專四閱讀長難句小測（2）

　　1. With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.

　　2. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character.

　　3. Contraction of front and side parts as cells die off was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.

　　4. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns.

　　5. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.

　　參考答案：

　　1、在東京國立大學(xué)的同事們的幫助下，他開始對一千來自不同職業(yè)的人群進行了大腦體積的測量。

　　2、計算機技術(shù)幫助研究人員獲得人腦前部和側(cè)部的準確體積，這是與人的智能和情緒有關(guān)的部分，而且也決定人的性格特點。

　　3、有的人(大腦)前部和側(cè)部的收縮——隨著細胞的死亡——在三十多歲時就能被觀察到了，但是也有些人直到六七歲依然不明顯。

　　4、研究結(jié)果表明在農(nóng)村的人大腦收縮基本上比城市里的人要早。

　　5、在政府部門從事簡單重復(fù)工作的白領(lǐng)也像農(nóng)場工人、公共汽車司機和商店職員一樣大腦細胞容易收縮。