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         You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain.

Limit your TV viewing

Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it n__1.__ very little brain activities. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.

Travel

Travelling to a____2.__ country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain. Learn a new language

Learning a new language involves different learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p___3.___ that you may meet in later years.

Read often

As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar. Reading makes your vocabulary much l___4.__ if you always search for words and definitions that you don’t know. Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.

Calculate w_____5.___ you shop

As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.

Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）hand

If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain c____6.__ new neural （神经）networks.

Wechat（微信）!

Read messages from people who has different interests. And some say that learning to express y____7.___ in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.

Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入合适的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给出）：（14分）

One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat under the big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whisper from the bushes behind the tree. They turned a    1.     but could not see anything. They were frightened.

'Is anybody there?" Millie asked. N   2.     answered. They listened very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their w   3.    they met Andy.

'What happened?* Andy asked.

'There's a ghost in the park. Please help us.' Millie said.

'R   4.   ? Tell me more,' Andy said.

Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park, stood beside the tree and listened

carefully. Then he heard the whisper! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was not sure the sound came from the bushes. He s   5.   carefully.

'Oh! Here it is," Andy said to himself. He found a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it miaowed, it made a sound like a whisper.

Andy put the little cat into a box and went to find Millie and Amy. They were s   6.     frightened. Andy opened the box and showed them the ‘ghost’.

'This is the ghost in the park," Andy said, Millie and Amy were surprised—it was a little cat- L   7.    that day, they took the little cat to the animal centre. People in the animal centre would take care of it

London has a new magazine. But it is not printed(印刷) on paper. Everyone who has a television can receive it because it is on TV.

In order to read this magazine you have to have a decoder (解码器). Each page of it is numbered, so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about. There are all kinds of information ---everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.

If you want to read the news, the first thing you have to do is to turn to the back page, which has an easy-to-remember page number, 100 for example. Then you start choosing what you want to read. The news is on page 101 to 109, so you put in the numbers and the news appears written across your screen. Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon, so you press 181, and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen. But the weather is terrible, so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week’s best bargains. But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report. It is very simple to use. But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time. Journalists type new material directly onto the screen and the whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes.

London already has three services. One, sent out by TV, is called ORACLE while the other two, on BBC, are called CEEFAX because they let you see facts. Although CEEFAX and ORACLE have been operating for some time, they have not been well publicized(宣传). BBC engineers do not think that their idea will ever replace books and newspapers because they can be taken with you everywhere. But many people would agree that is a breakthrough(突破) as great as the invention of printing, which could not just change our reading habits but our whole way of life.

1. We can know from the passage that in London        .

A．the magazine is available at any local home

B．most of the postmen will lose their jobs some day

C．everyone can read this magazine if they have a television

D．the readers can get various kinds of information staying at home

2.In the sentence “Each page of it is numbered,” the word “it” refers to the        .

A．magazine          B．program          C．decoder          D．subject

3.According to the passage, the “decoder” is used to help people        .

A．work out the total(合计) of certain numbers

B．read the information sent by TV signals

C．go shopping and have other entertainment

D．receive some special TV program for entertainment

4.The passage is mainly about        .

A．a new magazine printed in London

B．an up-to-date way of getting information

C．a popular TV program about magazines

D．an advanced technology helping people communicate

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Most people know that intelligence quotient (IQ. is important, but EQ is probably more important in daily life. When facing an exam, EQ helps us to manage our feelings. When getting along with friends or parents, EQ helps us to c   1.    well.

EQ is shaped partly by genetics（基因.. You can see some babies are quiet, while others are not. B   2.   , EQ is something you can learn for yourself. You can learn what different feelings might mean and how they relate to yourself and others. If we learn in the right way, our EQ can get better as we get older. Children with a high EQ usually have greater success with making friends. Having a high EQ needs a few different skills. Learning about these skills can help us to i   3.    our EQ. But what are they? Let’s take a look!

1. Know yourself 

    Most people feel many different feelings t   4.   the day. Some feelings like surprise last just a few seconds. Others, like happiness and sadness, may stay around much l   5.   . Being able to recognize these everyday feelings is the most basic of all EQ skills.

2. Manage yourself

    We all get angry. We all have disappointments. But we need to control it. It is not always the right time or place to express our feelings. When you are angry with someone, take a deep breath and s   6.    count to 10. This way, you can calm down.

3. Encourage yourself

   When you fail an exam, you may be disappointed. But there is something more effective you can do—learn to encourage yourself. It gives you the energy and c  7.    to move on. It helps you to build a strong heart.

My mind seems always to return to the day when I met Carl. The city bus stopped at a corner to         the passengers(乘客).1 was included. After getting on the bus, I looked for a place to sit. At last, I found a seat near the back.

    The passenger of the         next to the one I was going for was an old man in a grey suit. Seated myself, I began to read the book I had been carrying which was Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The man in the seat next to me introduced himself by asking if I        any other book like the one I was holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to become        and so did I. He said he was Carl. And asked if I like jazz(爵士乐),and l told him that I didn't really listen to it and that I like rock and roll. Waiting for Carl to tell me that I          listen to real music, I was shocked when he just smiled and nodded. He said, "You          me of myself when I was your age. I remember how my parents hated jazz, how they couldn't see how I could listen to that terrible noise. I bet your parents say the same thing, don't they?" Now it was my        to smile and nod.

    As the bus took us from one side of the city to the' other, Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we talked, the more amazed I became at          the two of us really had in common, although we had the        difference. I haven't seen him         we parted, but the thought of our relationship that day never leaves my mind.

1.A. take up            B. pick up                 C. put up                   D. turn up

2.A. seat              B. bus               C. city                       D. book

3.A. read            B. was reading          C. had read             D. would read

4.A. worried           B. silent                   C. interested          D. bored

5.A. mustn't            B. shouldn't            C. must                    D. should

6.A. remember B. warn                    C. make                   D. remind

7.A. turn            B. time                      C. day                       D. honor

8.A. why             B. where                   C. how                        D. how much

9.A. race               B. age                       C. sex                       D. color

10.A. after    B. when                   C. since                    D. before