Have you ever trained your brain? Now there are some new suggestions, such as eating dark chocolate and having cold meat for breakfast. You should also avoid watching soap operas, spending time with people who complain or follow fat-free diets, according to a new book on getting “brain-fit”.
Many of the suggestions in Teach Yourself Training Your Brain are surprising. The book says to read out loud while holding a baby. Writers Terry Horne and Simon Wotton say their advice is from the latest research by experts around the world.
“For years we have thought our brain capability is decided by our genes. But it’s now clear that it depends on our lifestyle. What we eat and drink, how we learn at school and what type of feelings we have are all important,” said Horne.
The book talks about the most up-to -date thinking in science about how diet, the environment, stress and other sides of modern life affect our brain capacity. It also offers advice and exercises. The book comes as more and more people are spending money on books, DVDs and computer games, which can improve their brain’s capability.
Horne believes that people need to make changes to their lifestyles to increase their brain capacity. Happiness, confidence and an optimistic nature help the brain, he added.
“So mix with people who make you laugh, or share the same interests as you. And avoid people who complain,” said Horne. “People who are negative will make you sad, which means you won’t achieve things.”
1.According to the book, which of the following isn’t good for training your brain?
A. Doing some brain games. B. Eating dark chocolate.
C. Having cold meat for breakfast. D. Watching soap operas.
2.What’s Horne’s attitude toward the brain capability?
A. It depends on what our genes are like.
B. It’s decided by our lifestyle.
C. It has nothing to do with schools.
D. It should follow the type of our feelings.
3.What's the book Teach Yourself Training Your Brain mainly about?
A. How people’s brain capability works.
B. Exercises to improve brain capability.
C. Some scientific and healthy diets.
D. How to improve people’s brain capability.
4.From the underlined sentence, we can learn that ________.
A. more and more people are interested in reading
B. books can help people improve their brain capability
C. people are paying more attention to training their brain
D. there are many ways to train people’s brain
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
Have you ever trained your brain? Now there are some new suggestions, such as eating dark chocolate and having cold meat for breakfast. You should also avoid watching soap operas, spending time with people who complain or follow fat-free diets, according to a new book on getting “brain-fit”.
Many of the suggestions in Teach Yourself Training Your Brain are surprising. The book says to read out loud while holding a baby. Writers Terry Horne and Simon Wotton say their advice is from the latest research by experts around the world.
“For years we have thought our brain capability is decided by our genes. But it’s now clear that it depends on our lifestyle. What we eat and drink, how we learn at school and what type of feelings we have are all important,” said Horne.
The book talks about the most up-to -date thinking in science about how diet, the environment, stress and other sides of modern life affect our brain capacity. It also offers advice and exercises. The book comes as more and more people are spending money on books, DVDs and computer games, which can improve their brain’s capability.
Horne believes that people need to make changes to their lifestyles to increase their brain capacity. Happiness, confidence and an optimistic nature help the brain, he added.
“So mix with people who make you laugh, or share the same interests as you. And avoid people who complain,” said Horne. “People who are negative will make you sad, which means you won’t achieve things.”
1.According to the book, which of the following isn’t good for training your brain?
A. Doing some brain games. B. Eating dark chocolate.
C. Having cold meat for breakfast. D. Watching soap operas.
2.What’s Horne’s attitude toward the brain capability?
A. It depends on what our genes are like.
B. It’s decided by our lifestyle.
C. It has nothing to do with schools.
D. It should follow the type of our feelings.
3.What's the book Teach Yourself Training Your Brain mainly about?
A. How people’s brain capability works.
B. Exercises to improve brain capability.
C. Some scientific and healthy diets.
D. How to improve people’s brain capability.
4.From the underlined sentence, we can learn that ________.
A. more and more people are interested in reading
B. books can help people improve their brain capability
C. people are paying more attention to training their brain
D. there are many ways to train people’s brain
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Have you ever had a dream to make your home a happier place? Maybe there are some points you can follow.
1. When you want to dress in a modern way, your mum doesn’t like you wearing a mini-skirt. When you are making phone calls to friends, they ask if you’re speaking to a boy or a girl. Sometimes it seems that you’re not as close to your parents as you used to be. How can you become close again?
