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_[1]If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
[2]According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
[3]The researchers also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a second language.
[4]A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
[5]Scans showed that grey matter density（密度）in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without___________________. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.
[6] “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
[7]It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
[8]Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
小题1:What is the best title for this passage? （no more than 10 words）
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小题2:Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Mastering two languages can broaden your views in the world and makes you clever.
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小题3:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words． （no more than 4 words）
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小题4:What does the word "they" Line2, Paragraph4） probably refer to? （no more than 5 words）
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小题5:What do you think of English learning after you read this passage?
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答案

小题1:Learning a Second Language will improve your brainpower.
小题2:Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible.
小题3:(learning) a second language
小题4:A group of Britons.
小题5:Learning English can lead to an increase in our brainpower.

解析

小题1:主旨题：从第一段的句子：Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?可知主旨是：学习外语有助于提高脑力： Learning a Second Language will improve your brainpower.
小题2:这两句话的意思都是：掌握两门外语可以让你有更开阔的视野并使你大脑更灵活：Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible.
小题3:从前面的单词bilinguals通两种语言的人可知是和没有(learning) a second language的人相比。
小题4:猜词题：从第五段的句子：took a group of Britons可知是 A group of Britons.
小题5:读完文章后我们可以得出结论：Learning English can lead to an increase in our brainpower.