Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing. Read on for some techniques worth trying.
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People who regularly made plans and 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.
Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do 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 the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact,exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain.
3. Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. Or go dancing with your friends.
| A．Focus on the future. |
| B．This can be especially harmful to the aged. |
| C．It should be something like learning gardening. |
| D．So take a few minutes each day to do some reading. |
E.But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.
F.Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G.In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.
Choosing a Career After High SchoolStart thinking early about what kind of work you may want to explore after high school, remembering that you can change careers several times throughout your work life. Your exact choice should take into consideration your interests, personality and personal goals. Read on for some general options to think about when you are choosing a career after high school.
1. Take a personality and interest test. The Keirsey Temperament Sorter assumes that you have your own patterns of attitude and actions that are as unique to you as the build of your body. The Keirsey test gives you 71 multiple-choice questions to determine exactly how you interact with the world.
2. Careers in the professions and most government work require a college education, with a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Other careers do not require a college education, but rather offer on-the-job training and start you out in an entry-level position from which you can grow.
3. Take vocational training courses. Vocational training prepares you for a specific job and can usually be completed in six months to one year. This may not be a very good option if you struggled with your grades in high school. Vocational training programs are usually modeled after academic training, but are much more hands-on as they allow you to actually do the work while you learn.
4. Join the military.The military pays for your future university education and offers you an attractive enlistment(应征入伍) bonus. You will be trained to learn a variety of skills, so be prepared for a highly structured environment that demands self-discipline and hard work.
5. Start a business. It is important that you enter a career that makes you want to devote yourself wholly to. This option takes serious discipline and focus, and it requires you to learn basic business skills in addition to the skills of your particular kind of work.
| A．Personality varies from person to person. |
| B．You become qualified to join at the age of 18. |
| C．Find out the educational requirements for your career choices. |
| D．Starting a business can be a great challenge for them. |
E. There are many good online tests that will help you discover what kind of career suits your personality.
F. If you cannot find the right fit in an existing job, then you may be able to create your job through self-employment.
G. When you graduate from high school, you can either choose to continue your schooling or pursue a career, with all its seemingly endless choices.
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按要求匹配信息，在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
以下是几本新书的简要介绍：
A. Strong Is Your Hold
This book was written by Galway Kinnell, who spent many years in finishing the book. Kinnell’s first collection of new poems in more than a decade revisits themes of marriage, friendship and death, with long, loose lines reminiscent of Whitman. It is popular with the people who are interested in literature.
B. The Letter
The murder of a television star appears to be the work of thieves who are quickly caught. But they escape from prison and a young lawyer says she knows who the real criminals are. Written with intelligence, this story is so fast-moving that it demands the reader’s complete attention.
C. London Alive
This author of many famous novels has now turned to writing short stories with great success. The stories tell of Londoners’ daily lives and happen in eighteen different places——for example, one story takes place at a table in a cafe, another in the back of a taxi and another in a hospital.
D. Gone West
A serious look at one of the least-known regions of the United States. The author describes the empty villages which thousands left when they were persuaded by the railway companies to go west in search of new lives. The author manages to provide many interesting details about their history.
E. Cutting for Stone
This book was written by Abraham Verghese. It is a powerful story about twin brothers born in a Catholic hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Their mother, an Indian nurse at the hospital, dies in childbirth. The brothers are raised by two Indian doctors who live at the hospital. One brother later moves to the United States. This is a story about the extremes of love, family, and medicine.
F. Jane Eyre
There is great kindness and warmth in this love story. Poor and plain as Jane Eyre is, she has a strong will, sharp wisdom and great courage. She is forced to battle against a harsh employer and a rigid social order. Yet she is never defeated. Standing on her feet, she gains her own happiness in the end.
请阅读以下读者的相关信息，然后匹配他/她感兴趣的书籍：Takumi doesn’t have much free time so he reads short stories which he can finish quickly. He likes reading stories about ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today’s world.
Terresha Houghs has read widely since she was in university. She can recite most of essays and poems she has read, especially poems from Leaves of Grass. She is fond of traditional themes in poetry and still keeps her habits of reciting poems.
Ali enjoys reading crime stories which are carefully written so that they hold his interest right to the end. He enjoys trying to guess who the criminal really is while he’s reading.
Lucy is a quiet girl who likes to read in a quiet corner in the library. Her favorite stories are those with characters brave enough to face and overcome difficulties in life.
Charlie, who attends college in the Midwest, majors in medicine. He is fond of reading stories about family and love, especially those related to his future career.
A. FREE AT LAST
The author, Matthew Hunt, who spent half of his life in jail for a crime he did not do, has written the moving story of his lengthy fight to be set free. Now out of prison, he has taken the advice of judge to describe his experience in the book.
Call Tom at 23233388. Free delivery for the book.
B. WANTED
A 3-bedroom apartment in the city center is for rent. Very comfortable home with great garden. Free parking. 49 bus stops directly outside the apartment.
Rent fee below $ 800 per month. Call Tony at 38363688
C. SINGLE CLUB
A club for singles who are looking for new friends.
Ages: 25-4 S
Activities: parties, meals, swimming, concerts, dances...
Time: We meet every Thursday at 8:30 p. m.
Address: 19 Jiangnan Road.
Tele: 34283488
D. SUNSHINE CLUB
Join us for a 10-mile country walk on Saturday, October 11th. Experienced guide offers some advice on how to keep fit.
Children and pets are welcome.
Meet at the No. I Super Market at 2 p. rn.
Call at 68484866
E. SUMMER JOB
Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? Do you want to develop your imagination? Do you have something special to share with the readers? Do you want to work for a magazine? Then come and work for us as a reporter.
