You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong.But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are some steps toward a smarter brain.
Limit your TV viewing
(1) Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it needs very little brain activities.Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do.If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.
Travel
Travelling to another country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain.
Learn a new language
Learning a new language involves different learning methods.Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory problems that you may meet in later years.
Read often
As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar.Reading makes your vocabulary much larger if you always search for words and definitions that you don’t know.Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it.Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.
Calculate （计算）when you shop
As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head.See how close you get to the actual total.
Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）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 different way will make your brain create new neural （神经）networks.
Wechat（微信）
(2) Read messages from various people.They have different interests.And some say that learning to express yourself in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.
Have a try and do these every day.Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!
1.将（1）处翻译成汉语
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2.将（2）处合并成一句
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3.Why do you read often according to the passage? (至少两条)
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4.How many steps towards a smarter brain are mentioned in the passage?
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5.Give a title of the passage.
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In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution.They join "environment clubs".1._________________
No-garbage(垃圾) lunches. 2.___________________________ Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again.Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!
3.____________________On the no-car day, nobody comes to school by car-not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to the air, so remember: Walk, jump, bike or run.Use your legs! It's not only good for the environment but also lots of fun!
4.________________________Did you know that some toilets could waste twenty to forty cubic meters(立方米)of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river！ In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets themselves.
We love our environment. 5._______________________
A.How much do you throw away after lunch? B.Taking your own shopping bags is a good idea. C.Turn off the water! D.In a meaningful club, people work together to make our environment clean. E.Let's work together to make it clean. F.No-car day. |
There are many sporting heroes, such as hurdling, marathon heroes on sports yearbook.Many of them broke the r 1. and were awarded prizes in tough matches.They represent their country to get m 2. in match season.Sometimes they are also invited to appear in advertisements.
As sportsmen and sportswomen, they all know there is no overnight success.They must train hard.First of all, their coaches always e 3. them to train regularly.Their races were recorded and their coaches used the information to change their training m___4.____.
We’ll never forget the scenes: An athlete got hurt in a r 5. .He s 6. a lot from his leg problem, and went on running and reached the finishing line.The audience all left their seats and c 7. for him.An old man began to practice Taekwondo at the age of sixty and got a black belt in less than five years.
So, in some degree, all these athlete s 8. up a good example for us in spirit.They s 9. for courage, fearlessness and strength.We take great p__10.___ in them.
According to a national study, in the summer of 2013, the long-term(长期的) warm weather in the UK has made the number of butterflies increase.
Around 46,000 volunteers(志愿者) took part in the year’s Big Butterfly Count(统计), and they found 830,000 butterflies.Volunteers were asked to make a record.They would record how many times they found one of 21 different kinds of butterflies.
Later, the scientists used the records to find out how many butterflies of different kinds were found across the country.Then, they compared the results to the year before.They found that there was a rise in the number of 15 kinds of butterflies, and some of them went up by 50% compared to recent years.They said the increase in butterfly numbers was a result of warm weather.
However, scientists also said that the number of butterflies was in decline(下降) as a whole, and that we might not see the same result the next year.
Richard Fox, who works for Butterfly Conservation, said, “UK butterflies are in long-term decline.Studies have been done since the 1970s.They show that UK butterflies have declined in type and number.”
He added, “We must halt the long-term decline of these beautiful creatures(生物).The only way is by stopping the damage that has been done to the butterflies’ habitats(栖息地) across the UK.”
1.The volunteers were asked to ______.
A.study 830,000 butterflies
B.help scientists take notes
C.record the number of each kind of butterfly
D.find how many kinds of butterflies there are
2.What can we learn from the study?
A.There were 20 kinds of UK butterflies.
B.50% more UK butterflies were found in 2013.
C.The number of 15 kinds of UK butterflies increased.
D.There was a long-term increase in UK butterfly number.
3.What does the underlined part “the same result” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.The weather is cold.
B.The weather is warm.
C.UK butterfly numbers decline.
