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If you are a sleep deprived(被剥夺) teacher, you may not be aware of the term woodpeckering(啄木鸟式点头), but you’ve probably done it. It happens the day following a bad night’s sleep. You’re sitting in a long meeting and you can barely keep your eyes open, so you support your head up with your hand. Next thing you know, you are moving your sleeping head back to its upright position. Do this a few times and you are woodpeckering.

I thought I knew sleep deprivation when I did my medical internship(实习) in hospital. That year I frequently went 36 hours with no sleep. When I finished my stay in neurology(神经内科), I welcomed the promise of full nights of sleep ever after. It went pretty well for the next 10 years until I became a school teacher and experienced a whole new level of sleep deprivation.

Teachers’ working hours go far beyond the 8 am to 5 pm schedule of kids in school. There are hours spent at staff meetings, correcting homework, preparing for the next day- and then there is the worrying. What I did in a hospital emergency room required no more intensive mental energy than what is need to keep 30 kids attentive enough to learn what I was teacher.

Good teachers are like magicians keeping a dozen balls in the air to come at right time, with alarm set for 6 am to finish grading papers, memories of the day that’s gone- including the students who didn’t understand something, forgot their lunch or were embarrassed by wrong answers. All these will become sleep-resistant barriers. And also with some financial stress, you’ll have a cycle of insomnia(失眠) with unwelcome consequences.

With inadequate sleep comes irritability(易怒), forgetfulness, lower tolerance of even minor annoyances, and less efficient organization and planning. These are the very mental useless that teachers need to meet the challenges of the next day. In wanting to do a better job the next day, the brain keeps bringing up the worries that deny the rest it needs.

1.After a bad night’s sleep, usually the direct effect for the next day is to ______.

A. keep one’s eyes open all the time

B. move head back and forth

C. raise one’s head in upright position

D. keep nodding like a woodpecker

2.The writer’s new level of sleep deprivation began since he _____.

A. did his medical internship in hospital

B. began to teach in a school

C. left hospital ten years ago

D. went 36 hours with no sleep

3.From paragraph 3 we can infer that ____.

A. teachers’ work is comfortable

B. correcting homework needs less time

C. working in hospital is even tougher

D. teaching needs more mental energy

4. Good teachers’ sleep problems are mainly due to the _____.

A. common sleep-resistant barriers

B. embarrassment for wrong answers

C. diligence and devotion to teaching

D. misunderstanding of their students

5. What does the writer really want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. Unfavorable effects of inadequate sleep are various

B. Lay down worries and sleep well first for the next day.

C. Teachers should often practice mental muscles.

D. Better job has nothing to do with inadequate sleep.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

For many, just taking part in a single marathon is the achievement of a lifetime. But for Julie Weiss, it has become a __________ routine. She has run 12 marathons once a week-for the past year in memory of her dad who _________ just 35 days after he was _________v with pancreatic cancer(胰腺癌). When Julie Weiss lost her father in 2010, she was _________ to find the research for pancreatic cancer is so short of fund. “ It made me feel _________ .” she said, “I knew I had to do something.”

So this marathon queen, _________ she calls herself, did what she did best; she went running. Having completed 25 marathons during the _________ two years, Julie now vowed(发誓) to run 12 marathons in 12 weeks in _________ of her father. After asking people to _________ money for each marathon, she _________ a website, marathon goddess, com, to collect money for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network(PANCAN), a nonprofit organization. Julie began her incredible _________ with a marathon is Rome and then entered a race every _________in some city across North America. _________ leaving work at 5p.m.on Friday she would be ready to begin the next race, before she _________ home to California on Sunday. Julie finished her 1,362.4-mile journey in March 2013, _________ more than $ 200,000 in the process for PANCAN.

While running, she stuck to a strict training schedule. “My body’s getting used to this. I’m changing my diet, becoming more healthy and learning to run more _________ .” she said. When her muscles began to _________, she kept her _________ in mind. “When you do what you love, for those you love, that is where the _________ happen. Together we can make a(n) _________,and pave the way for a happy, healthy, cancer free life.” she said.

1.A. weekly B. monthly C. daily D. yearly

2.A. passed by B. passed away C. died off D. died out

3.A. connected B. diagnosed C. treated D. dealt

4.A. inspired B. exhausted C. interested D. shocked

5.A. desirable B. helpless C. hopeful D. wishful

6.A. while B. what C. as D. since

7.A. previous B. precious C. present D. precise

8.A. search B. need C. honor D. place

9.A. pay B. donate C. make D. earn

10.A. set up B. made up C. held up D. broke up

11.A. experiment B. stage C. road D. challenge

12.A. day B. morning C. weekend D. weekday

13.A. At B. By C. With D. On

14.A. parted B. left C. headed D. missed

15.A. raising B. earning C. spending D. wasting

16.A. merrily B. efficiently C. specifically D. casually

17.A. swell B. stress C. burn D. ache

18.A. strength B. relief C. motivation D. interest

19.A. miracles B. accidents C. stories D. events

20.A. offer B. sacrifice C. promise D. difference

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Apple picking

Apple picking is always a popular fall activity, with families looking for a fun way to spend time together outdoors. Check out some options on where and how to pick close to Toronto:

Where

to pick

Pine Farms Tel: 905-833-5459

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9 am to 5 pm

Details: Pick your own apples from mid-August to November.

Albion Farms Tel: 905-584-0354

Hours: Daily 10 am to 6 pm

Details: Pick your own apples on weekends only

Watson Farms Tel: 905-623-9109

Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 8 pm Weekends 9 am to 6 pm

Details: Pick your own apples only in early September.

Brooks Farms Tel: 905-473-3920

Hours: Daily 9 am to 5 pm

Details: Picking your own apples is not available(可得到的),but apples are available in the farm market.

Willis Family Fruit Farms Tel: 905-876-2606

Hours: Weekends 10 am to 8 pm

Details: Pick your own apples only in September and October.

Apple picking tips

Call first: Certain apple types may not be available because demand and farm hours can change without notice. So call ahead before setting out.

What to bring: Some farms provide containers(容器) for you to carry the fruit home, but it’s not a bad idea to bring them yourself. Comfortable shoes and clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty are a must. And keep the weather in mind: pack a sweater for cooler days, and bring sun cream.

1.According to the author, apple picking ______ .

A. helps farmers harvest the fruit

B. can bring great pleasure to families

C. is better for teenagers than for adults

D. is becoming more and more popular in cities

2.If you are only free after 6 pm on Tuesday, you can choose _____ .

A. Pine Farms B. Albion Farms

C. Watson Farms D. Willis Family Fruit Farms

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. You may dirty your clothes when picking apples.

B. Apples on all the farms are on sale at the same time.

C. You have to pay to take the apples you have picked home.

D. You are not allowed to take containers for carrying apples.

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