Passage11Likethebody,thememoryimproveswithuse.Unlikethebody,thememorycanimprovewithage.Formanyyears,doctorshavebeenstudyingthewaythebrainworks.Weallknowthatthebrainhastwosides,theleftandtheright.Therightsidecont

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　　Likethebody,thememoryimproveswithuse.Unlikethebody,thememorycanimprovewithage.

　　Formanyyears,doctorshavebeenstudyingthewaythebrainworks.Weallknowthatthebrainhastwosides,theleftandtheright.Therightsidecontrolsthesense(seeing,hearing,feeling,tastingandsmelling),andisthecreativeandimaginativeside.Theleftsideofthebraincontrolsourlogicalthinking.Itprocessestheinformationwhichcomesin,andputsintoorder.Wecalltheleftsidethe“educated”sideofbrainandgenerally,inwesternsocieties,peoplehavedevelopedthissideofbrainmorethantherightside.

　　Scientistsbelievethatourbrainwillworkmuchmoreefficientlyifboththerightsideandtheleftsidearedevelopedequally.Inmanyschoolstoday,teacherstrytoeducatethechildreninsuchawaythatbothsidesofthebrainareused.Thiscanbedonewithlogicalsubjectsincludingmathematicsandscienceaswellaswithcreativesubjectssuchasartandliterature.Theresultachievedbystudentswhoareeducatedinthiswayisusuallybetterthantheresultofstudentswhoareeducatedinamoretraditionalway.Traditionalteachingtendstoexercisetheleftsideofthebrainwithoutpayingverymuchattentiontothedevelopmentoftherightside.

　　GreatthinkerssuchasBertrandRussell,thephilosopher,andAlbertEinstein,thescientist,usedtheirbrainsnotonlyintheirwork,butalsoincreativeandimaginativeactivities.Itwasbecauseoftheirmanydifferentinterestsinlifethattheywereabletoachievethefulldevelopmentofbothsidesoftheirbrains.

　　AslongasEinsteinandRusselllived,theirbrainsfunctionedefficiently.Itwastheirbodies,finally,whichcouldnotgoonanylonger.

　　1.Thebodyimproves_____.

　　A.withageB.withuseC.withmemoryD.withdevelopment

　　2.Theleftsideofthebraincontrols_____.

　　A.thesenseB.therightsideC.logicalthinkingD.theaction

　　3.Therightsideofthebrain_____.

　　A.processesandputsintoordertheinformationwhichcomesin

　　B.isusuallybetterdevelopedthantheleftsideinwesternsociety

　　C.isusuallynotaswelldevelopedastheleftsideinwesternsociety

　　D.isusuallydevelopedaswe