If you are having trouble falling asleep, you are in good company. About 65% of Americans said they have sleeping problems a few nights each week, according to a recent study by the National Sleep Foundation. Sleeping too little can lead to a higher risk of becoming fat and getting depressed(沮丧的). But before you go to a doctor for advice, it is worth examining your sleeping habits one more time. Some of your favorite evening habits may have something to do with the sleeping problems.
Setting a Bright Alarm Clock
The light of your bright alarm clock can prevent you from falling asleep. You can make your room as dark as possible. Cover the bright numbers with a book or consider buying a small travel clock. Your cellphone alarm may also do the trick.
Counting Sheep
When you just can’t fall asleep, it’s useless to stay in bed to count sheep. If you’ve been trying to fall asleep for more than 30 minutes, the National Sleep Foundation suggests you get up to do some reading or watch TV for a while. Such activities will make you sleepy. Before you know it, you’ll be going back to bed really tired.
3. Exercising Late at Night?
Daytime workouts(锻炼) will keep you full of energy for hours. That’s why you don’t want to exercise within three hours of hitting the sack. Fierce(剧烈的)  physical activity raise your body temperature and pumps your energy level—both are bad for a good night’s sleep.
【小题1】What can we learn from the first sentence of the passage?

A.It’s not good to fail to fall asleep at night.
B.People in a good company often have sleeping problems.
C.There are many people who have sleeping problems.
D.You should find someone to talk to if you can’t fall asleep.
【小题2】The underlined part “hitting the sack” in the last paragraph means “______”.
A. going back home              B. going to bed
C. going to the gym              C. falling asleep
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.The bad results of getting too little sleep.
B.Why the bright alarm clock keeps you awake.
C.What to do if you can’t fall asleep after 30 minutes.
D.Why watching TV and reading books make people sleepy.
【小题4】By writing the passage, the writer mainly wants to tell us _______.
A.why so many people can’t sleep well at night
B.how to enjoy a good night’s sleep
C.that sleeping problems are troubling more and more people
D.that people may solve their sleeping problems by some habits

Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap,strong and fast.He was able to se11 millions of models because he could produce them in large numbers at a time;that is,he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind.Ford’s father hoped that his son would become a farmer,but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit(底特律)where he worked as a mechanic(机械师).By the age of 29,in 1892,he had built his first car.However,the car made in this way,the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory.This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year.Since Ford’s time,this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive.

1.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars.

A.cheap and strong           B.cheap and long

C.fast and expensive          D.strong and slow

2.Ford was able to sell millions of cars,because_____.

A.he made many great cars                   

B.his cars are many

C.he made lots of cars of the same kind        

D.his cars are well known in the world

3.The young man became a mechanic,_______.

A.which was his father’s will(意愿)  

B.which was against his father’s will

C.which was against his own will

D.which was the will of both

4.The “Model T” was very famous_____.

A.before 1908              B.between 1982 and 1908

C.before 1892              D.after 1908

 

After lunch,I walked back home. I was just to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn’t much but,as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what appeared to be a dime.

The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter.It Can be nothing more than a penny.Whatever the coin is,no one ignores the sound of it.It got me thinking about sounds again.We are surrounded by so many sounds that attract the most attention.

People in New York City seldom turn to look when a fire engine,a police car or an ambulance comes screaming along the street.When I’m in New York,I’m a New Yorker.I don’t turn either.Like the natives,I hardly hear a siren(警报)there.

However,at home in my little town in Connecticut,it’s different.The distant sound of a police car, all emergency vehicle or a fire siren brings me to my feet if I’m seated and brings me to the window if I’m in bed.It’s the quietest sounds that have most effect on us.not the loudest.In the middle of the night, I can hear a dripping tap a hundred yards away thigh three closed doors.I’ve been hearing little creaking noises and sounds which my imaginnation turns into footsteps in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house.How come I never hear those sounds in the daytime?

I’m quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are,I’ve turned against whistling,for instance:I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker but lately I’ve been associating the whistler with a nervous person making unconscious noises.The tapping,tapping,tapping of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound to me.I often like the sound of what I write better than the looks of it.

1.The sound of a coin dropping makes people________

A.think of money    B.look at each other

C.pay attention to it    D.stop crossing the street

2.The author dislikes whistling because__________

A.he has got tired of it    B.it reminds him of tense people

C.he used to be happier D.he doesn’t like workers

3.What kind of sound does the author find pleasant?

A.Tapping sound of his typewriter.    B.Clinking sound of keys

C.Tinkling sound of a coin dropping.  D.Creaking sound of footsteps

4.How does the author feel about sounds in general?

A.They make him feel al home.      B.He thinks they should be ignored

C.He prefers silence to loud noises.   D.He believes they are part of our life

 

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