内容正文:
Logical Connection
in Sentence-filling Reading
Part 1 Pre-class assignment
Keys: BABBCC
Text 1
2. Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. ____________
A. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.
B. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.
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Text 2
Both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries. ________________ In general, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men. One reason for this is biological.
A. However, women, on average, live longer.
B. Women are also helped by their female genes.
C. Therefore, women are more healthy than men and can live a better life.
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Text 3
Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers (肥料). ________. However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years.
A. It’s our experience of the garden that matters
B. Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants
C. For each of those gardens, write down the strongest memory you have
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Text 4
Have you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum (总和) of its parts? ____________ But it doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process.
A. Find a good place for your own garden.
B. You can produce that kind of magical qualit