You know that eating a suitable diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But did you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter?
Studies show that when the brains is forced to do something new, it creates new neural (神经元) pathways. The more pathways you have, the faster you can think and the better memory you will have. Wonderful steps towards a smarter brain are as follows:
Choose proper TV programs
Watching an average TV show needs very little brain power and brings the same result as giving no care to physical exercise. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do,if you watch TV, choose something educational and full of information.
Travel
Traveling to a new country forces you to see and do things in a new way, making your brains more active.
Learning a new language
A new language learner usually uses different learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps you prevent memory problems in later years.
Master a new subject
Each week, choose an animal, a bird or a fish, and read everything you can about it. Go on learning unitl you become an expert on the subject.
Use your non-dominant hand
If you are right-handed,use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a new way will cause your brain to create new neural networks.
Read often
As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar. Reading can enlarge your vocabulary if you search for words and expressions that you don’t know.
Calculate while you shop
As you put things in your shopping bag, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.
Play video games
Studies have found that some video games force you to use critical decision-making skills and can even improve students’ math grades.
So get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make yourself smarter!The passage can most probably be found in a _____book.
| A．history | B．travel | C．science | D．story |
.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to _________.
| A．the brain | B．the study |
| C．the neural pathway | D．something new |
.According to the passage,there are _____ ways to make your brain smartr besides traveling and reading often.
| A．five | B．six | C．eight | D．ten |
.While you are reading, you should _______.
| A．read as loudly as possible | B．look up something unfamiliar |
| C．read as quickly as you can | D．read from the beginning to the end |
.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
Playing video games is bad for your study and your health.
Using calculators a lot can make you smarter when you are a child.
Watching something educational on TV needs very little brain power.
Writing with the right hand can make the left-handed smarter.
New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.
You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work..
The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
The word “rush hour” in Chinese means _____________.
| A．高峰时间. | B．匆忙时间 | C．冲刺时间 | D．繁忙时间 |
From the last paragraph we know that in New York City ____________.
| A．there is no “rush hour” from 9.am to 4 p.m. |
| B．traffic is heavy at noon. |
| C．most Americans have lunch at home. |
| D．people go to work and school at 9:00. |
Why do so many people go to work or school by subway, taxi, bus and private car?
| A．Because New York City is a modern city. |
| B．Because New York City is a very large city. |
| C．Because New York City is new. |
| D．Because the people in New York City are very busy. |
One afternoon Mrs.Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.
“What happened to you?”asked Mrs Green.
“Well,” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.”
“Why did he catch you?”
“I don’t know,”said Mr.Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me.”
“What did you shout to your friend?”
“All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends.”
“But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force.”How did Mr.Green want to go to London?
| A．By train | B．By bus | C．By airplane | D．By ship |
Why was Mrs. Green surprised? Because her husband_______
| A．didn’t arrive the airport in time |
| B．was still at the airport at 5 o’clock |
| C．didn’t want to go to London |
| D．was in London at 5 o’clock |
When did Mr.Green get to the airport that afternoon?_______
| A．Before 3:30 | B．After 3:30 | C．At 3:30 | D．At about 5:00 |
What was Jack Scott in the passage? He was _________
| A．a pilot | B．a policeman at the airport | C．an engineer | D．an actor |
Dear editor,
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city every year because there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here.
The peacocks mostly live on the grassland of Dongfeng Square. Visitors usually throw food to them, but they don’t think about at all whether the food is good or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, and some even died, eating the bad food given by visitors.
I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the bird, but they don’t realize that they may be doing them harm. Visitors should be told that what they have done is harmful to the birds, and this kind of thing must be stopped.
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food. For us every person, it is our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds to look after them carefully.
Yours,
Wang YangThe letter will be sent to ________________.
| A．a school | B．a hospital | C．a newspaper | D．a museum |
Many visitors come to the writer’s city every year to ______________.
| A．give peacocks food | B．see peacocks |
| C．do some shopping | D．look after peacocks |
Some peacocks became ill and died because __________________.
| A．they weren’t given any food |
| B．they were given too much food |
| C．they were given some bad food |
| D．they weren’t given enough food |
任务型阅读五位中国学生要去美国留学，他们想要找住家。请仔细阅读第1--5题中的学生的个人情况说明，并从A至F六个选项中，帮助他们选择最适合的住家（其中一项为多余选项）Zhang Chao likes Chinese food. He hopes his host family speak a little Chinese.
Li Wei likes doing sports. He wants to live near a park.
Liu Yong hopes to live near his school---Reading School. He prefers a bed room with a bathroom
Chen Yao wants to live in a big bedroom cheaper than ￡350 a month. She can’t stand pets.
Hu Mei loves pets. She would like a bedroom cheaper than ￡220 a month.
A six-year-old British girl, Mollie Price, is opening up her third candy store. She is said to be one of Britain’s youngest bosses. Her stores are called “Mollie’s.” She sells both British and American candy. The girl would like to open more candy stores. “It might sound crazy, but believe me,” Mollie says.
“It was Mollie’s idea to open up the shop. It is Mollie who runs the candy stores,” her mother Becky, her “business partner” says.
Her mother says all the stores are put together and stocked(进货)by Mollie. Mollie works in one of the stores every Saturday, then gets up early Sunday to go to the company’s product supplier(供应商). She asks her friends to test the sweets to decide which ones are good. She’s good at smart marketing. For example, if the weather is really cold, she sells the Mr Whippy ice cream cheaper than when it’s hot outside.
“Children have the best ideas. I tell my mum what I think and she always says I have good ideas. It’s just because I know what other children like,” Mollie says.How does Mollie know which kinds of candy are good?
| A．Her mother decides it. |
| B．She has her friends test the candy. |
| C．She goes to the market to research. |
| D．She asks the company’s product supplier. |
The prices of some ice cream products in Mollie’s stores change according to __________.
| A．the number of the products | B．her friend’s idea |
| C．the weather | D．the dates |
According to the passage, what’s the key(关键)to Mollie’s success?
| A．She works hard and she is good at smart marketing. |
| B．The company’s supplier makes good products. |
| C．She would like to open more candy stores. |
| D．Her mother always has good ideas. |
According to the passage, Mollie is a/an________ girl.
| A．kind | B．honest | C．smart | D．polite |
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