Youwillspendhoursatthegymtrainingyourbodybutdoyoueverthinkabouttrainingyourbrain?Herearefourwaystokeepyourbrainmentally(脑力上地)activeandhealthy.PlaygamesYourbrainisamusclejustliketh

Question

You will spend hours at the gym training your body but do you ever think about training your brain? Here are four ways to keep your brain mentally (脑力上地) active and healthy.

Play games
     Your brain is a muscle just like the ones in the rest of your body. If you don’t use it you will lose it. For example doing a crossword puzzle (纵横填字游戏) once a day is a good way to give the brain the exercise it needs. This kind of puzzle is good at training different areas of the brain. But remember that when doing this puzzle you should gradually increase the complexity (复杂度); otherwise it will become repetitive (重复乏味的) and stop being mentally challenging.

Talk aloud
     Although it might sound strange to you talking aloud is a great way to boost your memory. A good exercise to try is counting to 99 in threes as fast as you can.    

Be a team leader

56. What is the main idea of this passage?
 A. Why you should train your brain.

B. How to be a good team leader.

C. Training the brain is more important than training the body.
D. How to make your brain healthy and work actively.

57. Which word can replace the word "boost" in the third paragraph?

A. Change.      B. Promote.      C. Decrease.     D. Lose.

58. We should gradually increase the complexity when doing crossword puzzles because ______.

A. if we don’t use our brain we will lose it

B. we should make our brain face different challenges

C. our brain is a muscle like other parts in our bodies
D. these puzzles can work on different areas of the brain

59. Which group of people have a slower rate of cognitive decrease?

A. Those who don’t often do crossword puzzles.

B. Those who don’t often count to 99 in threes.

C. Those who do their work very easily.

D. Those who can speak more than one language.

Answer 1

 DBBD