[简答题]A photograph that made me look worse than the Ruins of Athens was published by Time together with a line from William Blake: "The lineaments of gratified desire." Nowhere in the novel Time was reviewing had I so much as hinted that my face, with its lineaments, was anything like the faces Blake had in mind (faces of prostitutes, as his text explicitly tells us). But there was my dreary, sullen, tired, and aging mug. I was brought low by Blake’s blazing words. But it is the prerogative (特权) of the mass media to bring you down when they think that you have gotten ahead of yourself—when they suspect you of flying too high.

[简答题]The home-made machine is superior than the imported one in many aspects.

[简答题]No one made more profit in that transaction than him.

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W: You look like your father more than your mother.
M: I Prefer to look like my mother.

What does the man mean（）。
A. He thinks his mother looks better than his father does.
B. He thinks his father looks better than his mother does.
C. He loves his mother more than his father.

[填空题]My sister is two years (young)（）than me.

[单项选择]Chemistry is ______ than physics for me.
A. easy
B. easier
C. more easy

[填空题]A word of encouragement might have made me respect rather than (hate) ______ him.

[单项选择]Because there are fewer short than medium-sized men, a suit made to their measurements is less likely to find a buyer, and is knocked down ______.
A. accordingly
B. absolutely
C. undoubtedly
D. evidently

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Any brain exercise is better than being a total mental couch potato. But the activities with the most  (1)  are those that require you to work beyond what is easy and comfortable. Playing  (2)  rounds of games and watching the latest documentary marathon on the History Channel may not be enough. Just as your muscles grow stronger with use, mental exercise keeps your mental skills and memory in tone. But what kind of exercise is best for the brain ？ Here are some suggestions.
Be a lifelong learner. Continuing to learn new things can build and  (3)  the connections between brain cells.
(4)  your brain. Think of all mental activities as a continuous whole. Watching a TV documentary would be on the passive, mildly challenging end of the  (5) , while learning how to converse in a new language would be on the active, very challenging end. When it comes to cognitive reserve,  (6) 
A. endless
B. isolation
C. maintain
D. spectrum
E. evidently
F. navigate
G. timid
H. frantic
I. mentally
J. diverse
K. impact
L. deprive
M. alternative
N. excursion