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When I was eight years old, my mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go somewhere_______. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important. I would at least get a new toy. I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would get something _________than a toy. She said I would get “access(通道)to a world of toys.”I had no real idea what she meant. Did that mean we were buying a toy _______?
But we did not end up at any toy store. Neither did we finally see anyone we knew.
_______, mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past. It didn’t have a modern_________at all.
We took stone steps up to the entrance. Only then I found out what this place was, because there was a sign that _______“Marcy Public Library”. We pushed the door open, and my mother led me to the front desk. “I’d like to get my daughter a library card”, she told the man_________the desk. He asked her to fill out a form. “What kind of books do you like to read?” he asked. I was too shy to _________. I only smiled. “Well, you’ll find it out in time,” he said. I do not remember_________I picked out that day, but I know that in the years that followed I read through books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I __________knew that day.
So my mother was right. Getting a library card was like getting the access to a world of toys.
1.A.special B.strange C.lovely D.strict
2.A.worse B.better C.cheaper D.uglier
3.A.model B.car C.card D.store
4.A.Otherwise B.However C.Anyway D.Instead
5.A.smell B.look C.taste D.feeling
6.A.said B.printed C.spoke D.read
7.A.over B.above C.on D.behind
8.A.choose B.reply C.borrow D.scream
9.A.what B.how C.when D.why
10.A.ever B.always C.never D.already
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Many of us have had this experience: we lie down in a bed other than our own, perhaps at a friend’s house or in a hotel room, and find it difficult to fall asleep. Is it because the bed is uncomfortable? Maybe, but perhaps there can be other reasons.
According to a new study published in Current Biology, a significant reason is what the scientists call “first night effect”. They believe that one side of the brain acts as a “night watch” to warn us about potential (潜在的) dangers. It forces us to stay awake on the first night in a new environment.
For the study, 35 young volunteers were told to sleep in a lab for several days. Meanwhile, researchers watched their brain activities.
According to the researchers, on their first night, the left brains were more active than the right brains and people had a hard time sleeping. However, left-brain activity reduced as days went by, falling even to the point of complete calm. In this process, the volunteers got an increasingly better sleep experience.
The findings suggest that the different rhythms (节奏) of the sides of the brain influence our sleep. When the two sides work differently, the balance between them is broken. Thus, the brain can’t relax and is sensitive to anything strange in the surroundings, just as it is in the daytime.
“At some level, the brain is continuing to analyze(分析) things, even though you don’t realize the analysis,” US professor Jerome Siegel told Smithsonian Magazine. “If something unusual happens – if a door opens or you hear a key in a lock – you can be alert (警惕的).”
More surprisingly, this situation is similar to the way some animals sleep. Whales, dolphins, and many birds can sleep with half of their brain while the other half stays awake.
If you have ever had what you think is “first night effect”, researchers suggest that you bring your own pillow or sleep in a room similar to your bedroom next time you sleep away from home.
1.can’t you get to sleep? | |
Introduction | ? People can’t fall asleep2.when staying in a new environment. |
Reason | ? One side of the brain stays awake to warn us about potential (潜在的) dangers. |
Process and findings of the3. | ? Researchers told some 4. to sleep in a lab to watch their brain activities. ? Too many left-brain activities 5.the bad sleep experience on the first night. ? Their left brains became 6.active as time went by and became calm gradually. |
Explanations to findings | ? Whether you can have a good sleep 7.on the balance between the two sides of the brain. ? You yourself don’t realize it,8.your brain doesn’t stop analyzing things. ? It’s surprising to find out that the way humans sleep is just9. some animals do. |
10. | ? Take a pillow or live in a similar room when staying in a new place. |