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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(高峰). For some people the peak comes before noon. 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 your 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.
小题1: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 |
A．Unawareness of ener gy cycles. | B．Familiar monologues. |
| C．A change in a family member"s energy cycle. | |
| D．Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members. |
| A．change his energy cycle | B．overcome his laziness |
| C．get up earlier than usual | D．go to bed earlier |
| 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．Habits help a person adapt to his own energy cycle. |
| D．Children have energy cycles, too. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
核心考点
试题【Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it"s painful? This might】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
One day a young man said to his good friend, "I can see that some day you will become great and rich." His friend laughed, "Ridiculous! How can you know that?" The first said, "Yes, I can see it from your forehead." The second one said, "Ok, if I become great and rich, I will give you 10,000 rupees." The first friend asked. "Really? If so, then write it down."
The second one really wrote it down. The first man kept the note, but he never took his friend seriously. The agreement was made as a joke. 10 or 12 years later, the friend did become rich and great, while the other remained poor. By that time both friends had separated and were leading their own lives. Even so, the poor friend still preserved the note, although he felt that since it was a joke, he would never receive the money.
Quite unexpectedly, the poor man fell seriously ill. Just before he died, he took out the agreement and called his son, who was only seven years old, "My son, there is something very precious that I have kept for you. After I die…you go to this man and show him what he has written."
Soon the man died. Their friendship had faded so much that the rich man did not even come to see him before he left this world. But after three or four weeks" time the son took the note to the rich man. The boy gave the rich man the note. The rich man read it and asked, "Did I write this?"
The boy said, “I do not know. My father asked me to give it to you before he died." The rich man summoned one of his secretaries and explained, "I promised this boy"s father many years ago that I would give him 10,000 rupees if I became rich and great. I have been rich for seven years; please calculate how much interest I have to give him in addition to the 10,000 rupees."
The secretary told him, "An additional 7,000 rupees, which makes it 17,000 altogether."
The rich man immediately issued a check for 17,000 rupees and gave it to the little boy, saying, "Take this directly to your mother.”
This is how a sincere man kept his promise.
56. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The first friend can know others’ future from his or her forehead.
B. The second friend couldn’t believe his friend’s words at first.
C. The first friend wished his friend to help his son after he died.
D. The second didn’t come to see his dying friend because of different life.
57. What do you think of the man who became rich later?
A. He had a bad memory.
B. He is very selfish and unwilling to help others.
C. He is mean with his money.
D. He is a man who keeps his promise.
58. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The poor friend preserved the note because he knew he would get the money sooner or later.
B. The man became rich 3 or 5 years later after he signed the agreement.
C. The rich man gave the boy 17,000 rupees altogether.
D. The little boy knew something about his father’s story.
请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意: 每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。
You might think body language is universal. After all, we"re the same species, right? But basics like what is considered a polite greeting and definitions of "personal space" vary widely from culture to culture. Americans, for instance, are considered rather reserved in the way they greet friends, and they define personal space more broadly than most other cultures. Knowing how another culture"s basic body language differs from yours may be of use next time you travel internationally.
Mind how you meet and greet. Americans and Canadians, male and female, tend to greet each other with a nice firm handshake. In Asian countries, the polite form of greeting is to bow, and the lower you bow, the deeper respect you have for the person you are bowing to. InSpain, Portugal, Italy and Eastern Europe, men kiss each other on the cheek.
Be careful about eye contact. In America, intermittent(断断续续的) eye contact is preferable in a conversation--unless it"s someone you care deeply for. In Middle Eastern countries, intense prolonged(持久的) eye contact is the norm, and the person you"re speaking with will move very close to you to maintain it. The Japanese, on the other hand, consider it an invasion of privacy, and rarely look another person in the eye.
Americans, in general, smile when they meet or greet someone. Koreans, however, think it"s rude for adults to smile in public--to them, smiling in public is a sign of embarrassment.
Don"t point. Most Americans think nothing of pointing at an object or another person. Native Americans consider it extremely rude to point with a finger, and instead they point with their chin. It"s also rude to point with a finger in China; the polite alternative is to use the whole hand, palm facing up.
Give the right amount of space. In Asian cultures, particularly China, the concept of personal space (generally defined in America as a three-to-four-foot circle for casual and business acquaintances) is nearly nonexistent. Strangers regularly touch bodies when standing in line for, say, movie tickets. People in Scandinavian countries, on the other hand, need more personal space than we do.
Title: How to (71)_______ Body Language in Different Cultures
| Items | In America | In some Asian countries |
| Meeting and greeting | Both male and female have a (72)_______ to greet each other with a nice firm handshake. | It’s polite for people to bow when they meet and greet. |
| Eye contact | People (73)_______ to make an intermittent eye contact in a conversation. | Considering intense prolonged eye contact unacceptable, Japanese won’t look another person in the eye. |
| Smiling | It’s normal for Americans to smile when they meet and greet. | In Korean, people seldom smile in public because it represents (74)_______. |
| Pointing | Most Americans often point at an object or another person (76)_______ native Americans. | Chinese always try to (75)_______ pointing with a finger because it’s a rude manner. |
| Personal space | Americans (77)_______ to keep a three-to-four-foot distance when they are with casual and business acquaintances. | It’s almost (78)_______ in China. |
| (79)_______ | People behave great differently in different culture and knowing the differences of body language may be (80)_______ when you travel abroad. | |
第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选取出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Nick sat in my classroom after school, five years ago, wanting help on a research paper that stood between him and graduation. An 1 student at the school, he felt much worried about his assignment.