Closing the Gap by American writer Jay McGraw gives advice on how to have a better relationship with your parents. 2. When you think, “My parents don’t want me to have any fun,” that usually means your parents want you to be safe. 3. They need to feel they are important and loved. You should tell your parents your needs, and find out what their needs are. Then, you can think of a way to make all of you happy. He gives you some ideas:
(1) 4. You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future.
(2) Keep a diary. This is to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.
(3) Show your parents you are growing up. 5.
Your parents will feel that you are no longer a little child. If you follow these steps, soon you will be able to break down the walls between your parents and yourself.
A. Make time to talk.
B. They seldom talk with each other.
C. Both parents and children have needs.
D. Wash your clothes and help clean the house.
E. A generation gap has become a serious problem.
F. He gives ways to help you understand your parents.
G. Sometimes you don’t think your parents are fair to you.
高一英语信息匹配中等难度题查看答案及解析
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
If you find you can do your work very easily, you should find a new task. It is important that your job should be mentally challenging. Complex jobs are often more challenging and make the brain work a little harder.
Learn a language
A study found that, compared with those who could speak only one language, the people who could speak two languages had a slower rate of cognitive (认知能力) decrease. Learning a new language is very challenging and it makes sure that different areas of the brain have their lights on.
1.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.
2.Which word can replace the word "boost" in the third paragraph?
A.Change. B.Promote. C.Decrease. D.Lose.
3.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
4.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.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Have you ever wondered about changing your life for the better? There are many ways for us to live a healthy lifestyle.So it seems ________ that although we know a lot about ________ to live healthily, many people continue to do things which may be ________ for their health.
There are many parts of our lifestyles which allow us to live healthily. For example, we all know about the importance of ________healthy foods and doing enough exercise and physical activities in our daily life. In rich countries, good-quality fresh foods and sports facilities are ________ to the people, so it should be easy to ________ healthy living habits.________, today there are things which prevent people from having a healthy lifestyle. Industry and traffic have________serious environmental pollution. What's more, we spend a lot of time sitting before ________, and this often means we have________ time for activities which keep us fit. There are many people who spend many hours sitting in front of computers working, studying or playing computer games. ________, many people do not eat the ________ food.
All in all, although we have plenty of chances to follow a healthy lifestyle, in ________, we often choose a less healthy lifestyle. It's true that ________lifestyles have good and bad aspects, but the lifestyle we choose ________ us. So, live healthily and find your best self.
1.A. moving B. catchy C. strange D. relaxing
2.A. how B. where C. when D. whether
3.A. good B. bad C. safe D. unimportant
4.A. selling B. sending C. choosing D. affording
5.A. special B. useless C. familiar D. available
6.A. form B. break C. discuss D. change
7.A. Therefore B. However C. Naturally D. Luckily
8.A. reduced B. decided C. stopped D. caused
9.A. doors B. windows C. screens D. recorders
10.A. long B. free C. spare D. little
11.A. Yet B. Then C. Besides D. Anyway
12.A. fast B. right C. cheap D. delicious
13.A. all B. fact C. time D. theory
14.A. old B. past C. active D. modern
15.A. depends on B. deals with C. pays for D. agrees with
高一英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
Since new technologies are ever growing, employers now have the chance to monitor (监控) their employees to make them spare more time to work when they use their phones, computer terminals, emails and even when an employee is using the Internet.
Recent surveys have shown that a majority of employers monitor their employees’ activities.It was found that three fourths of employers monitored the websites their employees visited in order to prevent improper surfing.The survey further indicated that 65% of employers used software to block connections to websites considered off limits to employees.One third of employers monitored their employees’ number of keystrokes and the amount of time spent on the keyboard and lastly just over half of the employers surveyed review and kept email messages.
Most of the time, email is not considered private if the email system is used at a company, the employer owns it and is allowed to review its contents.Email messages that are sent within the company, as well as those that are sent from the employee’s terminal to another company, or from another company to the employee are subject to monitoring.If an email is deleted out of the employee’s account, that doesn’t mean that they are totally deleted.The messages are kept in memory.Emails are often backed up along with other important data from the computer system.If an employer’s email policy specifically states that messages marked as “private” will be kept confidential (机密的),however, there may also be some exceptions to that policy (政策).
