首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Bilingual(双语的)education in schools has long been a political hot potato—it was banned in California by a 1998 ballot measure, wh
Bilingual(双语的)education in schools has long been a political hot potato—it was banned in California by a 1998 ballot measure, wh
admin
2018-02-08
32
问题
Bilingual(双语的)education in schools has long been a political hot potato—it was banned in California by a 1998 ballot measure, which the state Senate is now asking voters to repeal. But politics aside, there’s an increasing amount of scientific support for the benefits of knowing at least two languages.
Now, a new study published by the Annals of Neurology finds that you don’t even need to learn that second(or third, or fourth)tongue at a very young age: Picking up a new language even a little later in life can have serious cognitive(认知的)benefits for the aging brain.
Many recent studies have pointed out that bilingualism seems to be good exercise for the brain and later in life might even help delay the onset of dementia. But what if it’s a self-selecting crowd? What if the people who learned two languages are just smarter to begin with? To help rule that factor out, researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland studied 853 people who first took an intelligence test in 1947 when they were about 11 years old as part of a group called the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936, and retested them again around 2008 to 2010, when they were in their early 70s.
A total of 262 of the seventy-year-old reported having learned at least one language other than English enough to communicate in it. Of those, 195 said they learned it before age 18: 65 said they learned it thereafter. The researchers gave the participants a battery of cognitive tests, including tests of their verbal reasoning, their vocabulary and reading abilities, their verbal fluency and their ability to process information quickly. They found that bilingual speakers performed much better than expected from their baseline cognitive ability, particularly in reading and in general intelligence. And those who knew three or more languages performed even better.
Learning a language seemed to make as much difference in people’ s later-in-life cognitive decline as a gene that’ s been tied to risk of Alzheimer’ s disease and smoking habits.
These participants mostly learned their second languages after age 11. The results actually make a very compelling point—you don’t have to be a fluent speaker of a language to get the benefits, and you can start later in life, too.
It can be concluded from the study that______.
选项
A、the bilingual speakers perform worse than those who only know one language
B、learning a language may have the risk of Alzheimer’ s disease or smoking habits
C、people have to speak a new language fluently in order to gain some benefits
D、people can start to learn a new language later in life and still get the benefits
答案
D
解析
推断题。短文最后一段末句指出The results actually make a very compelling point—you don’t have to be a fluent speaker of a language to get the benefits,and you can start later in life,too.即学习一门语言,你不必说得很流利,大脑也可以受益,并且,你完全可以晚一些再学习新的语言。故选项D正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xga7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、50.B、90.C、59.D、65.D细节题。由原文可知,在加勒比海地区桑迪造成至少65人死亡。所以正确答案为D。
Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveni
A、Shewasbelievedtobethelastsurvivorafterthebigshipsank.B、ShewasreportedtodieatherownhomeinEnglandonSund
A、Cheapclothes.B、Expensiveclothes.C、Fashionableclothes.D、Casualclothes.D四个选项的中心词是clothes,区别在前面的定语。注意到A与B相对,C与D相对。文中提到Ip
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepi
A、Heislateforclassestoooften.B、Hehasmissedtoomanyclasses.C、Hehasfailedintheexamagain.D、Heisatrouble-maker
HowPsychologyCanHelpthePlanetStayCool[A]"I’mnotconvincedit’sasbadastheexpertsmakeout...It’severyoneelse’sf
HowPsychologyCanHelpthePlanetStayCool[A]"I’mnotconvincedit’sasbadastheexpertsmakeout...It’severyoneelse’sf
Millionsofteenagersareindangerofputtingtheirhealthatriskbygettinghookedone-cigarettes,expertswarn.Leadinghea
ItisnotoftenrealizedthatwomenheldahighplaceinsouthernEuropeansocietiesinthe10thand11thcenturies.Asawife,
随机试题
A、药品不良反应B、新的药品不良反应C、A类不良反应D、D类不良反应E、迟现性不良反应由于药品本身的药理作用增强而发生的常用剂量或合并用药有关,多数能预测,发生率较高而死亡率较低的是(
治疗黄疸疫毒炽盛证,首选的方剂是
血浆渗透压的高低主要决定于
期初余额录入是将手工会计资料录入到计算机的过程之一。余额和累计发生额的录入要从()科目开始。
信托市场的主体即为信托当事人。信托当事人包括()。Ⅰ.信托关系人Ⅱ.信托委托人Ⅲ.信托受托人Ⅳ.信托受益人
“六一”儿童节,某海洋公园到检票时间有许多家长和儿童在门口等候,假定每分钟到的游客人数一样多。从开始检票到等候的队伍消失,若同时开3个检票口需40分钟,若同时开5个检票口需20分钟,那么同时开6个检票口需()分钟。
Inthelasttenyears,theInternethasopenedupincredibleamountsofinformationtoordinarycitizens.ButusingtheInternet
W:Theexperimenthasbeencompleted,hasn’tit?M:______
Today,mostcountriesintheworldhavecanals.Somecanals,suchastheSuezorthePanama,【C1】______shipsweeksoftimebymak
Inalittle-knownpartofthecounter-terrorismworld,oneofthemosteffectivedetectionsystemsisa600-poundanimal【C1】___
最新回复
(
0
)