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　　If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result, we are growing old unnecessarily soon.

　　Professor Tai Du Matsuzsws wanted to find out why some bodily healthy farmers soon lost ability to think and reason and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down.

　　With a team of researchers he set about measuring brain volumes(腦量)of a thousand people of different ages whth different jobs.

　　Computers helps the researchers to get most exact measurement of the volume of the front and side parts of the brain which have something to do with intellects(智力)and feelings and decide the human character. The back part of the brain which controls tasks like eating and breathing, doesn't contract(萎縮)with the age.

　　Contraction of front and side parts as cells die off, was seen in some people in their thirties, but it was still not found in some 60 and 70-year-olds.

　　The professor concluded that there is a simple way to prevent contractionusing the head.

　　The findings show that contraction of the brain begin sooner in people in the country than in the town.

1. Which parts of the brain have something to do with intellect?

[　　]

A. The front and back parts.

B. The front and side parts.

C. The back part.

D. All parts.

2. Which part of the brain doesn't contract with your age?

[　　]

A. The front part.

B. The side part.

C. The back part.

D. All the above.

3. If you want to stay young, you should __________.

[　　]

A. sit down and have a rest every day

B. do housework

C. sheep well

D. use your head often

4. _________ have the least brain contractions.

[　　]

A. Workers　　　B. Farmers　　　C. Women　　　D. Professors

5. Which is the best title of this passage?

[　　]

A. How to Stay Young

B. Computers and Researchers

C. The Speed of Getting Old

D. How to Use Your Head

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