Secretaria de Educação do Distrito Federal 2022

Text for the items from 71 to 81.

1 ______ Studies have shown that people who utilise their

brains more through furthering their language tend to have

lower rates of dementia and memory problems later in life

4 __regardless of education levels, gender or occupation.

As more research is being done, it is increasingly apparent

that learning at least one more language can delay or stall

7 __the development process of Alzheimer’s and dementia. In

the past, studies have shown that people who are bilingual

show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia

10 __around 4.5 – 5 years later than people who speak just one

language. It has been suggested that this is due to bilingual

people having a greater cognitive reserve, meaning that the

13 __brain will be more resilient to the damage taking place from

Alzheimer’s.

Can learning language help prevent dementia?

Internet: <https://glasgowmemoryclinic.com> (adapted).

According to the text, judge the items from 71 to 81.

The term “stall” (line 6) could be correctly replaced with stop, without this changing the meaning of the text.