IfyouthinkEnglishmeansendlessnewwordsdifficultgrammarandsometimesstrangepronunciationyouarewrong.Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritish

　　IfyouthinkEnglishmeansendlessnewwordsdifficultgrammarandsometimesstrangepronunciationyouarewrong.Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?

　　AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritishuniversitylearningasecondlanguagecanleadtoanincreaseinyourbrainpower.Researchersfoundthatlearningotherlanguageschangesgreymatter.Thisistheareaofthebrainwhichprocessesinformation.Itissimilartothewaythatexercisebuildsmuscles.

　　Thestudyalsofoundtheearlierpeoplelearnasecondlanguagethegreatertheeffectis.

　　AteamledbyDr.AndreaMechellifromUniversityCollegeLondon(UCL)tookagroupofBritonswhoonlyspokeEnglish.Theywerecomparedwithagroupof“earlybilinguals(通两种语言的人)”whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffiveaswellasanumberoflaterlearners.

　　Scansshowedthatgreymatterdensityinthebrainwasgreaterinbilingualsthaninpeoplewithoutasecondlanguage.Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguagethesmallerthedifferencewas.

　　“Ourfindingssuggestthatthestructureofthebrainischangedbytheexperienceoflearningasecondlanguage”saidthescientists.

　　Itmeansthatthechangeitselfincreasestheabilitytolearn.

　　ProfessorDylanVaughanJonesoftheUniversityofWaleshasresearchedthelinkbetweenbilingualismandmathsskills.

　　“Havingtwolanguagesgivesyoutwowindowsontheworldandmakesthebrainmoreflexible”hesaid“Youareactuallygoingbeyondlanguageandhaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentideas.”

　　ThefindingswerematchedinastudyofnativeItalianspeakerswhohadlearnedEnglishasasecondlanguagebetweentheagesof2and34.Readingwritingandcomprehensionwerealltested.Theresultsshowedthattheearliertheystartedtolearnthebetter.“Studyingalanguagemeansyougetanentrancetoanotherworld”explainedthescientists.

　　1.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“greymatter”(inParagraph2)referto?

　　A.Greyhair.

　　B.Materialofthebrain.

　　C.Intelligence.

　　D.Difficultsituations.

　　2.Theexperienceoflearningasecondlanguagecan________.

　　A.changeone’sbraincompletely