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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Get a Better Night’s Sleep

You’re trying to get a good night’s sleep, but why do you still find yourself staring at the ceiling? It’s time to listen to what some unexpected experts have to say.

Get the Basic Equipment Right.

There’s really good study on the basic equipment for sleep. 1. Firstly, most people prefer a mattress (床垫)that is not too hard and not too soft. Secondly, if your mattress is eight to ten years old, you should get a new one. Seventy-two percent of people said they slept better on their new mattress than they did on their old one.

2.

Watching TV at night may seem relaxing. However, it beams light into your eyes, which is a “warning” signal for the brain. 3. Besides, the cooler white and blue light from a computer screen encourages brain activity and makes your brain difficult to calm down. Download the software at stereopsis.com /flux. It gradually makes your screen less bright at sunset, turning its colors a warmer red one.

Keep you Cool.

One of the best signals from the body to go to sleep is a decrease in body temperature. I suggest sleeping in a very cool environment, about 19℃. A hot bath will increase your skin temperature, which finally decreases your main body temperature. 4.

Make Sleeping Pets Lie.

Sometimes your dogs might need the noise of machines. Many dogs are sensitive to noises outside, like other dogs barking or neighbors coming home late. A noisy machine will drown out the noises that are keeping your pet up, which keep your pet from waking you. 5. . If you keep them awake during the day, they’re more likely to sleep at night.

A. Read a book before bed instead.

B. Take a bath a half-hour or so before bedtime.

C. You also learn dogs sleep when they’re bored.

D. The dog is very loyal to his master.

E. It proved two theories.

F. You don’t need a really beautiful mattress.

G. Switch off the Box.

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1.A. disappointment B. surprise C. satisfaction D. agreement

2.A. songs B. laughter C. thoughts D. understanding

3.A. popular B. different C. familiar D. similar

4.A. aiming B. staring C. joking D. nodding

5.A. take away B. take in C. take up D. take down

6.A. plans B. dinners C. holidays D. activities

7.A. cheap B. beautiful C. delicious D. terrible

8.A. record B. rule C. dark D. silence

9.A. wish B. concern C. courage D. confidence

10.A. efforts B. effects C. relief D. patience

11.A. into B. up C. down D. out

12.A. necessary B. basic C. normal D. certain

13.A. farther B. closer C. happier D. stranger

14.A. apologize B. promise C. forgive D. support

15.A. remembered B. mentioned C. followed D. celebrated

16.A. continued B. decided C. hated D. started

17.A. still B. ever C. just D. even

18.A. careless B. frightening C. pitiful D. selfless

19.A. sad B. happy C. surprised D. lovely

20.A. sign B. skill C. attitude D. secret

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和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。

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Jimmie Sue is trying to get on a donor list, but the is about two or three years long and that’s for a kidney from a dead donor. Transplant patients who get their kidneys from living donors tend to live . That is why Larry decided to try to ask for it, from total strangers.

“I don’t what people think,” Larry said. He tells his wife, “I’m going to you a kidney.” And on the street, wearing a signboard “Need kidney for my wife”, he’s not shy in asking :“Could I use your kidney?” For the last couple weeks, Larry, at 77, has been walking all over his hometown and the surrounding towns-basically a kidney. He didn’t really think it would work. he said, “I had to do something.” He didn’t feel when the phone rang. “I’m willing to donate a kidney for your ,” one caller said. “I’d like nothing more than to help you out,” said another.

Believe it or not, over the last few days the hasn’t stopped ringing. Hundreds of people who either saw his sign or heard about it have . One volunteer said, “I’ve got two, but I need one.” Larry hasn’t found a match for his wife, but at least he has already had enough volunteers and enough awareness to save someone. “If I get a kidney, it’s fine. If I don’t, I hope someone else does,” the wife said. And that’s why Larry is still out there, appealing to the of strangers for the love of his wife.

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5.A. work B. stop C. finish D. affect

6.A. comfortable B. healthy C. improper D. suitable

7.A. making B. buying C. waiting D. needing

8.A. shorter B. worse C. longer D. easier

9.A. care B. absorb C. doubt D. believe

10. A. give B. sell C. get D. borrow

11.A. doctors B. passers-by C. acquaintances D. donors

12.A. staring at B .arguing over C. depending on D. begging for

13.A. But B. So C. Because D. Since

14.A. careless B. melancholy C. helpless D. selfless

15.A. daughter B. wife C. son D. mother

16.A. bell B. clock C. door D. phone

17.A. volunteered B. encouraged C. entertained D. gained

18.A. gently B. greedily C. only D. hardly

19.A. lifted B. raised C. demonstrated D. displayed

20.A. sorrow B. kindness C. sadness D. happiness

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