Many 2 find themselves in the same position: A child feels lost with 3 and turns to you for help . Not wanting the child to 4 , some parents step in and take over. I could easily tell the 5 between a parent’s writing style and the sudent’s style on homework.
Parents often have purposes, but the result can be harmful. They’re cheating their kids out of the very 6 they want them to get Allowing children to master a skill 7 lifelong gains.
Some ways to help without hurting:
Be a model learner. If your child sees you _8_ papers, magazines or literature, he’ll be _9 motivated to learn.
Ask _10_ needs to be done, and look over completed assignments. This shows that you __11 them to do the work and consider it important enough to review.
If you’re _12 that he or she is falling behind , talk with the teacher about it ___13 doing the work yourself.
Nick made it through fine. I didn’t write her paper. Nor did his mother, instead, we guided him together. At_ 14_ , we are very happy to see him collect his diploma. But _15__ was prouder than Nick. He knew what he had done.
1.A.average B. excellent C. open-minded D. absent-minded
2.A.children B. teachers C. parents D. researchers
3.A.school B. homework C. research D. classroom
4.A.study B. graduate C. succeed D. fail
5.A.difference B. similarity C. comparison D. distance
6.A.homework B. purpose C. education D. school
7.A.results in B. comes from C. makes up D. takes over
8.A.writing B. reading C. collecting D. making
9.A.not B. more C. no longer D. much
10.A.who B. what C. why D. how
11.A.teach B. allow C. expect D. force
12.A.sure B anxious C. worried D. happy
13.A.rather than B. instead of C. except for D. as well as
14.A.classroom B. home C. graduation D. presentation
15.A.everyone B. someone C. anyone D. no one
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Your Genes, Your Future
How would you feel if someone gave you an envelope with a description of every one of your genes? Supposing this information could tell you what illnesses you were likely to get, or even what illness you might die of, would you open the envelope?
It"s a difficult question to answer. But the fact is that scientists have already begun to discover how certain genes influence us. And in the next decade, they will learn a lot more.
We have known for a long time that many of our physical characteristics are inherited. For example, our eye colour and certain diseases are decided by our genes. As long as you have a good diet, scientists can predict your height by looking at your parents" heights. And we now know that the need to wear glasses has a genetic cause. Our eating habits also appear to be decided by our genes!
With other characteristics, things are not so clear. Certainly, scientists have now shown that some traits are strongly influenced by our genes. Do you prefer getting up early or late? To a great extent, it"s your genes that decide, Do you enjoy dangerous sports such as car racing? There is a gene that influences how much excitement we need.
But with most psychological characteristics, scientists are learning that both our genes and our environment affect us. This is true of things such as how violent we are, and how well we get on with other people. So, even though scientists may soon be able to describe our genes in detail, it does not mean they will be able to predict our future with any real success.
Nonetheless, the fact is that scientists will be able to "read" our genes in the near future. This will create new problems. To give a few examples, insurance companies may not want to insure people whose genes predict certain illnesses. Employers may not want to employ people who have a gene for violence. One thing is already clear -- with these new developments, life is going to become even more complicated!
56. Which characteristics is mostly likely to be inherited?
A. Eye colour. B. Interest. C. Future. D. Ability.
57. What kind of problem will these new developments create?
A. You may die of a certain illness described in the envelope.
B. There will be an increased number of violent people.
C. People may take part in dangerous sports such as car racing.
D. Insurance companies may refuse to insure people with a gene for certain disease.
58. Why won’t scientists be able to tell us a lot about our future?
A. Because we’re affected not only by our genes but also by our environment.
B. Because scientists will not able to read our genes in the near future.
C. Because life in the future will be more complicated.
D. Because scientists can’t describe our genes in detail.
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago a John Hopkin’s professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums（平民窟）. 31 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 32 their background and environment. Then predict their 33 for the future.
The students, after 34 social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data, 35 that 90 percent of the boy would spend some time in 36 .
Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students was 37 the job of testing the 38 . They went back to the same area. Some of the boys— 39 men—were still there，a few had died，some had moved away， 40 they got in touch with 180 of the 41 200. They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to prison.
42 was it that these men，who had lived in a breeding place of crime，had such a 43 good record？ The researchers were continually told，“Well，there was a teacher…”
They pressed 44 ，and found that in 75 percent of the 45 it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher，now living in a home for retired 46 . How had she had this remarkable influence 47 that group of children？ Could she give them any reason why these boys 48 have remembered her？
“No，”she said.“No I really couldn’t.”And then, 49 back over the years，she said musingly，more to herself than to her 50 ，“I loved those boys…”
31．A．Take B．Elect C．Appoint D．Mention
32．A．learn B．inform C．study D．describe
33．A．careers B．statuses C．promises D．chances
34．A．checking B．closing C．storing D．trying
35．A．drew B．concluded C．decided D．confirmed
36．A．hospital B．prison C．camp D．court
37．A．offered B．provided C．given D．served
38．A．result B．accuracy C．effect D．prediction
39．A．by then B．so far C．as usual D．soon after
40．A．and B．so C．but D．then
41．A．exact B．considerable C．mere D．original
42．A．What B．When C．Why D．Where
43．A．surprisingly B．relatively C．similarly D．undoubtedly
44．A．deeper B．further C．higher D．wider
45．A．cases B．samples C．affairs D．examples
46．A．workers B．teachers C．professors D．guards
47．A．against B．versus C．over D．through
48．A．would B．should C．might D．could
49．A．calling B．going C．thinking D．remembering
50．A．students B．relatives C．roommates D．questioners
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