Fill in each of the 15 blanks In the passage with the most likely answer. Want to keep your mind healthy throughout your life 1 an instrument. A new study found that musicians 2 brains that function better than their peers well into old age. Researchers 3 the mental abilities of senior citizens and discovered that musicians performed better at a number of skills. In 4 , they excelled at visual memory tasks. 5 musicians had similar verbal capabilities to non-musicians, their ability to memorize new words was better, too. Perhaps most importantly, the musicians’ IQ 6 were higher overall than those who spent their lives listening to music 7 performing it. The experience of musicians also played a role in how 8 their minds were. The younger they began to play their instruments, the better their minds performed at the mental tasks. 9 , the total number of years they played instruments throughout their life 10 how strong their brains remained years later. A preliminary study of 70 older participants, with different musical experience over their lifetimes, provides a connection 11 musical activity and mental balance in old age. The results revealed 12 participants with at least 10 years of musical experience had better performance in nonverbal memory, naming, and executive processes in advanced age 13 non-musicians. The study also found that musicians who 14 in their spare time had even higher-functioning brain capabilities. This finding supports 15 recent study that reported people who walk regularly maintain healthier brains. With that in mind, perhaps joining a marching band will make you the smartest person at the retirement home in the future.
A. sharp
B. smart
C. wide
D. deep
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Every year we’re selling more than a 1,000 million worth of cars abroad. If we spend a few million greasing the palms of some of the buyers, who’s hurt
A. It is dangerous to offer bribes of a few million to some of our buyers.
B. It is harmless to bribe some of our buyers with a few million.
C. It is helpful to give a discount of a few million to our buyers.
D. It is useless to waste a few million as bribes to our buyers.
When I objected that I didn’t feel any aptitude for salesmanship, she asked how I’d like to lend her my leather belt so she could wrack some sense into me.
A. ...if I would like to get a good beating from her to become sensible
B. ...if I would like to he made clear-minded with her encouragement.
C. ...if I would like to understand her and give her full support.
D. ...if I would like to share with her those realistic ideas.
We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return-be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest.
A. We feel uneasy when we realize our time is being wasted...
B. We feel worried because time is passing and is gone forever...
C. We do things slowly when we realize that they are less rewarding...
D. We keep wasting time without realizing that lost time never retting...
Fill in each of the 15 blanks In the passage with the most likely answer. Want to keep your mind healthy throughout your life 1 an instrument. A new study found that musicians 2 brains that function better than their peers well into old age. Researchers 3 the mental abilities of senior citizens and discovered that musicians performed better at a number of skills. In 4 , they excelled at visual memory tasks. 5 musicians had similar verbal capabilities to non-musicians, their ability to memorize new words was better, too. Perhaps most importantly, the musicians’ IQ 6 were higher overall than those who spent their lives listening to music 7 performing it. The experience of musicians also played a role in how 8 their minds were. The younger they began to play their instruments, the better their minds performed at the mental tasks. 9 , the total number of years they played instruments throughout their life 10 how strong their brains remained years later. A preliminary study of 70 older participants, with different musical experience over their lifetimes, provides a connection 11 musical activity and mental balance in old age. The results revealed 12 participants with at least 10 years of musical experience had better performance in nonverbal memory, naming, and executive processes in advanced age 13 non-musicians. The study also found that musicians who 14 in their spare time had even higher-functioning brain capabilities. This finding supports 15 recent study that reported people who walk regularly maintain healthier brains. With that in mind, perhaps joining a marching band will make you the smartest person at the retirement home in the future.
A. But
B. While
C. As
D. Meanwhile