D.UK butterfly numbers increase.
4.The underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph means “_________”.
A.stop B.study C.make D.plan
5.What would be the best headline of the passage?
A.Different kinds of butterflies in the UK.
B.Big Butterfly Count in the UK in 2013.
C.UK Scientists made butterfly numbers increase.
D.Warm weather made UK butterfly numbers increase.
Children today would rather read, do housework or even do homework than play outside--- and they get out half as much as their parents did when they were young.
According to a UK study, those growing up during the 1970s and 1980s enjoying more than two hours of outdoor activities each weekday, and nine hours on weekends—whatever the weather is.But their children play outside for just over one hour each weekday, and fewer than five hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
So, the UK started an activity to encourage children to give up 30 minutes of screen time a day to play outdoors.
The Wild Network, born on September 25, 2013, is joined by more than 300 organizations, large or small.It tries to attract children away from television and computer screen and into woods and parks.
It is the biggest ever activity to reconnect children with nature and outdoor activities, and it plans to help improve children’s health.
Suggestions on how to get more time in nature including collecting fruits, camping, watching autumn colour on trees and so on.
This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up.Children in the 1980s were encouraged to do the same by BBC TV show Why Don’t You, which encouraged children to “turn off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead”.
You can learn more about the activity by visiting Http://www.Projectwildthing.com.
1.We can learn from the second paragraph that _______.
A.today’s children have more free time
B.today’s children spend more time outdoors
C.the parents had more free time when they were young
D.The parents spent more time outdoors when they were young
2.The Wild Network was started to __________.
A.encourage children to spend more time outdoors
B.encourage children to play with their parents outdoors
C.encourage children to spend more time on their studies
D.encourage parents to spend more time with their children
3.What can we learn about the Wild Network?
A.It was set up this year
B.It was the best ever activity
C.Both large organizations or small can join it
D.You can learn about it from the show Why Don’t You
4.Which of the following activities is not mentioned?
A.Camping B.Collecting fruits
C.Bird watching D.Autumn clour watching
5.The underlined part “do the same” can be replaced by _______.
A.start an activity B.play outdoors
C.do homework D.do housework
Last weekend, our family went to have Christmas dinner in a restaurant.We were the only family with a baby in the restaurant.Suddenly, my baby Erik became excited when we were enjoying our meal.I looked around and saw an old man with old clothes and dirty old shoes.His hair was unwashed.He was smiling at my Erik.
“He might hurt my Erik,” I thought.Everyone in the restaurant looked at us and the old man.Then we decided to leave.The old man sat between the door and us.
As I walked closer to the man, I turned my back.Suddenly, Erik leaned(倾斜) over my arms, reaching with both arms in a baby’s pick-me-up position(姿势).Before I could stop him, Erik had escaped(逃跑) from my arms to the man’s.Soon the very old smelly man and my young baby developed a kind of friendship.
Erik put his little hand on the man’s face, and I saw the old man closed his eyes and tears running down his face.His aged hands held my baby so gently(温柔地).A moment later, the old man opened his eyes, passed me my baby and said, “Thank you, Madam.You’ve given me the best Christmas gift.”
I cried, with my face burning hot.A child saw a soul(灵魂), but a mother saw only a kind of clothes.
1.At first, the writer thought the old man was ______ .
A.terrible B.friendly
C.impossible D.wise
2.The family decided to leave the restaurant because they ______.
A.had finished the meal already
B.had some important things to do
C.thought the food there was bad
D.worried about their baby’s safety
3.We can learn from the passage that Erik _______.
A.showed kindness to the old man
B.had seen the old man before
C.was popular in the restaurant
D.was hurt by the old man
4.Why did the old man thank the writer?
A.Because the writer bought food for him
B.Because the writer said Merry Christmas to him
C.Because staying with the baby made him feel happy
D.Because the writer asked him to play with her baby
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A.A special restaurant
B.A lovely baby
C.Soul and clothes
D.Parents’ influence on babies
