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1、Festivalsaroundtheworld李仕才【阅读理解插花】Itissaidthatifyouwanttostayyoung,sitdownandhaveagoodthink.ThisistheresearchfindingofateamofJapanesedoctors,whosaythatmostofourbrainsarenotgettingenoughexercise—andasaresult,wearegrowingoldunnecessarilysoon.ProfessorTa
2、ijuMatsuzawawantedtofindoutwhyotherwisehealthyfarmersinnorthernJapanappearedtobelosingtheirabilitytothinkandreasonatarelativelyearlyage,andhowtheprocessofagingcouldbesloweddown.WithateamofcolleaguesatTokyoNationalUniversity,hesetaboutmeasuringbrainvol
3、umesofathousandpeopleofdifferentagesandvaryingoccupations.Computertechnologyenabledtheresearcherstoobtainprecisemeasurementsofthevolumeofthefrontandsidepartsofthebrain,whichcontrolsfunctionslikeeatingandbreathing,doesnotcontractwithage,andonecancontin
4、uelivingwithoutintellectualoneconomicalfaculties.Contractionoffrontandsideparts—ascellsdieoff—wasobservedinsomesubjectsintheirthirties,butitwasstillnotevidentinsomesixty-andseventy-year-olds.Matsuzawaconcludedfromhisteststhatthereisasimplewaytothecont
5、ractionnormallyconnectedwithage—usingthehead.Thefindingsshowingeneraltermsthatcontractionofthebrainbeginssoonerinpeopleinthecountrythaninthetown.Thoseleastatrisk,saysMatsuzawa,arelawyers,followedbyuniversityprofessorsanddoctors.Whitecollarworkersdoing
6、routineworkingovernmentofficesare,however,aslikelytohaveshrinking(萎缩)brainsasthefarmworkers,busdriversandshopassistants.Matsuzawa’sfindingsshowthatthinkingcanpreventthebrainfromshrinking.Bloodmustcirculateproperlyintheheadtosupplythefreshoxygenthebrai
7、ncellsneed.“Thebestwaytomaintaingoodbloodcirculationisthroughusingthebrain.”hesays.“Thinkhardandengageinconversation.Don’trelyonpocketcalculators.”【文章大意】本文讲述了想要保持年轻的秘诀:越是乐于思考、使用大脑的人,越不容易脑衰老,这是日本一个医学研究团队的研究结果。1.Theteamofdoctorswantedtofindout________.A
8、.thesizeofcertainpeople’sbrainsB.howtomakepeoplelivelongerC.whichpeoplearemostintelligentD.whycertainpeopleareagingsoonerthanothers.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段“ProfessorTaijuMatsuzawawantedtofindoutwhyotherwisehealthyfarmersinnorthernJapanappearedtobel
