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 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 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 and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn(呵欠) 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.
单选题 If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 第二段中倒数第二句说到“The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at this temperature-and-energy peak in the evening.”因此正确答案为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] 从文章第二段最后一句“Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.”可知,当夫妇知道了能量循环是怎么一回事的时候,吵架就会停止。因此可推测出选项A为正确答案。
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] 文章第三段第五句中说到“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.”其中“rise”即是选项C中的“get up”。故选C。
单选题 You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 文章第四段第一、二句说到“Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn(呵欠) and stretch.”前后两句并列,前句是原因。故选A。
单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 文章第二段第六句说到“No one has discovered why this is so”,可知,没有人知道这个现象,这与选项中的B正好矛盾,因此选B。