单选题 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 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 saying as: "Get up, John! You're 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 end 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. 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 work better at your low point.
Get off to slow start which saves your energy. When you get up, 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.

单选题 According to the new findings of Dr. Kleitman, if a person finds getting up early is difficult, most probably______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。peak翻译为“顶峰,最高点”。在第二段开始介绍每个人精力顶峰的时间段不同,因此一个人如果早上没有精神,起床觉得很难,我们就可以推断出这个人精力的顶峰是在下午或是晚上。所以根据题意应选D。
单选题 Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?______
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 推断题“Much family quarrelling end when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.(当他们意识到精力周期时争吵结束)”,以此可推断出他们争吵的开端是因为没有意识到精力周期的作用。所以根据题意应选A。
单选题 If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据“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”选择C。
单选题 You are advised to act slowly when you rise in the morning because it will______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据“Get off to slow start which saves your energy”选择A。
单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true? ______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] Dr. Kleitman说没有任何科学家能对人们精力顶峰出现的时间段的不同做出解释。所以根据题意应选B。