专题08 概要写作（16区二模新题速递）-【好题汇编】2024年高考英语二模试题分类汇编（上海专用）

专题08 概要写作（16区二模新题速递） 目 录 2023·上海秋考·真题 2024·上海虹口·二模 2024·上海杨浦·二模 2024·上海宝山·二模 2024·上海浦东·二模 2024·上海奉贤·二模 2024·上海青浦·二模 2024·上海闵行·二模 2024·上海黄浦·二模 2024·上海金山·二模 2024·上海普陀·二模 2024·上海嘉定·二模 2024·上海徐汇·二模 2024·上海长宁·二模 2024·上海松江·二模 2024·上海崇明·二模 2024·上海静安·二模 2023·上海秋考·真题 IV.Summary Writing Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point( s)of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Teenagers should be pulled of the sofa For many years, scientists thought that the human brain was fully mature before the teen years. They thought that a person's brain growth was complete and the structure was more or less fixed by the age of 3. However, more recent research shows that although the brain reaches its maximum size between the ages of 12 and 14, brain development is not yet complete. The brain's functionally different sections communicate with each other through synapses- connections between nerve(神经)cells.Scientists have found that synapses grow or die away, depending on how much they are used to process information, The good news is that teenagers do have the potential, through choice and behavior , to shape their brain development. The brain automatically gets rid of the synapses that it doesn't need in order to make the remaining ones more efficient. During the time the brain is removing synapses , the cells and connections that are used survive, while the ones that are not used die away. For example , if a teenager is doing music , sports or academic studies, those are the cells and connections that will become part of the brain's operating system. But unfortunately, if he or she is lying on the sofa, watching TV and playing computer games, those are the brain cells and connections that will remain into adulth