山西重点中学协作体2015-2016学年高二下学期英语暑假作业6 Word版含答案.docVIP

山西重点中学协作体高二下学期英语暑假作业6 一、The woman tried _______ to push the man away when he tried to snatch the bag from her. A. consciously?????? ??? ? B. tightly ?????? ????????????? C. casually?????? ?????? ?????? D. desperately 5、The world economy has improved _______ since the end of last year，but major problems and challenges are not fully solved. A. somehow? ?? ????????????? B. somewhat???????????????? C. anyhow? ? ????????????? D. meanwhile 6、—Did your son go to dentist’s to have his bad tooth pulled out? —Yes, though _______. A. contentedly ? B. reluctantly ? ? ? C. earnestly ? ? ? ?D. controversially 二、阅读理解 7、任务型阅读 Our brain is probably the most important?organ?in our body. Its an incredibly complex thing that helps us think, speak, feel and move. Its no wonder we need to look after it and just like the rest of our body, we need to keep it exercised to keep it healthy. Our brain is made up of 86 billion?neurons?– or?nerve cells?– but as we get older some of these slowly die off. In extreme cases, nerve cells in different areas of the brain become damaged and eventually die causing a condition called?dementia?where a person is unable to perform certain?mental functions. Its a good idea to train our brain by learning ways to increase our memory or?intelligence. I like to stretch my brain by doing a?crossword?or a Sudoku puzzle. Theres also evidence that learning a second language can boost your brainpower. Dr Catherine Loveday, whos aneuropsychologist, thinks being?bilingual?is a protective factor for the brain because it involves a lot of switchings and that seems to exercise the sort of?executive?parts of our brain. Those parts of the brain are kind of stronger and fitter when it comes to?resisting?some kind of damage from a?stroke. But if youre not bilingual there are other ways to stretch your brain: If youre right handed, doing tasks like brushing your teeth with your left hand will improve your brain – or something I find very?challenging, memori