forward” 可知，這里是在建議我們向前看。所以選擇答案A，聚焦未來，與文意相符。

【3】E考查上下文的語境理解能力�？涨疤岬窖芯勘砻饔杏�(jì)劃可以降低一般得老年癡呆癥的幾率，空后提到：一些類似于和朋友約每周喝咖啡真養(yǎng)的小事兒就可以。所以選E項(xiàng)（如果你的計(jì)劃里沒有改變生活的事情也別擔(dān)心。）與后文的敘述一致。

【4】G考查上下文的語境理解能力�？涨疤岬�，身體鍛煉能夠產(chǎn)生對大腦好的化學(xué)物質(zhì)。所以選G（換句話說，當(dāng)你照顧身體的時候，你就是在照顧你的大腦。）前后意思一致。

【5】C考查上下文的語境理解能力。根據(jù)本段的中心內(nèi)容，和空前提到：對于大腦最好的就是你學(xué)一些新的東西并且同時身體保持活躍�？蘸筇岬剑汉团笥褜W(xué)習(xí)園藝�？芍�，選C（可以是想跳舞這樣的事情。）與前后文意思一致。

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