Question

【题目】 Brain fitness has basic principles: variety and curiosity. 【1】 If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain. Curiosity about the world around you, how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas below to help improve your mental fitness.

1. Learn a New Skill

【2】 Your memory comes into play, you learn new movements and you associate things differently. Reading Shakespeare, learning to cook and building an airplane out of toothpicks all will challenge your brain and give you something to think about.

2. Tell Good Stories

Stories are a way that we strengthen memories, interpret events and share moments. 【3】 Some basic storytelling techniques will go a long way in keeping people’s interest both in you and in what you have to say.

3. 【4】

Your brain needs you to eat healthy fats. Focus on fish oils from wild salmon, nuts such as walnuts, and seeds. Eat more of these foods and less saturated fats (饱和脂肪).

4. Read Something Different

Books are portable, free from libraries and filled with infinite interesting characters, information and facts. Branch out from familiar reading topics. If you usually read history books, try a contemporary novel. Read foreign authors, the classics and random books. 【5】

A.Eat for Your Health

B.Eat for Your Brain

C.Not only will your brain get a workout by reading different time periods, cultures and peoples, you will also have interesting stories to tell about your reading.

D.Practice telling your stories, both new and old, so that they are interesting and fun.

E.When anything you do becomes your second nature, you need to make a change.

F.Learning a new skill works multiple areas of the brain.

G.There are formal courses, websites and books with programs on how to train your brain to work better and faster.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】F

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了四种锻炼方法让大脑更健康。

【1】

空后“If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain.(如果你可以在睡觉时做纵横填字游戏，那你是时候继续新的挑战来让大脑得到最好的锻练。)”是说要做出改变来锻炼大脑，E项“不论做何事，一旦成了第二本能，就需要改变了。”与上文意义一致，空后是对E项的举例说明，故选E项。

【2】

本段小标题是“Learn a New Skill(学习一项新技能)”，F项中“Learning a new skill”与小标题呼应，且根据下文内容“你的记忆也会发挥积极的作用，你掌握了一套新动作，也发现了不同的新旧事物之间的联系。读莎士比亚的著作，学习烹饪，用牙签做飞机，所有这些都锻炼了大脑，促进了大脑思考”可知，F项“学习一门新技能会使大脑更多区域参与活动”统领本段内容。故选F项。

【3】

本段小标题是“Tell Good Stories(讲一些好的故事)”，D项中“telling your stories”与小标题呼应；空前一句“讲故事是我们巩固记忆，说明事情和分享片刻时间的好方法”是说讲故事的好处，D项“练习讲故事技巧，不论新老故事，这样它们就听起来有趣，同时也带来乐趣。”也是说讲故事带来的好处，符合语境，故选D项。

【4】

空处是段落小标题，本段内容“大脑需要有益健康的脂肪。关注来自野生三文鱼的鱼油，坚果类如胡桃，种子。多吃这些 食物，少吃饱和脂肪。”主要是讲述了一些对大脑有益的食物，所以B项“为大脑的健康而吃”符合题意，故选B项。

【5】

本段小标题是“Read Something Different(阅读不同类型的书籍)”，C项中“reading different time periods, cultures and peoples”与之呼应；空前两句提到“如果经常阅读历史方面的书籍，试试改读一下当代小说。读些外国人写的书，读些名著，读些随机遇到的书”，C项“通过阅读不同时期，不同文化背景和各类人物的书籍，不仅丰富了头脑，而且也能把你读到的那些有趣的故事讲给别人”承接上一句，是说读不同时代、不同文化的书籍的好处。故选C项。