2024届高考三轮冲刺英语作业考试化40分钟卷系列之真题及最新模拟题 完形填空 59

【2024届高考】英语作业考试化40分钟卷系列之 真题及最新模拟题 完形填空 59 班级：_________ 姓名：_________________ 分数：___________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A （2024·上海黄浦·二模）My father decided to start learning French when he was 57. On the surface, his retirement hobby seems a little random — our family has no connection to French-speaking countries — but his 1 ran deeper than a passion for cakes. My grandmother developed signs of Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔兹海默症) in her early 70s, and studies suggest that being bilingual, that is, being able to speak two languages equally well, can 2 the start of the condition by up to five years. Drawn by that 3 benefit, many people have attempted to pick up a new language in adulthood. Lots of activities are linked to better brain health in old age, like getting more education when you’re younger and physical activity. Experts say regularly speaking multiple languages may be especially 4 though. “We use language in all aspects of daily life, so a bilingual brain is 5 working,” said Mark Antoniou, a professor at Western Sydney University who specializes in bilingualism. The age at which you learn another language appears to be less important than how 6 you speak it. The cognitive (认知的) benefit is from having to 7 your mother tongue, which your brain is forced to do if you’re trying to recall the right words in another language. So if the second language is used a lot, you’re getting that cognitive 8 . That process is called cognitive inhibition.