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Easy Waysto Keep Your Brain Sharp

Everyone is forgetful, but aswe age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can bea very annoying thing.  1     Read on for sometechniques worth trying.

1.   2    

People who regularly made plansand looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent

reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study.  3  

Something as simple as setting a goal to havea weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people whohave a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear todo better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.

2. Go for a walk.

Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of thebrain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get bloodglucose down to normal levels. In fact,exercise produces chemicals that aregood for your brain.   4    

3. Learn something new.

Take a Spanish class online,join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mentalstimulation (刺激) limitsthe weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing foryour brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at thesame time.   5     Or go dancing with yourfriends.

A.Focus on the future.

B.This can be especially harmful to the aged.

C.It should be something like learninggardening.

D.So take a few minutes each day to do somereading.

E.But don't worry if your schedule isn'tfilled with life-changing events.

F.Luckily, research shows there is a lot youcan do to avoid those moments.

G.In other words, when you take care of yourbody, you take care of your brain.

试题答案

【答案】

 F           

 A

 E

 G

 C

【解析】

由文章中的1，2，3及1下面的内容，确定72选A。

由Something as simple as setting a goalto have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do.选出73为E。

由exercise produces chemicals that aregood for your brain确定74为G。

由the best thing for your brain is whenyou learn something new and are physically active at the same time.  75     Or go dancing with your friends.确定75选C。

由文章大意得出71选F。