Please call Laura at 55558888
F. GREEN TEAHOUSE
This teahouse is designed for couples--most of the tables are for two. And all the tables look different. Good music and excellent atmosphere. The food is a little expensive, but the service is the best. Free car parking.
Please call at 75658318 for reservation.
请阅读以下读者的相关信息，然后匹配他／她感兴趣的广告。Adam has just graduated from Beijing University recently, He would like to be a newspaperman.
Summer holiday is coming. Silvia is looking for a book. She likes reading true stories which people have written about themselves. She's particularly interested in people who have had unusual or difficult lives.
It is Mr. Brown and his wife's third wedding anniversary. He plans to invite his wife out to a romantic place to celebrate.
Anthony is on a business trip to Brighton. His wife and the five-year-old daughter are coming with him. They will stay there for 3 months. They figure it would be cheaper to rent a house than live in a hotel. They want to find a house with convenient transportation in the center of the city.
Susan is a famous dancer with attractive figure. She is putting on weight these days, though. She is anxious to take some efficient action.
Community Development Assistance: volunteer for community school assistance in Jaco, Costa Rica! Volunteer activities with this program range from: visiting local schools to conduct art or science activities, assisting with the mobile library project to provide library services to children in nearby towns.
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Association For Human Rights: through this project you’ll volunteer with an association for human rights, which advocates and educates on behalf of Costa Rican children and youth. The organization is to protect rights for all people, especially children and adolescents, who have been victims of violation of their fundamental rights.
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Enjoy volunteer in Wild Animal Rescue Center in the Amazon of Ecuador with ECO VOLUNTEER UP(Ecuadorian organization) low cost volunteer program, you will feed animals, taking care of them, cleaning cages, planting fruits and vegetable and different activities. Your experience will be the best of your life.
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Volunteers will be working in the school with the staff teaching in the school. They will be organizing homework, class arrangements, collecting and distributing books to students and making sure they are silent during class time. They will give assignments and mark, and help children to concentrate during lessons.
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English Volunteers for Change, is looking for volunteers ready to make a lasting impact in Costa Rica! Our program is unique as we provide free English classes where there is an immediate need to learn the language. Our volunteer teachers offer classes to children in rural communities, tourism communities, public schools, as well as organizaitons.
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Help save endangered sea turtles in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rita!
Volunteers will assist our scientists and researchers in: collecting data on population structure, genetic origin and in-water habitats of endangered sea turtles, hands-on experience in conservation efforts, environmental education and community projects.
阅读以下志愿者信息，然后匹配与上面相关的志愿者工作。Mrs. Gibson once worked in a kindergarten. She loves volunteer work and loves little kids, so she is looking for an assistant teacher to help teachers organize classes, correct students’ homework and so on.
Irene is an art student, who is fond of doing volunteer work. From time to time, she works in different communities. Now she just wants to assist in Jaco, Costa Rica, and do all kinds of jobs for school children.
Jane Wilton quit her job as a teacher three years ago after she gave birth to her son Simon. Now she would like to give classes to children in rural communities of public schools for free to have a lasting influence in Costa Rica.
Philip Austin is an active person and is chairman of the College Students’ Union. He thinks that he is keen on working for human rights, especially children and adolescents, who have been victims of violation
Eddy is always trying his best to help save endangered sea turtles in Osa Peninsula, Costa Pica, but now he would like to enjoy the experience of volunteer in Wild Animal Rescue Center in the Amazon of Ecuador.
首先，请阅读下列的应用文：
A. Chapter One. …you probably have an image in your mind of what the “perfect’ or “ideal” body looks like. Try not to press yourself to look that way. Each person is born with genes that control the shape of his/her body. Everyone is different. It’s important to be comfortable with the body you have.
B. Chapter Two. …You use energy for everything you do. That energy comes from the food you eat. Too much food or too little exercise causes your body to store the extra energy in fat cells. But, if you exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet, you’ll feel healthier and stronger not to mention look great.
C. Chapter Three. … Your body runs best on foods high in carbohydrates（碳水化合物） and low in fat and sugar. Eating a healthy diet will provide your body with everything it needs to run smoothly. Your body breaks down proteins into amino acids(氨基酸), so you don’t need to take in the amino acids separately.
D. Chapter Four. …Exercise does more than just burn calories. For instance, regular exercise makes your muscles strong and flexible, and increases the amount of muscle you have. It also makes your heart stronger and lowers your blood pressure; …
E. Chapter Five. …Always warm up and stretch for 5-10 minutes before you do strength or endurance exercises. Afterwards, take 10 minutes to cool down. Your heart should beat normally when you stop. Exercising with a group may help you to exercise regularly.
F. Chapter Six. …Supplementation of a mixture of essential amino acids will increase protein synthesis (蛋白质综合体). While supplementing with either carbohydrate or amino acids(氨基酸) may limit muscle damage and stimulate (激励) protein synthesis, there is increasing evidence that the combination can have an addictive effect.
以下是与上述章节相关的读者，请匹配读者和他/她需要了解的相关信息的所在章节。 Charity He always breathes heavily and his heart beats irregularly when he finishes his exercise. He wonders whether there is something wrong with his body or whether he is not suited for physical exercises.
Wander She likes eating meat a lot every day as she thinks that meat can provide people with energy. Besides, she does sports on weekends. However, she is not energetic enough to face the pressure.
Helly She has tried many ways of keeping fit, but she still gets fat because of stress from work. She doesn’t look well.
Tammy He is a Grade One college student majoring in gymnastics. He must write a passage about what a healthy body is.
Pandy He is a coach, working in a gym. He will start a new course next month on how to lose weight. For the first few lessons, he is going to talk about why people have to exercise.