题目内容
17.Are morning people born or made?In my case it was definitely made.In my early 20s,I rarely went to bed before midnight,and I would almost always get up late the next morning.But after a while I couldn't ignore the high relationship between success and rising early.On those rare occasions where I did get up early,I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher.So I set out to become a habitual early riser.But whenever my alarm went off,my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep.Eventually some sleep research showed me that I was using the wrong strategy.
The most common wrong strategy is this:You assume that if you're going to get up earlier,you'd better go to bed earlier.It sounds very reasonable,but will usually fail.
There are two main schools(流派) of thought on sleep patterns.One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day.The second school says you should go to bed when you're tired and get up when you naturally wake up.However,I have found both of them are wrong if you care about productivity.If you sleep at set hours,you'll sometimes go to bed when you aren't sleepy enough.You're wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep.
If your sleep is based on what your body tells you,you'll probably be sleeping more than you need.Also,your mornings may be less predictable if you're getting up at different times.
The solution for me has been to combine both methods.I go to bed when I'm sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time.So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5am),but I go to bed at different times every night-sometimes at 9:30pm,and other times at midnight.Most of the time I go to bed between 10-11pm.
However,going to bed only when I'm sleepy,and getting up at a fixed time every morning is my way.If you want to become an early riser,you can try your own.
60.According to the passage,the underlined phrase refers toB.
A.people who stay up until the next morning.
B.people who get up early in the morning.
C.people who feel sleepy in the morning.
D.people whose productivity is the highest in the morning.
61.Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?B
A.Because he/she wanted to form the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.
B.Because he/she had found that his/her productivity was higher when he/she got up
early.
C.Because he/she wanted to see which of the two main schools of thought on sleep
patterns was right.
D.Because he/she was told the high relationship between success and rising early.
62.The author experienced all the following EXCEPTD.
A.going to bed after midnight
B.getting up early occasionally
C.pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping
D.asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits
63.The passage is mainly aboutA.
A.how to become an early riser
B.how to have good sleep
C.wrong strategies for getting up early
D.main schools of thought on sleep patterns.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了我寻找早起与睡觉时间的恰当关系,最后,作者的方法是:在困倦时睡觉,在固定的时间起床.
解答 60.B.猜测词义题.根据文章第二段中的On thoserare occasions where I did get up early,I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher.可知,有时早起,我发现效率高.所以我开始成为早起的人.故选B.
61.B.细节理解题.根据文章第二段中的On thoserare occasions where I did get up early,I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher.可知,有时早起,我发现效率高.故选B.
62.D.细节理解题.根据文章最后一段中的However,going to bed only when I'm sleepy,and getting up at a fixed time every morningare my ways.可知,当我困倦时,我就去睡觉.所以我有可能在午夜睡觉.根据文章第二段中的On those rare occasions where I did get upearly,可知,作者有时早起;根据文章第二段中的But whenever my alarm went off,my firstthought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep.可知,作者有时关掉闹钟继续睡觉.唯有B文章中没有提到,故选D.
63.A.主旨大意题.文章通篇讲的是我寻找早起与睡觉时间的恰当关系,最后,作者的方法是:在困倦时睡觉,在固定的时间起床.故选A.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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