【文章內容簡介】 最近。 38． A Wheelchair user may need help to enter ________. A． the House B． the garden C． the Vistiors39。 Centre D． the exhibition hall 答案： A 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。由 “The House may present difficulties but the Visitors, center, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible to wheelchair”可知 A項正確。 B Many expensive nutrition additives advertised on TV say they can improve your memory. But only ordinary food and healthy habits have been shown to work. A research team for UCLA(University of California at Los Angeles)has designed a four step plan to improve your memory in just 14 days. “It sounds like another advertisement, but it really works.”says UCLA psychiatry(精神病學 )professor Gary Small. The team found the four step plan improved memory function in teenagers under stress and older people. They had a two week study that included brain teasers(腦筋急轉彎 ), exercise and diet changes and found that memory could be improved efficiently. Here are the four steps of the program： ________： Train yourself with brain teasers, crossword puzzles and memory exercises that train verbal(文字上的 )skills throughout the day. ________： Eat five rather than three meals a day. The food should be rich in omega 3 fats, such as whole grains and vegetables that contain antioxidants(抗氧化劑 ). Having frequent meals helps increase blood glucose(血糖 ), the primary energy source for the brain. ________： Have regular physical exercise such as walking, basketball or running, every day. ________： Perform stretching and relaxation exercises. Stress causes the body to release a chemical that can shrink the memory centers in the brain. Before and after brain scans showed that test subjects experienced on average a 5 percent increase in working memory. This suggests they were using their brains more efficiently. They also performed better on a cognitive(認識的 )test. A control group that didn39。t follow the plan showed no big changes. “ We39。ve known for years that diet and exercise can help people keep their physical health, which is a key part of healthy aging， ” said Small, “But keeping mental health is just as important. Now we have evidence that people can improve their memories through a program of memory exercises and stress reducation.” 39． In fact, the following things can improve your memory except________. A． nutrition additives B． ordinary food and healthy habits C． cross puzzles and brain teasers D． stretching and relaxation exercises 答案： A 解析： 事實細節(jié)題。根據第一段第二句 “...only ordinary food and healthy habits have been shown to work...”可知 A項錯誤。 40． Which of the following is true? A． The four step plan was designed by Gary Small. B． The plan can work efficiently only in older people. C． If we do as the plan tells, we39。ll improve our memory in only 14 days. D． Keeping physical health is not as important as keeping mental health. 答案： C 解析： 推理判斷題。根據第二段內容可知，提高記憶的四步法是 a research team設計的， 不是 Gary Small一個人的功勞，故 A項錯誤；根據第三段第一句 “ The team found the four step plan improved memory function in teenagers under stress and older people.” 可知 B 項錯誤；根據最后一段，可知 D 項錯誤。根據文章內容可以推知， C 項正確。 41． What is the best order of the titles for the four steps of the program? ① Healthy diet ② Stress reduction ③ Physical fitness ④ Memory training A． ①②③④ B． ②③①④ C． ③①②④ D． ④①③② 答案： D 解析： 歸納推理題。從提高記憶四步法的內 容來看，應知它們的標題分別為：訓練記憶、健康飲食、鍛煉身體、減少壓力，故選 D。 42． What is the main idea of the passage? A． You can improve memory through a four step plan. B． Diet and exercise help keep physical health. C． UCLA makes a new advertisement. D． Please eat five meals a day. 答案： A 解析： 主旨大意 題。根據整篇文章內容可知，本文主要講述通過四步法提高記憶力，故選 A。 C Throughout history, most societies have held women in an inferior status pared with men. In many societies, for example, people believed women to be naturally more emtional and less decisive than men. But in the last 40 years, significant changes have occurred in the work place and in homes. Those changes have led women to bee more interested in politics and this has had influence on the American political system. The changes began with women39。s examination of their personal lives. Women39。s groups discovered discrimination in the work place, where women received less pay and fewer promotions than men. They also uncovered barries to women seeking political office and to female students striving for high academic achievements. Informal women39。s liberation groups, which were first formed by female students active in the civil rights movement, opened discussions about ways to bat discrimination and establish greater equality between men and women in marriage, child rearing, education, and employment. In the United States, several laws that were passed during the 1960s and 1970s aimed at providing equal rights for women. The equal pay act of 1963 requires equal pay for men and women doing the same wo