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1、Festivalsaroundtheworld【阅读理解插花】Itissaidthatifyouwanttostayyoung,sitdownandhaveagoodthink.ThisistheresearchfindingofateamofJapanesedoctors,whosaythatmostofourbrainsarenotgettingenoughexercise—andasaresult,wearegrowingoldunnecessarilysoon.ProfessorTaijuMatsu
2、zawawantedtofindoutwhyotherwisehealthyfarmersinnorthernJapanappearedtobelosingtheirabilitytothinkandreasonatarelativelyearlyage,andhowtheprocessofagingcouldbesloweddown.WithateamofcolleaguesatTokyoNationalUniversity,hesetaboutmeasuringbrainvolumesofathousa
3、ndpeopleofdifferentagesandvaryingoccupations.putertechnologyenabledtheresearcherstoobtainprecisemeasurementsofthevolumeofthefrontandsidepartsofthebrain,whichcontrolsfunctionslikeeatingandbreathing,doesnotcontractwithage,andonecancontinuelivingwithoutintell
4、ectualoneconomicalfaculties.Contractionoffrontandsideparts—ascellsdieoff—wasobservedinsomesubjectsintheirthirties,butitwasstillnotevidentinsomesixty-andseventy-year-olds.Matsuzawaconcludedfromhisteststhatthereisasimplewaytothecontractionnormallyconnectedwi
5、thage—usingthehead.Thefindingsshowingeneraltermsthatcontractionofthebrainbeginssoonerinpeopleinthecountrythaninthetown.Thoseleastatrisk,saysMatsuzawa,arelawyers,followedbyuniversityprofessorsanddoctors.Whitecollarworkersdoingroutineworkingovernmentofficesa
6、re,however,aslikelytohaveshrinking(萎缩)brainsasthefarmworkers,busdriversandshopassistants.Matsuzawa’sfindingsshowthatthinkingcanpreventthebrainfromshrinking.Bloodmustcirculateproperlyintheheadtosupplythefreshoxygenthebraincellsneed.“Thebestwaytomaintaingood
7、bloodcirculationisthroughusingthebrain.”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.thesizeofcertainpeople’sbrainsB.howtomak
8、epeoplelivelongerC.whichpeoplearemostintelligentD.whycertainpeopleareagingsoonerthanothers.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段“ProfessorTaijuMatsuzawawantedtofindoutwhyotherwisehealthyfarmersinnorthernJapanappearedtobelosingt
