四级考试阅读备考笔记（72）

　　People will be alert and receptive and receptive if they are faced with information that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.

　　22. According to Fozards argument, people can make their brains work more efficiently by _________.

　　A) constantly doing memory work

　　B) making frequent adjustments

　　C) going through specific training

　　D) taking part in various mental activities

　　注：考第三段末句

　　Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging the brain that they are putting the theory to work in their own lives. The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize enormous amounts of information, says James Fozard, associate director of the National Institute on Aging. Most of us dont need that kind of skill. Such specific training is of less interest than being able to maintain mental alertness. Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skills, both because they enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work.

　　23. The findings of James and other scientists in their work _________.

　　A) remain a theory to be further proved

　　B) have been challenged by many other experts

　　C) are practised by the researchers themselves

　　D) have been generally accepted

　　注：第三段首句中的 theory 等同于 findings

　　Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging the brain that they are putting the theory to work in their own lives. The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize enormous amounts of information, says James Fozard, associate director of the National Institute on Aging. Most of us dont need that kind of skill. Such specific training is of less interest than being able to maintain mental alertness. Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skills, both because they enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work.

　　25. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A) How biochemical changes occur in the human brain.

　　B) Why people should receive special mental training as they age.

　　C) How intellectual activities influence brain-cell health.

　　D) Why people should keep active not only physically but also mentally.

　　注：not only... but also... 为优选项，且重点在 but also 部分。D 项为首句主题句的同义改写

　　Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged, biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive areas such as attention and memory. This is true regardless of age.

　　●短文回答内容应该简洁

　　例：Why are the students enthusiastic (热情的) for the positions in students organization?

　　1. Because they are respected.(可以)

　　2. They are respected.(可以)

　　3. The students are enthusiastic for the positjions in students organization because they are respected.(太复杂，不可以)

　　如何做答：优选顺序：单词--词组--句子;以下情况用句子：Why?和 What opinion/result/suggestion/belief