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　　what if you were told there was a way you may strengthen your cognitive skills and heighten your intelligence, and all you had to do was learn to strike up basic conversations in another language?

　　it probably sounds great, because if you're like most you would love to be able to speak a second language. but then, you recall your experience in high school foreign language—boring rote memorization and long hours with little progress—and perhaps it doesn't sound so good any more.

　　but, what if you were told it would take only 10 days to be on your way to becoming bilingual? most people recognize the many benefits of learning a foreign language: you can travel to foreign countries and feel comfortable, be a more productive and enticing employee in today's competitive job market, and immerse yourself in the vast cultures that surround you.

　　but now, the collective evidence from a number of recent studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain's so-called executive function—a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems, and performing various other mentally demanding tasks.

　　these processes include the ability to ignore distractions to stay focused, switching attention willfully from one thing to another, and holding information in the mind—like remembering a sequence of directions while driving.

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　　16. according to the passage, which of the following may help you heighten your intelligence?

　　a. strengthen your cognitive skills.

　　b. improve your basic conversation.

　　c. begin to learn a foreign language.

　　d. talk with others as often as possible.

　　【答案】c。细节题。根据题干的关键词heighten your intelligence可定位到原文的第一段，what if you were told there was a way you may strengthen your cognitive skills and heighten your intelligence, and all you had to do was learn to strike up(交谈) basic conversations in another language?根据第二句话可知，“所有你需要做的就是用另外一种语言进行基本的对话交流”，即学习另外一种语言可以提高智力，所以答案选c。abd选项都不符合原文表述，排除。

　　17. you may have experienced all the following except ( ) while learning a foreign language in high school.

　　a. hard work with little progress

　　b. long hours of tiring learning

　　c. great pronunciation in a sudden

　　d. boring memorization

　　【答案】c。细节题。根据题干关键词high school定位原文，在文章的第二段第二行but then, you recall your experience in high school foreign language—boring rote memorization(对应d项) and long hours(对应b项) with little progress(对应a项)，只有c项没有提到，所以答案选c。

　　18. those learning a foreign language may ( ).

　　a. seem more productive in the job market

　　b. comfortably travel to foreign countries

　　c. get to know different cultures

　　d. all of the above

　　【答案】d。细节题。题干问的是“那些学习外语的人会怎么样”，即学习外语的好处有哪些。谈到学习外语带来的益处的内容是在原文的第三段和第四段，根据第三段的内容，most people recognize the many benefits of learning a foreign language: you can travel to foreign countries and feel comfortable(对应b项), be a more productive and enticing employee in today's competitive job market(对应a项), and immerse yourself in the vast cultures that surround you(对应c项)，所以abc都有提及，故答案选d。.

　　19. which of the following is not true about the brain's executive function?

　　a. it helps people stay focused.

　　b. it memorizes a sequence of directions.

　　c. it's a command system.

　　d. it directs the attention processes.

　　【答案】b。是非题。根据题干关键词brain's executive function可以定位到原文的第四段和第五段，brain's so-called executive function—a command system(对应c项) that directs the attention processes(对应d项)that we use for planning, solving problems, and performing various other mentally demanding tasks. these processes include the ability to ignore distractions to stay focused(对应a项), switching attention willfully from one thing to another, and holding information in the mind—like remembering a sequence of directions while driving. b项虽然在最后一句话中出现过，但是那只是作者为前面一句话做了类比，like(就好像是)，并不是executive function本身的内容，所以答案选b。

　　20. the passage is most likely ( ).

　　a. attracting readers to a new approach that will help them become bilingual in 10 days

　　b. introducing various ways of learning a foreign language

　　c. explaining the benefits of learning a foreign language

　　d. making readers pay attention to the importance of learning foreign language

　　【答案】a。主旨题。本题可以通过主体排除做出来，文段曾多次强调过become bilingual in 10 days，文段介绍学习语言的重要性也是为了让读者知道，既然外语学习这么重要，那么10天之内可以搞定一门外语就更能吸引读者，而且文段最后一句话want to know more about this amazing approach? click here，其实就为了吸引读者的眼球，所以答案选a。b项“学习外语的不同方法”，原文并没有详细提到;c项“解释学习外语的好处”不是作者写文章的根本目的，排除;d项同样突显不了作者最后一句话的意图，排除;故答案选a。

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