14.A team of US psychologists(心理學(xué)家) have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory.
"Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual (智力的) performance,"Oscar Ybarra,a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research,said in a statement.
In one investigation,they analyzed data on 3610people,aged 24to 96.
They found that the higher their level of social interaction(交流),the better their cognitive (認(rèn)知的)functioning.Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives,freinds and neighbors.
In another experiment,the researchers conducted lab tests on 76college students,aged 18to 21,to evaluate how social interactions and intellectual exercises affected the results of memory and mental performance tests.
The students were divided into three groups:the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10minutes before taking the tests; the intellectual activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehension exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group(對照組)watched a 10-minute clip(電影片段)of the Seinfeld television show.
"We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10minutes improved participants'intellectual performance as much as engaging in so-called'intellectual'activities for the same amount of time,"Ybarra said.
The study was expected to be published in the February issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

56.The underlined word"boosting"in the second paragraph can be replaced byA.
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C.preventing                D.training
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A.Having a talk with a neighbor.
B.Attending a birthday party.
C.Watching TV at home alone.
D.Calling your classmates
58.What's the purpose of the experiment on 76college students?A
A.To judge the effect of social interaction on memory and intelligence.
B.To find out what is real social interaction.
C.To learn how much time is needed for social interaction.
D.To show the function of people's cognition.
59.Which of the following questions may be asked in the social interaction group in the experiment?B
A.What does the author want to show us?
B.Do you like living in a big city or a small one?
C.Which word can be used to fill in the blank?
D.What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
60.What's the main idea of the passage?D
A.Intellectual exercises improve memory.
B.Different people have different ways of communication
C.Communicating with others keeps you healthy.
D.Social interaction makes you smart.

分析 美國心理學(xué)家近日發(fā)現(xiàn),每天與人交談十分鐘能夠提高記憶力.社會交往與傳統(tǒng)的思維訓(xùn)練方式對于提高記憶力和智力表現(xiàn)具有同樣效果.社會交往越多的人認(rèn)知表現(xiàn)越好.聚會、與親戚、朋友或鄰居進(jìn)行電話交談都屬于社會交往范疇.

解答 56.A.詞意猜測題.由第一段talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory.可推斷出,每天與人交談十分鐘能夠提高記憶力.故答案為A.
57.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由第四段第二句話Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives,friends and neighbors.可知,聚會、與親戚、朋友或鄰居進(jìn)行電話交談都屬于社會交往范疇.故答案為C.
8.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由第五段第二行可知to evaluate how social interactions and intellectual exercises affected the results of memory and mental performance tests.可知,以了解社會交往與智力訓(xùn)練是如何影響他們的記憶效果及智力測試結(jié)果的.答案為A.
59.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段:Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives,freinds and neighbors可知實驗中社會互動小組可能會問你喜歡住在大城市還是小城市這樣的問題;故選B.
60.D.主旨大意題.根據(jù)第一段和第二段第一句話Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kindsof mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual performance,"可知社會交往與傳統(tǒng)的思維訓(xùn)練方式對于提高記憶力和智力表現(xiàn)具有同樣效果.答案為D.

點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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