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ll never fet the days we spendspent together and the fun we shared ∧with all our old classmates. Yours, Li Hua 。m new to my classmates, the teacher asks me to introduce memyself to them in class. I tell them I e from Changchun and I like playing with puter games, listenlistening to music and doing sports in my spare time. I also like the Australian way of life. Australia is a large country. There are mainly six public libraries and museums in Sydney. Just a few minutesminutes39。ll never fet the days we spend together and the fun we shared all our old classmates. Yours, Li Hua 答案: Dear Michelle, I39。m very exciting! Today is my first day at a new school in Australia. The school I study is a government school. Although I39。 注意: 1.每處錯誤僅限 1詞; 2.只允許修改 10處,多者 (從第 11處起 )不計(jì)分。刪除:把多余的詞用斜線 (劃掉。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。綜合全文可以發(fā)現(xiàn):閱讀莎士比亞及其他古典作家的作品對心智發(fā)展大有裨益。help Books, Rocket173。根據(jù)語境可知該詞意為 “ 遇到,碰上 ” 。 3. What does the underlined word “encountered” probably mean in the passage ? A. found out B. met with C. learned about D. knew about 答案: B 詞義猜測題。boosters to the brain. C. To tell serious literature sets off far less electrical activity. D. To make known ordinary versions set off more electrical activity. 答案: A 推理判斷題。 2. Why do they “translate” the texts into more “straightforward” , modern language? A. To prove that classics are more useful than ordinary versions. B. To show self173。 attention and help make self examination. 答案: D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。s magic resonance centre, will tell a conference this week: “Serious literature acts like a rocketbooster to the brain. ” The research shows the power of literature to shift mental pathways, to create new thoughts, shapes and connections in the young and the elderly alike. 文章大意:本文主要講了閱讀莎士比亞的作品和其他古典作家的作品可促進(jìn)大腦發(fā)展。 brains as they read the words. Scans showed that the more “challenging” prose ( 散文 )and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the more pedestrian(通俗化 ) versions. Scientists were able to study the brain activity as it responded to each word and record how it “l(fā)it up” as the readers encountered unusual words, surprising phrases or difficult sentence structure. This “l(fā)ighting up” of the mind lasts longer than the initial electrical spark ,shifting the brain to a higher gear, encouraging further reading. The research also found that reading poetry, in particular, increased activity in the right hemisphere