IfEnglishmeansendlessnewwords，difficultgramrnarandsometimesstrangepronunciation，youarewrong．Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritishuni|小学英语问答-字典翻译问答网

IfEnglishmeansendlessnewwords，difficultgramrnarandsometimesstrangepronunciation，youarewrong．Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritishuni

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IfEnglishmeansendlessnewwords，difficultgramrnarandsometimesstrangepronunciation，youarewrong．Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?

AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritishuniversity，learningasecondlanguagecanleadtoanincreaseinyourbrainpower，Researchersfoundthatlearningotherlanguageschangesgreymatter．Thisistheareaofthebrainwhichprocessesinformation．Itissimilartothewaythatexercisebuildsmuscles．

Thestudyalsofoundtheeffectisgreater，theyoungerpeoplelearnasecondlanguage.

AteamledbyDrAndreaMechelli，fromUniversityCollegeLondon，tookagroupofBritonswhoonlyspokeEnglish．Theywerecomparedwithagoupof“earlybilinguals．’’whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive，aswellasanumberoflaterlearners．

Scansshowedthatgreymatterdensity(密度)inthebrainwasgreaterinbilingualsthaninpeoplewithoutasecondlanguage．Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguage，thesmallerthedifference.

“Ourfindingssuggestthatthestructureofthebrainischangedbytheexperienceoflearningasecondlanguage，”saidthescientists.

Itmeansthatthechangeitselfincreasestheabilitytolearn．

ProfessorDylanVaughanJonesoftheUniversityofWaleshasresearchedthelinkbetweenbilingualismandmathsskills.‘‘Havingtwolanguagesgivesyoutwowindowsontheworldandmakesthebrainmoreflexible，”hesaid．“Youareactuallygoingbeyondlanguageandhaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentideas．”

ThefindingswerematchedinastudyofnativeItalianspeakerswhohadlearnedEnglishasasecondlanguagebetweentheagesof2and34.Reading，writing，andcomprehensionwerealltested．Theresultsshowed，thattheyoungertheystartedtolearn，thebetter．“Studyingalanguagemeansyougetanentrancetoanotherworld，’’explainedthescientists．

小题1:Themainsubjecttalkedaboutinthispassageis A．languagecanhelpbrainpowerB．man'sabilityoflearningasecondlanguageC．scienceonlearningasecondlanguageD．languagelearningandmathsstudy小题2:Int

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　　小题1:A小题2:B小题3:A小题4:C小题5:D 　　分析：　　文章讲述的正是学习另外一门语言可以让人更加聪明，可帮助提升脑力。小题1:主旨大意题。从第一段的句子：Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?可知文章讲述的正是学习另外一门语言可以让人更加聪明，可帮助提升脑力。选A。小题2:推理题。从第二段的句子：learningasecondlanguagecanleadtoanincreaseinyourbrainpower，Researchersfoundthatlearningotherlanguageschangesgreymatter．Thisistheareaofthebrainwhichprocessesinformation．可知作者提到锻炼，说明使读者相信语言学习可以增强肌肉，而学习外语可以提高智力，故B正确。小题3:猜测词义题。根据划线词的下文可知这里的bilingual是指whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive可知他是能讲两种语言的人，故A正确。小题4:推理题。根据文章第五段Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguagethesmallerthedifference.可知越早学习一门外语，灰白质的密度越高，C正确。小题5:细节题：从文章最后一段的句子：Theresultsshowed，thattheyoungertheystartedtolearn，thebetter．“Studyingalanguagemeansyougetanentrancetoanotherworld，’’explainedthescientists．可知作者想要告诉我们早期学习一门外语对其他科目的学习也是有好处的。选D。