备战12月四级考试：阅读练习(3)

备战12月四级考试：阅读练习（3）

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak, For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语)as: “ Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract（对抗）your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If our energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam(鼓起干劲) and work better at your low point.

Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

31. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ______. A) he is a lazy person

B) he refuses to follow his own energy cycle C) he is not sure when his energy is low

D) he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening

32. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage? A) Unawareness of energy cycles.

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B) Familiar monologues.

C) A change in a family member’s energy cycle.

D) Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

33. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should _____.

A) change his energy cycle C) get up earlier than usual B) overcome his laziness D) go to bed earlier

34. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______. A) help to keep your energy for the day’s work B) help you to control your temper early in the day C) enable you to concentrate on your routine work D) keep your energy cycle under control all day

35. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A) Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy. B) Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day. C) Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle. D) Children have energy cycles, too.

根据以下文章回答31到35题。

你是否发现早上起床非常困难甚至非常痛苦？有人可能会说这是懒惰，但是Kleitman博士对此有一种新的解释。(35)他已经证明所有的人都有每天的精力周期。

当你全身心地投入工作的时候，你可能会说自己“热力十足”。事实确实如此。一天中你觉得精力最充沛的时候正是你的身体温度最高的时候。(31)(35)有些人精力最充沛的时刻在上午，而有些人的在下午或者晚上。人们还不知道这是为什么，但是这却使我们经常能听到这样的话：“起床了，John！你又要上班迟到了！”造成这种情况的原因可能是John的体温和精力的巅峰状态出现在晚上。(32)许多家庭的争吵止于夫妻双方意识到精力周期的含义和每一个家庭成员拥有什么样的精力周期。

你无法改变自己的精力周期，但你能学会使你的生活和它更相适应。(35)Kleitman博士相信养成习惯会有所帮助。也许你晚上很困倦但是又感觉必须熬夜。你可以通过习惯性的比平时晚睡一点的办法来对抗你的精力周期。(33)如果我们在早上没什么精神但又有重要的工作要做，那么就比平时早一些起床。这样做并不会改变你的精力周期，但会使你鼓起干劲，在精力处于低潮时工作得更好。

(34)(35)开始的时候慢慢来，这样能节省你的精力。悠闲地起床，打个呵欠，伸伸懒腰。在床沿坐上一会再下地；前一天晚上就要摆好干净衣服，以免早上麻烦。如果有可能，下午做些例行的工作，把需要耗费较多精力或者需要全神贯注的工作留到精力比较充沛的时候去做。

31．如果某人发现早起很困难，很可能是______________.

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A) 他是一个懒汉

B) 他拒绝遵从他自己的精力周期行事 C) 他拿不准什么时候他精神状态较差

D) 他的精力巅峰状态出现在下午或者晚上

32．根据本文，下面哪一个会导致家庭内的吵架？ A) 不了解精力周期

B) 常见的自言自语

C) 某一个家庭成员精力周期的变化 D) 控制其它家庭成员精力周期的尝试

33．如果一个人想在早晨他精力状态较差的情况下效率更高的工作，他应该__________。A) 改变他的精力周期 C) 比平时早一点起床 B) 克服他的懒惰 D) 早一点上床睡觉

34．建议您起床时打个呵欠并伸伸懒腰，因为这样将____________。 A) 有助于您保持精力做好一天的工作 B) 有助于您在早晨控制好脾气

C) 能使您集中精力做好例行的工作 D) 整天都能控制好您的精力周期

35．下面哪一个陈述是不正确的？

A) 用最少的精力开始工作有助于节省精力

B) Kleitman博士解释了不同的人在一天的不同时间达到精力的巅峰状态的原因 C) 习惯有助于使人们适应自己的精力周期 D) 孩子们也有精力周期

题目答案： DACAB

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