閱讀下面的短文， 并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題（請注意問題后的字數(shù)要求）
_[1]If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
[2]According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
[3]The researchers also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a second language.
[4]A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通兩種語言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
[5]Scans showed that grey matter density（密度）in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without___________________. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.
[6] “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
[7]It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
[8]Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
小題1:What is the best title for this passage? （no more than 10 words）
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小題2:Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Mastering two languages can broaden your views in the world and makes you clever.
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小題3:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words． （no more than 4 words）
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小題4:What does the word "they" Line2, Paragraph4） probably refer to? （no more than 5 words）
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小題5:What do you think of English learning after you read this passage?
（no more than 10 words）
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小題1:Learning a Second Language will improve your brainpower.
小題2:Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible.
小題3:(learning) a second language
小題4:A group of Britons.
小題5:Learning English can lead to an increase in our brainpower.

小題1:主旨題：從第一段的句子：Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?可知主旨是：學習外語有助于提高腦力： Learning a Second Language will improve your brainpower.
小題2:這兩句話的意思都是：掌握兩門外語可以讓你有更開闊的視野并使你大腦更靈活：Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible.
小題3:從前面的單詞bilinguals通兩種語言的人可知是和沒有(learning) a second language的人相比。
小題4:猜詞題：從第五段的句子：took a group of Britons可知是 A group of Britons.
小題5:讀完文章后我們可以得出結(jié)論：Learning English can lead to an increase in our brainpower.
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