If you have ever experienced jet lag(飞行时差反应)，you know how much of a drag it can be. Jet lag happens as a result of air travel, when traveling between two or more time zones. Your body is used to operating in a certain time zone, and when its timing is affected, you’re likely to have problems.

Edward Norton’s character in the movies Fight Club faces the struggle of jet-lag-induced sleeplessness due to his constant traveling. Sleeplessness is just one of the effects of jet lag, and it can lead to other problems, such as tiredness, memory loss and confusion. That’s not something you should have to fight on a business trip and it certainly won’t make your vacation very enjoyable, either.

Sleeplessness is the biggest problem for travelers that suffer from jet lag. Don’t worry. You can do something to prevent it.

Modify(改变)Your Body Clock

To prevent the effects on your body’s timing that come with crossing time zones, you need to change your body clock sooner, rather than later. You can do this by putting yourself on the same time as your destination time zone before you fly. If you know that you will be traveling to London from the eastern United States, you’ll have a five-hour time difference to deal with. Plan for it.

Avoid Heavy Food and Alcohol(酒精)

Part of the pleasure of flying commercially, especially if you fly business or first class, is taking advantages of the food and drinks. If you want to avoid jet lag, though, you should think twice. Eating heavy food will only make the jet lag worse. It isn’t good to drink alcohol during a flight, either, because it may make you drowsy. Wait until your body adjusts(调整) before you decide to have heavy food or drink alcohol.

1.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. What jet lag is and the effects it has.     

B. What jet lag is and the movies about it.

C. How jet lag happens and how to fight it.

D. How jet lag happens and tips on traveling safely.

2.

 Norton’s character in Fight Club has to fight with         .

A. confusion            B. sleeplessness       

C. heavy drinking       D. memory loss

3.

The underlined word “drowsy” probably means “     ”.

A. worried      B. shocked          C. sleepy               D. excited

4.

According to the passage, in order to prevent jet lag, you should         .

A. sleep for the whole flight               B. drink little alcohol

C. not fly business class                   D. know your destination well

5.

The passage is most likely taken from         .

A. a travel magazine                    B. an entertainment report

C. a geography magazine                 D. a fashion website

CPR is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (心肺复苏). It forces air into the lungs and pumps(用泵抽) blood and oxygen to the brain in order to increase the chances that a person whose heart stops will survive. It increases the chances that he or she will suffer little or no brain damage.

The American Heart Association suggests two ways to perform CPR. One combines the use of hands to pump the victim’s chest with rescue breathing. The other method is called “Hands-Only CPR”, which is for people who are unwilling or unable to perform rescue breathing. Some people fear infection(感染). Others say they are afraid of making the patient worse.

But the American Heart Association strongly asks people in contact with a victim(受害者) to take action and tells how to take it. It says you can recognize a person needing CPR. He or she is unconscious(无意识) -- unable to communicate or react to surroundings or speech. His or her skin has lost color. The person is not breathing. If such conditions describe the situation, chances are the heart has stopped beating.

You should act by calling for help, or sending someone else. Even if you cannot do mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing, you can perform Hands-Only CPR. You can do chest compressions(压迫) that help to keep blood flowing to the brain and the heart. To perform the compressions, place one hand over the other and press firmly on the center of the victim’s chest. Push down about five centimeters. Aim for one hundred compressions each minute.

Doctor Sayre suggests that medical workers do both the breathing method and chest compressions as usual. He says some victims, including babies, need the mouth-to-mouth breathing with the compressions. Still, the doctor says it is better to do just chest compressions than to do nothing.

1. He had suffered from headaches for a long time, so the doctor r____________ him to take a vacation.

2. To do this analysis, I __________ (咨询) several experienced experts.

3. At the same time, he a__________ to invent a new technique to reduce the cost.

4. One frequent problem is that most people dare not challenge the r__________ (常规).

5. The woman was a__________ of stealing in a grocery, but she insisted she was innocent.

6. The stars look as if they were still, but in reality they are in _________ (一直) movement.

Look, ____ fashionable clothes is she wearing that all the eyes are fixed on her!

Many questions have been answered by John. He must have previewed the lessons last night, ____ he?

— Linda hasn’t shown up yet.

— It’s strange. She ____.

The split between humans and living apes is thought by some scholars ____ 15 to 20 million years ago.

— We shall take the conditions into careful account ____ you have attached to this contract.

— Thanks. Hope for further cooperation.

____ the flight to Beijing will be delayed is ____ I’m especially worried about.

His advice made me happy, but ____others angry.