If you're among the 24 million
Americans who work from dusk to dawn, don't underestimate the physical and
emotional costs of punching the clock in the dark. Compared with
day workers, night workers are five times more likely to get stomach diseases,
twice as likely to smoke cigarettes or use stimulants, and at higher risk for
high blood pressure, heart. attack, and breast cancer. And if you have kids,
your divorce risk is three to six times higher than normal.
"You're out of sync with everything and everybody," says Acacia Aguirre,
MD, PhD, author of an eye-opening new report. Your biological clock is thrown
off, too. How to survive: "A healthy lifestyle matters even more," Aguirre says.
"Exercise, limit coffee, and fit in 7 to 8 hours of sleep per
day."
单选题
What does it mean by "punching the clock" (Line 2, Para.1)?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[名师精解] 从“punching the clock in the dark”可以推测出意思。既然前面和后面都在谈白班工人和夜班工人，因此，punching the clock in the dark 肯定指夜间工作。
[解题秘籍] punching the clock是个比喻。
单选题
According to the text, night workers are more likely to ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[名师精解] 文章的第二段的第一句：Compared with day workers，night workers are five times more likely to get stomach diseases，与白班工人比，夜班工人得胃病的概率要高出五倍。
[解题秘籍] more likely to “更有可能”的意思。
单选题
Which of the following suggestions is made by Aguirre?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在最后一段：Aguirre says，“Exercise，limit coffee，and fit in 7 to 8 hours of sleep per day.”
[解题秘籍] 注意fit in 的意思，指每天“安排”七到八个小时的睡眠。