Question

Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.

By putting thoughts into words，you are telling yourself the logic(逻辑)behind what you think，feel，or only partly understand. Often，explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words，you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power”．

Try this experiment. Explain how you’ll increase your brain power，even if you have no idea how right now. Just start with anything，and create an explanation. For example，start with “I’ll learn chess，” or “I’ll read an article on the mind every week.” Explain how that will help. You’ll be surprised how often this becomes a workable plan，and if you actually do this，you’ll have a better  understanding of your brain twenty minutes from now.

Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many，if not most，highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head，but if you keep a journal of your ideas the next time you’re working on a big project，you’ll probably have more success.

Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example，but if you are learning something new，write a letter to a friend about it，and you will understand it better. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem，why you want to solve it，and why it is worth solving，and you’re half-way there.

Writers don’t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often，they write about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A．A Way on How to Write

B．Increase Your Brain Power Through Writing

C．Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing

D．How to Start Your Writing

2.According to the text，writing can help you a lot in the following ways EXCEPT ________.

A．the increase of your brain power

B．the ability to remember

C．the development of your interest in study

D．the better understanding of a topic

3.The underlined sentence “you’re half-way there” in Paragraph 5 implies that ________.

A．you are already successful

B．you still need to work hard

C．writing can help you walk half way

D．writing is important to solve problems

4.What’s the main purpose of the writer writing the text?

A．To advise readers to start their writing.

B．To explain the importance of writing.

C．To persuade readers to become writers.

D．To increase readers’ brain power.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

1.B主旨大意题。本文主要是讲了通过写作，可以把你自己的一些想法理解得更加清晰，更加透彻，从而进一步提高你的大脑思维能力。选项B揭示了本文的主旨。

2.C。细节理解题。文章第二段、第四段和第五段分别提到了选项A、B、D的内容，而对于选项C，文章则没有涉及。

3.D推理判断题。文章第五段主要是说写作能够帮助你去理解一个话题，帮助你解决一些问题，如果写出对于问题的解释，那么就等于解决了问题的一半，这足以说明写作的重要性。解决问题的一半并不是说你就成功了，所以选项A不对；而选项B、C的理解出现偏差，故排除。

4.A主旨大意题。本篇文章叙述了写作的优点，说明了其重要性，但是，所有这些都是为了劝说读者进行写作而进行铺垫，特别是文章的最后一段的最后一句，更是点明了本篇文章的真实目的。