8.In this passage the word amazed means ____.

A. interesting                    B. satisfied            

C. surprised                     D. frightened

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Passage 21 

A LETTER

September 9, 1998

Dear Mr. Li,

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your blood. If you didn’t sleep for hours during the early part of the evening, you would be more ready to sleep at bedtime. If you didn’t nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. The pill is still working when you get up in the morning. That is why you feel tired all day.

You should get out of the habit (习惯) of sleeping during the evening. Right after your evening meal, get together with friends for an evening of cards (打牌) or something else. Then go to bed at your usual time or a little earlier, and you should be able to get a good night’s rest without taking a pill. If you can get into the habit of spending your evenings this way, I’m sure you’ll feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and watch TV or do some jobs around your house until you want to sleep. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a warm drink. Eat a sandwich or a cookie. Then go back to bed. Even if you get only a few hours’ sleep that night, you will feel better in the morning than you usually feel after taking a pill. The next night you’ll be ready to sleep at an earlier hour.

The most important thing is to avoid (避免) taking that nap right after dinner and to avoid taking pills.

Yours,

Frank

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