A team of US psychologists have found that talking to another person for ten min

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A team of US psychologists have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory. "Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exerci in boosting memory and intellectual performance," Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Rearch, said in a statement. In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3610 people, aged 24 to 96. They found 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, freinds and neighbors. In another experiment, the rearchers conducted lab tests on 76 college students, aged 18 to 21, to evaluate how social interactions and intellectual exercis affected the results of memory and mental 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 intellectual activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehension exerci and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group (对照组) watched a 10-minute clip (电源片段) of the Seinfeld television show. "We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes improved participants’ intellectual performance as much as engaging in so-called ’intellectual’ 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.小题1:The underlined word "boosting" in the cond paragraph can be replaced by ______.A．improvingB．decreasingC．preventingD．training小题2:Which is not included in social interaction?A．Having a talk with a neighbor.B．Attending a birthday party.C．Watching TV at home alone.D．Calling your classmates小题3:What’s the purpo of the experiment on 76 college students?A．To judge the effect of social interaction on memory and intelligence.B．To find out what is real social interaction.C．To learn how much time is needed for social interaction.D．To show the function of people’s cognition.小题4:Which of the following questions may be asked in the social interaction group in the experiment?A．What does the author want to show us?B．Do you like living in a big city or a small one?C．Which word can be ud to fill in the blank? D．What is the main idea of the cond paragraph?小题5:What’s the main idea of the passage?A．Intellectual exercis improve memory. B．Different people have different ways of communicationC．Communicating with others keeps you healthy.D．Social interaction makes you smart 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:A小题2:C小题3:A小题4:B小题5:D

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小题1:A有第一段talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory.可推断出。小题2:C有第四段第二句话Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives, freinds and neighbors.可知小题3:A由第五段第二行可知to evaluate how social interactions and intellectual exercis affected the results of memory and mental performance tests.小题4:B根据第六段the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests，可知至于B选项问题属于social issue。小题5:D根据第一段和第二段第一句话Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exerci in boosting memory and intellectual performance,"可知。

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