In order to know their employer’s email policy, employees should read over the employee handbook.If the handbook doesn’t address the issue of email monitoring, they should speak with their employer about their policy for emails and privacy.Currently there are very few laws that address workplace privacy; however, there are some organizations that are working to advocate for employees so that there will be a stronger government regulation of employee monitoring activities.
1.According to the author, the employers’ monitoring ____.
A.may be an efficient management method |
B.should be performed secretly |
C.has resulted from the development in computers |
D.is quite common nowadays |
2.Employers probably think that monitoring the employees can help them ____.
A.improve their work efficiency(有效) | B.use computers properly |
C.develop a way of keeping office secrets | D.reduce their mental pressures |
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
A.employees should delete their own emails at once to keep them secret |
B.an employer’s email policy may protect the employees’ privacy |
C.nobody can help solve the problem of office privacy |
D.an employee may feel troubled by being monitored in the office |
4.The underlined phrase “advocate for” in the last paragraph means “____”.
A.tell the employees the truth |
B.publicly support |
C.ask the employees to be more attentive |
D.remind the employees of the possible failure |
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting(糖画)? Sugar painting, as1.(it) name suggests, is made from melted sugar. Craftsmen often paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup(糖浆).When2. sugar cools down, a piece of sugar art is finished. It 3.(consider) as both sugar and painting.4. one symbol of Chinese culture, sugar painting is getting more and more attention and recognition, and5. are the artists.
Li Jianzhong, a 38-year-old craftsman, used to be a miner. After the mine closed down, he turned to house decorating, until he was forced to give that up due to a finger6.(injure). Later, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in and a strong desire7.(learn) .Since there was8. sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by himself through videos and information on the internet and soon9. (master) the skill. Li is committed to10. (keep) the art alive and hopes it can be passed down in folk.
高一英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
At some time in your life, have you ever said “I have butterflies in my stomach”? Maybe you haven’t because you don’t use that idiom but for sure you have already experienced being shy, avoiding eye contact, sweaty palms (手掌), a racing heart and a red face.
Being shy is indeed one of the feelings that you don’t want to constantly (经常地) feel. Shyness is normal and it isn’t considered as a mental problem. All people have been shy at one time or another. Studies show that around 20% of people in the whole world are shy. And this number continues to increase. Therefore, if you’re feeling shy, don’t worry, because you are not alone. However, if your shyness has become too much to deal with and it is affecting your life, then maybe there is really something wrong.
You probably are wondering why you are shy. It may be because of the environment you were used to or the way you were brought up. Certain events in the past may also contribute to your shyness now. But in most cases, shyness proves to be hereditary. If one person has shy parents and relatives, then it isn’t surprising that he has become a shy person.
One of the negative (负面的) sides of being shy is having the tendency to be passive (消极的). Most of the time shy people can’t stand up for what they believe is right; thus they just sit in a corner and let everything happen even if it is against their will.
Shy people are also too shy to have the confidence to let themselves shine and show other people what they can do. Shy people have a tendency to avoid crowds and stay away from social communications. This negatively influences their social life, work, family and other aspects of their life.
While shyness has negative aspects, it also has a positive side. Shy people are naturally good observers and don’t get themselves into too much trouble because they try to observe and examine their situation before taking some actions. They are not impulsive (冲动的) and think twice before making any decision.
Shy people can be great friends. Because they have difficulty in the social scene and making friends seems to be quite a task for them, they value their friends wholeheartedly and will try hard to build up the relationship.
Although shyness is hereditary, it can be improved over time. Some shy people who have shy parents have successfully overcome their shyness by developing their self-respect and trying to expose (暴露) themselves to new environments. Overcoming shyness isn’t about suddenly thinking you’re great. It’s more about forgetting yourself and focusing on the outside world. The point here is that by focusing on putting other people at their ease, you’ll find that you feel much more comfortable. In addition, notice who seems a little more shy or anxious and work to help them, and you will feel more relaxed.
