Question

Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.

By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic (邏輯) behind what you think, feel, or only partly understand. Often, explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power.”

Try this experiment. Explain how you’ll increase your brain power, even if you have no idea how right now. Just start with anything, and create an explanation. For example, start with “I’ll learn chess,” or “I’ll read an article on the mind every week.” Explain how that will help. You’ll be surprised how often this becomes a workable plan, and if you actually do this, you’ll have a better understanding of your brain twenty minutes from now.

Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but if you keep a journal of your ideas the next time you’re working on a big project, you’ll probably have more success.

Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it, and you will understand it better. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem, why you want to solve it, and why it is worth solving, and you’re half-way there.

Writers don’t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often, they write about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A. A Way on How to Write

B. Increase Your Brain Power through Writing

C. Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing

D. How to Start Your Writing

2.If a writer writes something, it means that he or she _______.

A. has understood it very well

B. needs to understand it better

C. wants to remember it in his or her mind

D. is exercising his or her “explain power”

3.The underlined sentence “you’re half-way there” in the fifth paragraph implies that ______.

A. you are already successful

B. you still need to work hard

C. writing can help you walk half way

D. you have been on the way to success

4.What’s the main purpose of the writer writing the text?

A. To advise readers to start their writing.

B. To explain the importance of writing.

C. To persuade readers to become writers.

D. To increase readers’ brain power.

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文主要是建議讀者去寫作，介紹了寫作的好處，可以把你自己的一些想法理解得更加清晰，更加透徹，從而進(jìn)一步提高你的大腦思維能力

1.B主旨標(biāo)題。本文主要是講了通過寫作，可以把你自己的一些想法理解得更加清晰，更加透徹，從而進(jìn)一步提高你的大腦思維能力。選項(xiàng)B概括了本文的主旨

2.B推理判斷題。文章第四段but if you are learning something new，write a letter to a friend about it，and you will understand it better.主要是說寫作能夠幫助你去理解一個(gè)話題，幫助你解決一些問題，故選B項(xiàng)。

3.D猜詞題：從第四段的句子：Write an explanation of the problem—why you want to solve it，and why it is worth solving，如果寫出對(duì)于問題的解釋，那么就等于解決了問題的一半，解決問題的一半就是說你就快要成功了，故選D項(xiàng)。

4.A推理判斷題。本篇文章通過敘述寫作的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，說明其重要性，但是，所有這些都是為了勸說讀者進(jìn)行寫作所進(jìn)行的鋪墊，特別是文章的最后一段的最后一句，更是點(diǎn)名了本篇文章真實(shí)目的，故選A項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：日常生活類閱讀。