Mental activities help save memory. Doing mental activities is helpful. Reading books and writing at any age may save memory, a new ____1__ finds.The study was conducted by some American neurologists（神经病学家）.It __2___294 people. They were given ___3___ on memory and thinking. They had the tests once a year for six years. They were also asked to talk about their mental activities during childhood, in their youth, during middle age and at their ___4___ age.Some of those people did mental activities both ___5___ and late in life. They had a slower ___6___ of decline in memory than the others. The others ___7___ did such activities. Their rate of decline in memory was 48%____8__. “Mental activities like reading and writing are great. They ___9___ bring benefits. We shouldn’t ___10____ their effects on our children, ourselves and our parents, ” said Robert Wilson, lead author of the study.
A.early
B.tests
C.seldom
D.taught
E.faster
F.produce
G.study
H.current
I.involved
J.neglect
K.rate
L.really
【正确答案】：1.G 2.I 3.B 4.H 5.A
6.K 7.C 8.E 9.L 10.J
【题目解析】：1.形容词new修饰名词，空格后的finds又证明用名词单数，答案从GK中选，根据上下文选G。
2.从空格前后的it和people来看，少谓语动词，再从前后的句子时态来看，用过去时，答案从DI中选择，根据上下文，合适的是I。
3.从空格前的give说明后面缺少名词宾语，（give sb sth给某人某物。）答案只有B。
4.形容词性物主代词their修饰名词，空格后age是名词，所以填形容词修饰名词， 形容词只有H。
5.and连接，前后词性一致，此处的late是副词，所以答案是副词，从ACL中选，A跟late成对面关系，选A。
6.空格前slower形容词比较级肯定修饰名词，答案是K。
7.根据空格前后的名词和动词，证明主谓完整，中间只可能填副词，答案是C。
8.此处要结合36题来理解，36题到了较慢的下降率，38所在句子的主语也是下降率，所以也需要用比较级来表示对比，答案是E。
9.空格前后主谓宾完整，中间只可能是副词，答案是L。
10.shouldn’t 情态动词后加动词原形，答案从FJ中选，根据上下文，答案是J （我们不能忽视他们对孩子的影响）。