1.By saying “I have butterflies in my stomach”, one feels _____ .
A. lonely B. nervous
C. hungry D. sick
2.What can be learned from Paragraph 2?
A. There is nothing wrong with shyness.
B. Not all people have been shy in life.
C. People usually don’t like to be shy.
D. Shy people may have mental problems.
3.According to the passage, which of the following may cause shyness?
A. Family size. B. Past experiences.
C. People’s birthplace. D. Social relationship.
4.The underlined word “hereditary” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____” .
A. taught by teachers
B. made up by brothers
C. passed down from parents
D. learned from friends
5.Shy people are most likely to _____.
A. accept whatever happens to them
B. refuse to believe what is right
C. avoid any communication
D. hide their confidence
6.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A. How to comfort others.
B. How to overcome shyness.
C. How to make self-improvement.
D. How to get away from shy parents.
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Have you ever seen people dance? Some dances are fast and others are slow. People’s feet always move when they dance. They keep on moving until the music stops.
People have enjoyed dancing for a very long time. This story is of a different kind of dance. It is a dance without people or music. Yet this dance is one of the oldest in the world. It is the dance of bees.
If you have ever watched bees, you know that they are very clever. They also work hard looking for food and bringing it back to their home.
The home of the bees is called a bee hive. Here hundreds even thousand of bees live. They work day and night building small walls. There they make their honey. This is the same honey that we eat.
Where does the honey come from? Bees live on food from flowers. Have you seen bees flying around a flower garden? When a bee rests on a flower, it tries to go to the centre of it. There it takes in as much food as its body can hold. Then it flies to take the food back to the hive.
At the hive, bees change flower food into honey. Then they fly away for more food.
How do the bees know where to find the best food in the sweetest flowers? One bee acts as a guide. When it discovers good flowers, it flies back to the hive and tells the others. It does this by dancing for them.
The bee dances on one side. This tells the other bees which way to go to find the flowers. But that is not all. The bee dances for some time. And the length of its dance tells the other bees how far they must fly to reach the flowers.
When the bees see the dance, they know where the flowers are. They fly away and return with more food for the hive.
Sometimes we hear the music of the bees as they fly around. But few people have ever seen them dance. Yet without that dance we might never have sweet honey to eat.
1. The writer believes that_________.
A. people dance better than bees
B. people learned dance from bees
C. bees dance more often than people
D. bees don’t like music
2. From this passage we know that the dance of bees means_______.
A. They are good at dancing
B. they want to show their beauty
C. they communicate with each other
D. they have nothing to do
3. Which of the following is true?
A. People get honey from flowers directly.
B. People draw honey from bees’ bodies.
C. People produce honey in a secret place.
D. People get honey from bees indirectly.
4. What character do bees have?
A. dance-loving B. hard-working C. music-loving D. active
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Have you ever played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight!
Like many other teenage boys, Jones loved sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight a trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may catch up with the football game by the end of summer.
Jones chose the popular dance revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks playing the game, he has lost another 10!
The health study is being done by an insurance company, which hopes that game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims(肥胖索赔) last year cost us $77 million. We have to cut those costs”, said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console(游戏主机), a dance mat and software for the six-month, $ 60,000 study.
The study is more than commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals.
In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher.
Researchers are looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video game in her classes since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination, and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games.
The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such a game to dance away your extra weight?
1.The underlined part is trying to tell us .
A.the study is more important than the money of the insurance company
B.the study is only an insurance company’s business
C.the study involved many insurance companies
D.it’s not only the insurance company that is concerned about the study
2.It can be inferred that .
A.in West Virginia 25% of the children were too fat
B.the government and society think highly of the game
C.the teacher is a success in using the video game
D.the US Education Department is promoting the game all over the country
3.The most suitable title for the passage is .
A.Dance Away Your Weight
B.Play the Video Dance Game
C.Solve the Problem of Obesity
D.A Magic Video Dance Game
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
If you live in the country or have ever visited there, ______ are that you have heard birds singing to welcome the new day.
A. situations B. facts C. chances D. possibilities
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析