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