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1、IfEnglishmeansendlessnewwords,difficultgrammarandsometimesstrangepronunciation阅读答案 IfEnglishmeansendlessnewwords,difficultgrammarandsometimesstrangepronunciation,youarewrong.Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage? Accordingtoanewstu
2、dybyaBritishuniversity,learningasecondlanguagecanleadtoanincreaseinyourbrainpower.Researchersfoundthatlearningotherlanguageschangesgreymatter.Thisistheareaofthebrainwhichprocessesinformation.Itissimilartothewaythatexercisebuildsmuscles. Thestudyalsofoundtheeffectisgr
3、eater,theyoungerpeoplelearnasecondlanguage. AteamledbyDrAndreaMechelli,fromUniversityCollegeLondon,tookagroupofBritonswhoonlyspokeEnglish.Theywerecomparedwithagroupof“earlybilinguals”whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive,aswellasanumberoflaterlearners. Scan
4、sshowedthatgreymatterdensity(密度)inthebrainwasgreaterinbilingualsthaninpeoplewithoutasecondlanguage.Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguage,thesmallerthedifference. ”Ourfindingssuggestthatthestructureofthebrainischangedbytheexperienceoflearningasecondlang
5、uage,”saidthescientists. Itmeansthatthechangeitselfincreasestheabilitytolearn. ProfessorDylanVaughanJonesoftheUniversityofWales,hasresearchedthelinkbetweenbilingualismandmathsskills.“Havingtwolanguagesgivesyoutwowindowsontheworldandmakesthebrainmoreflexible(灵活的),”h
6、esaid.“Youareactuallygoingbeyondlanguageandhaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentideas.” ThefindingswerematchedinastudyofnativeItalianspeakerswhohadlearnedEnglishasasecondlanguagebetweentheagesoftwoand34.Reading,writing,andcomprehensionwerealltested.Theresultsshowedthat
7、theyoungertheystartedtolearn,thebetter.“Studyingalanguagemeansyougetanentrancetoanotherworld,”explainedthescientists. 68.Themainsubjecttalkedaboutinthispassageis______. A.scienceonlearningasecondlanguage B.man’sabilityoflearningasecondlanguage C.1anguagecanhelpbrai
8、npower D.1anguagelearningandmathsstudy 69.Inthesecondparagraph,thewritermentions“exercise”inorderto______. A.sayla
