20.TOP 4 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BRAIN FITNESS
Brain fitness has basic principles:variety and curiosity.When anything you do becomes second nature,you need to make a change.If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep,it's time for you to move on to a new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain.Curiosity about the world around you,how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently.(36)FPlay games
Brain fitness programs and games are a wonderful way to tease and challenge your brain.Suduko,crosswords and electronic games can all improve your brain's speed and memory.These games rely on logic,word skills,math and more.(37)AYou'll get benefit more by doing these games a little bit every day--spend 15 minutes or so,not hours.
Think deeply
Thinking deeply is perhaps the single greatest thing you can do for your mind or body health.(38)GBy creating a different mental state,you engage your brain in new and interesting ways while increasing your brain fitness.
Eat for your brain
Your brain needs you to eat healthy fats.Focus on fish oils from wild salmon,nuts such as walnuts,seeds such as flax seed and olive oil.(39)CRemove transfats(反式脂肪)completely from your diet.
(40)EStories are a way that we solidify memories,interpret events and share moments.Practice telling your stories,both new and old,so that they are interesting,attractive and fun.Some basic storytelling techniques will go a long way in keeping people's interest both in you and in what you have to say.
A.These games are also fun.
B.Learn something from a story.
C.Eat more of these foods and less fats.
D.Eat as much as you can.
E.Tell good stories.
F.Use the ideas below to help obtain your seek for mental fitness.
G.It not only relaxes you,but gives your brain a workout.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了四種鍛煉方法讓你的大腦更健康.
解答 36.F.推理判斷題.根據(jù)上文的句子"it's time for you to move on to a new challenge in order to get the best workout for your brain."可知下文介紹一些幫助訓練腦部的方法,故選F.
37.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)上文的句子"These games rely on logic,word skills,math and more."介紹這些游戲的好處,可知,下面進一步說明這些游戲也是有趣的.故選A.
38.G.推理判斷題.根據(jù)上文的句子"Thinking deeply is perhaps the single greatest thing you can do for your mind or body health."可知這是介紹深層思考的好處,接下來是:這不僅讓你放松,也讓你的大腦鍛煉.故選G.
39.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)上文的句子"Focus on fish oils from wild salmon,nuts such as walnuts,seeds such as flax seed and olive oil."介紹一些健康食品,可知這里是,多吃這些食物,少一些脂肪.故選C.
40.E.推理判斷題.根據(jù)下文的句子"Stories are a way that we solidify memories,interpret events and share moments."可知這段主要介紹講故事,說明小標題是:講好的故事.故選E.
點評 七選五閱讀是完成性閱讀,和完形填空很類似,不同的是一個選詞,一個選句子.解題時,要注意上下文語境,充分考慮信息詞(選項中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的詞),選出最符合語境的句子.