【DrinkingwineinmoderationimprovestheIQandmayboostmentalagilityinoldpeople,accordingtoJapaneseresearchers.AstudyoftheeffectsofalcoholonthemiddleagedandelderlyfoundtheaverageIQofmenwhodrinkwine(whethermadefr】
DrinkingwineinmoderationimprovestheIQandmayboostmentalagilityinoldpeople,accordingtoJapaneseresearchers.
AstudyoftheeffectsofalcoholonthemiddleagedandelderlyfoundtheaverageIQofmenwhodrinkwine(whethermadefromgrapesorrice)was3.3pointshigherthanthatofmenwhodonotimbibe.
Similarly,theIQofwomendrinkersshowedanimprovementof2.5pointsovertheirteetotalsisters.ThefindingsarepartofanongoingstudybyJapan’sNationalInstituteforLongevityintothelinksbetweenhumanintelligenceandwhatweeatanddrink.
Thetestsmeasuredgeneralknowledge,powersofjudgmentandconcentrationindrinkersandnon-drinkersover40,alllivinginAichiprefecture,centralJapan,andsharingthesameincomelevel-roughly￡50000ayear—andeducationalbackground.Allwereuniversitygraduates.
Butwhilewine-drinkersappearedtobebrighter,thesamewasnottrueofthosewhodrankdeer,shochu(alocalgin)andwhisky.
“Thebenefitsofwineandsake(ricewine)inraisingIQcouldbeduetosubstancestheycontain,suchaspolyphenol,whicharebelievedtoslowtheageingprocess,”HiroshiShimokata,headofepidemiologyresearch,said.
Itwasprematuretoconclude,headded,thatdrinkingwineorsakeslowedthedeteriorationofbrainfunctionsintheelderly,orwardedoffsenility.Theresearchdoes,however,suggestthatthisisonewaytostaymentallyalertlonger.
Butthereisasoberingcaveat:drinkingtoomuchmaymakeyoudimmer.“Peoplewhodrinkmorethan540milli-litres(alittleoverapint)ofsakeorwineadayhadlowerintelligencequotientsthanthosewhodidnotdrinkatall,”HiroshiShimokatasaid.“Moderationisveryimportant.”
小题1:Whichoneisthetopicofthepassage?A．DrinkingwineinalargeamountimprovestheIQofoldpeople.B．DrinkingwineinareasonableamountraisestheIQofoldpeople.C．Drinkingwineinmoderationdoesgoodtoanyone.D．DrinkingwinehelpsimprovetheIQofwomen.小题2:Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTwrong?A．Everywinedrinker’sIQis3.3pointshigherthanthatofmenwhodon’tdrink.B．TheIQofwomendri
