Day 3
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Crossword puzzles and exercise are just a few of the habits that improve memory best. But to 1. (true) give your brain a push, you might want to take a simple tip to heart-and it’s nothing you learned in school.
So far, researchers from Waterloo University in Canada 2. (discover) what may be the easiest way to improve your memory ever. Their research, recently 3. ( publish) in the journal Memory, suggests that reading out loud to yourself can increase your recall skills 4. up to 15%.
In the study, scientists asked 95 participants to test four 5. (method): reading, silently, hearing someone else read, reading aloud and listening to a recording of oneself reading. Their result? The people 6. read the information out loud showed the best retention(保持)rates—about 15% 7. (high) in learning speed, in fact. You may want to add these brain-boosting foods that can improve memory to your diet, too.
“Read 8. needs to be remember out loud, and you’ll remember it better. Yes, it’s shat simple!” psychologist and study co-author Colin Macleod said.
So next time when you ‘re preparing for a big exam, spend some time 9. (read) loud. Trust us. It might make you 10. Genius.
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Passage2
When police found Barely，19 years old，living in a tent，instead of a dormitory in Gordon State University，they were prepared to drive him away．
Then they heard his story．Barely 1._____________(plan)to walk to college 2.__________he couldn’t afford a bus ticket，but it would be too 3.____________ (tire)．So he rode six hours from his hometown on his little brother’s bike，4.___________ (carry)all his possessions—a bag，a tent，two bottles of water and a box of food—in order to start his second year 5._____________ a biology major．He arrived early to look for a job，but no luck．6. _______________ (touch)by his story，Officer Richard and his partner put Barely up at a motel with their own money．Word spread and soon people donated clothes；school supplies and money 7._____________(cover)the rest of his motel stay—he was even given a job．And then there was Casey，who started a GoFundMe page for Barely after8. __________(spend) time with him．“This kid，though weak in 9.____________(appear)，rode a bike for 6 hours in the hot weather．I thought that he is determined．”She wrote on her Facebook page．The fund reached $1 84，000，all of 10.____________________ went into an education trust for Barely．
Keys:
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1 truly 2 have discovered 3 published 4 by 5 methods 6 who/that 7 higher 8 what/whatever 9 reading 10 a
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1 had planned 2 because/since/as /for 3 tiring 4 carrying 5 as 6 touched 7 to cover 8spending 9 appearance 10 which
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