2008在职联考英语9月4日每日一练
[font=Times New Roman][size=3] If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.[/size][/font][font=Times New Roman][size=3] Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3] With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.[/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman] Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to [i]intellect[/i] ([/font][font=宋体]智能[/font][font=Times New Roman]) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.)[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3] Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—I was observed some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age—using the head.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3] The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3] Matsuzawa’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,” he says, “Think hard and engage in conversation. Don’t rely on pocket calculators.”[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]1.The team of doctors wanted to find out ________.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]A) why certain people age sooner than others[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]B) how to make people live longer[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]C) the size of certain people’s brains[/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]D) which people are most intelligent[/font][/size][size=3]
[/size][font=Times New Roman][size=3]2.On what are their research findings based?[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]A) A survey of farmers in northern Japan.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]B) Tests performed on a thousand old people.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]C) The study of brain volumes of different people[/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]D) The latest development of computer technology.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]3.[/font][/size][font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=#000000]The doctor’s test show that ________.[/color][/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]A) our brains shrink as we grow older[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]B) the front section of the brain does not shrink[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]C) sixty-year-olds have the better brains than thirty-year-olds[/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]D) some people’s brains have contracted more than other people’s[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3] 4.The word “subjects” in Paragraph 5means ________.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]A) something to be considered[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]B) branches of knowledge studied[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]C) persons chosen to be studied in an experiment[/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]D) any member of a state except the supreme ruler[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]5.According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]A) Lawyers.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]B) Farmers.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]C) Clerks.[/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]D) Shop assistants.[/font][/size]
2008在职联考英语9月4日每日一练参考答案
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]1[/font][font=宋体]．[/font][font=Times New Roman]A[/font][font=宋体]．文章第一段提到大多数人的大脑都没有得到有效的锻炼，第二段又提[/font][/size][size=3][font=宋体]到日本北部的农民较早地就失去了思考的能力。故正确答案应该选[/font][font=Times New Roman]A[/font][font=宋体]。[/font][/size][size=3][font=Times New Roman]2[/font][font=宋体]．[/font][font=Times New Roman]C[/font][font=宋体]．考点：事实细节题。原文提到[/font][font=Times New Roman]With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations. [/font][font=宋体]故正确答案应该选[/font][font=Times New Roman]C[/font][font=宋体]。[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]3[/font][font=宋体]．[/font][font=Times New Roman]D[/font][font=宋体]．考点：事实细节题。原文提到[/font][font=Times New Roman]The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. [/font][font=宋体]故正确答案应该选[/font][font=Times New Roman]D[/font][font=宋体]。[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]4[/font][font=宋体]．[/font][font=Times New Roman]C[/font][font=宋体]．考点：词义句意题。做题的方法就是把各个选项一一代入原题。[/font][font=Times New Roman]Subject[/font][font=宋体]出现在阅读理解中，如果是有关研究或实验的文章，一般都是受实验者，研究的对象的意思。故正确答案应该选[/font][font=Times New Roman]C[/font][font=宋体]。[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]5[/font][font=宋体]．[/font][font=Times New Roman]A[/font][font=宋体]．考点：推理判断题。原文提到从文章的倒数第二段可以选出正确答案。[/font][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size]
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