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Directions：this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Physical activity does the body good, and there’s growing evidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own, __26__ to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests. In a __27__ of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic __28__　, investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school, __29__ in the basic subjects of math, English and reading.

The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to __30__ on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study time. With standardized test scores in the U.S. __31__ in recent years, some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these findings show, exercise and academics may not be __32__ exclusive. Physical activity can improve blood __33__ to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are __34__ to learning. And exercise releases hormones that can improve __35__ and relieve stress, which can also help learning. So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they’re running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.

A)attendance
B)consequently
C)current
D)depressing
E)dropping
F)essential
G)feasible
H)flow
I)mood
J)mutually
K)particularly
L)performance
M)review
N)survive
O)tend

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26. O：句子少谓语，tend to do 有做某事倾向，通常如何。
27. M：in a review of 回顾，固定搭配。
28. L：前形容词，后需名词，意思是学业表现，学习成绩。
29. K：该句看似不缺成分，因此选副词，意思是尤其、特别地。
30. N：to do 构成不定式，意思是学校在较小的预算中努力生存。
31. E：with ... doing 根据后文意思，这里选择“降低、减少”含义的词语。
32. J：副词，彼此地，互相地。
33. H：improve blood flow to 促进血液流向
34. F：必不可少的
35. I：空前为动词，该处为名词，改善情绪。