山东省即墨市2014高考英语二轮阅读理解精英训练精品题（二）及答案.docVIP

山东省即墨市2014高考英语二轮阅读理解精英训练精品题（2）及答案 【山东省日照市2014高考英语一模试卷】B Clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory． Research suggests that balling up the right hand and squeezing it tightly actually makes it easier to memorize lists． Later, when it is time to get back the information，it is the left hand that should be clenched．It is thought the movements activate brain regions key to the storing and recall of memories． The American researchers suggest those who are short of a pen and paper should try the trick when attempting to remember a shopping list or phone number． In the study,volunteers were given a rubber ball and asked to squeeze it as hard as possible before trying to memorize a list of 72 words． They squeezed the ball again a couple of minutes later,ahead of recollecting as many of the words as possible． The first group of the volunteers used their right hand on both occasions，and the second group their left．The third group clenched their right fist ahead of memorizing and their left ahead of recall and the fourth did the opposite．The fifth group held the ball but did not squeeze it． Those who squeezed with their right hand，followed by their left，remembered the most words． The next best were the volunteers who made a fist with their right hand both times，while those who didn’t squeeze at all did better than those who led with their left． It is thought that the movement of clenching the right fist activates a brain region that is involved in storing memories，while squeezing the left hand awakens an area that is key to getting back information． Lead researcher Dr Ruth Propper said：‘The findings suggest that simple body movements—by temporarily changing the way the brain functions—Call improve memory．’ 46．What’s the writer’s purpose to write the passage? A．To make known the result of the experiment． B．To tell people memory depends mostly on their hands． C．To show the function of body’movements in memo