【附答案】2017届山西省运城市稷山县中考英语阅读理解训练：8.docVIP

山西省运城市稷山县2017中考英语阅读理解精品训练8 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A team of US psychologists(心理学家)have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory. Socializing(交际)is just as useful as more traditional kinds of mental(脑力的) exercises in boosting memory and intellectual performance,” Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said in a statement. In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3610 people, aged 24 to 96. They find that the higher their level of social interaction(交流), the better their cognitive(认知的)functioning. Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives, friends and neighbors. In another experiment, the researchers conducted laboratory tests on 76 college students, aged 18 to 21, to evaluate(评估)how social interactions and mental exercises influenced the results of memory and intellectual performance tests. The students were divided into three groups: the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests; the mental activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehension exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group(对照组)watched a 10-minute film of the Seinfeld television show. We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes improved the students intellectual performance as much as working on so-called ‘mental activities for the same amount of time,” Ybarra said. The study was expected to be published in the February issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. ( )37. What does the underlined word “boosting in the second paragraph probably mean? A. Improving. B. Reducing. C. Preventing. D. Training. ( )38. Which is not included in social interaction? A. Having a talk with a neighbor. B. Attending a birthday party. C. Watching TV at home alo