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Even if we are very busy, we should spend ______ doing exercise every day
- A.some time
- B.sometime
- C.sometimes
- D.some times
Even though global warming may have made the weather more mild, many animals are still hibernating(冬眠). It’s too bad that humans can’t hibernate. In fact we almost did.
Apparently, at times in the past, farmers in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French farmers. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months.
In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed since the invention of lighting.
When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’ continuous sleep is a modern invention.
In the past, without the artificial light, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves up around midnight. The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors.
According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia(失眠)at midnight is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness(清醒状态)around their sleeping, which happens in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be a creative time for some people.
Playing with your sleep rhythms(节奏)can be dangerous, as worry may set in. Medical science doesn’t help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.
【小题1】The late night was called “The Watch” because it was a time for people ______.
| A.to set time to catch animals |
| B.to remind others of the time |
| C.to guard against possible dangers |
| D.to wake up their family and neighbors |
| A.sleep in the way animals do |
| B.follow their natural sleep rhythms |
| C.keep to the eight-hour sleeping way |
| D.ask doctors for help if they can’t sleep |
| A.To throw new light on human sleep. |
| B.To encourage people to sleep less. |
| C.To give some suggestions on insomnia. |
| D.To find out people’s hibernating history. |
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody.It doesn't mean" No",but" Yes".
If a person doesn't know this,it might cause misunderstanding(误解).
At one time a foreigner in India told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office.The driver shook his head.The foreigner said his request again and the driver still shook his head.At last,the foreigner shouted angrily,“Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice," Yes,sir,"smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.
【小题1】In general,nodding the head means and shaking the head means_____.
| A."Yes"..." No" | B."No"..." Yes" |
| C."Yes"..." Yes" | D."No"..." No" |
| A.nod his head |
| B.shake his head |
| C.neither nod his head nor shake his head |
| D.both nod his head and shake his head |
his office? Because_________.
| A.the Indian driver had something important to do |
| B.the foreigner agreed to give him only a little money |
| C.the driver felt uncomfortable at that time |
| D.in India shaking the head means agreement |
| A.the Indian driver didn't want to send him to his office |
| B.he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India |
| C.he asked the driver to send him to his office,but the driver didn't say any words |
| D.the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money |
| A.正相反 | B.总之 | C.与之相同 | D.在另一方面 |
Even a drop of water ______because it is so important to all the living things.
| A.must waste | B.must be wasted |
| C.mustn’t waste | D.mustn’t be wasted |
Even a child knows that nodding the head means" Yes".But some people will probably be puzzled(迷惑的)when they first come to India.When they talk to an Indian,he often shakes his head.They might think that the Indian does not like what he said,but on the contrary,he is expressing agreement.
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody.It doesn’t mean" No",but" Yes".
If a person doesn’t know this,it might cause misunderstanding(误解).
At one time a foreigner in India told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office.The driver shook his head.The foreigner said his request again and the driver still shook his head.At last,the foreigner shouted angrily,“Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice," Yes,sir,"smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.
【小题1】In general,nodding the head means and shaking the head means_____.
| A."Yes"..." No" | B."No"..." Yes" |
| C."Yes"..." Yes" | D."No"..." No" |
| A.nod his head |
| B.shake his head |
| C.neither nod his head nor shake his head |
| D.both nod his head and shake his head |
| A.the Indian driver had something important to do |
| B.the foreigner agreed to give him only a little money |
| C.the driver felt uncomfortable at that time |
| D.in India shaking the head means agreement |
| A.the Indian driver didn’t want to send him to his office |
| B.he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India |
| C.he asked the driver to send him to his office,but the driver didn’t say any words |
| D.the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money |
| A.正相反 | B.总之 | C.与之相同 | D.在另一方面 |