2021年管理类联考英语练习（5）
来源：北京学苑教育
（适用于管理类联考：工商管理硕士MBA；会计硕士MPACC；公共管理硕士MPA；工程管理硕士MEM；审计硕士MAud；旅游管理硕士MTA；图书情报硕士MLIS备考使用）
Use of English
Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memory，right ? Dana Denis is just 40 years old，but 1 she's worried about what she calls' my rolling mental blackouts." "I try to remember something and I just blank out，"she says you may 2 about these lapses，calling them " senior moments "or blaming "early Alzheimer's (老年痴呆症)．"Is it an inescapable fact that the older you get，the 3 you remember Well, sort of．But as time goes by, we tend to blame age 4 problems that are not necessarily age-related．
"When a teenager can't find her keys，she thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized，"says Paul Gold．"A 70-year-old blames her 5 ．"In fact，the 70-year-old may have been 6 things for decades．
In healthy people，memory doesn't worsen as 7 as many of us think．"As we 8 ，the memory mechanism isn't 9 ，"says psychologist Fergus Craik．"It's just inefficient．"
The brain's processing 10 slows down over the years，though no one knows exactly 11 . Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and 12 there's less activity in the brain．But，cautions Barry Gordon，"It's not clear that less activity is 13 ．A beginning athlete is winded（气喘吁吁）more easily than a 14 athlete．In the same way, 15 the brain gets more skilled at a task，it expends less energy on it."
There are 16 you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory gears，though it 17 effort．Margaret Sewell says："We're a quick-fix culture, but you have to 18 to keep your brain 19 shape．It's like having a good body．You Can't go to the gym once a year 20 expect to stay in top form."
1．A. almost B. seldom C. already D. never
2．A. joke B. laugh C. blame D. criticize
3．A. much B. little C. more D. less
4．A. since B. for C. by D. because
5．A. memory B. mind C. trouble D. health
6．A. disorganizing B. misplacing C. putting D. finding
7．A. swiftly B. frequently C. timely D. quickly
8．A．mature B. advance C. age D. grow
9．A. broken B. poor C. perfect D. working
10．A. pattern B. time C. space D. information
11．A . why B. how C. what D. when
12．A. since B. hence C. that D. although
13．A. irregular B. better C. normal D. worse
14．A. famous B. senior C. popular D. trained
15．A. as B. till C. though D. yet
16．A. stages B. steps C. advantages D. purposes
17．A. makes B. takes C. does D. spends
18．A. rest B. come C. work D. study
19．A. to B. for C. on D. in
20．A. so B. or C. and D. if
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