【改编】Our body clock，or natural body rhythm，influences our energy and alertness．Paying attention to it can help us choose the suitable time of day when we best perform specific tasks．
The reality，however，is that most of us organize their time around work demands，school deadlines，commuting or social events．Doing whatever your body feels like doing is a luxury in today's fast-paced modem society．
But that doesn't mean it isn't worth trying．Obeying our body clock has significant health benefits．Disrupting our natural body rhythm，on the other hand，has been linked to problems such as depression，obesity，or headache，says Steve Key，a biology professor．
When the body clock can synchronize（使……同步）the rhythms of its natural processes，it “gives us an advantage in daily life”，says Key．
According to him，when it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most adults perform best in the late morning．As our body temperature starts to rise just before awakening in the morning and continues to increase until midday，our memory，alertness and concentration gradually improve．
However，he adds，our ability to concentrate typically starts to decrease soon thereafter．Most of us are more easily distracted between noon and 4 pm．
Alertness also tends to fall after eating a meal and sleepiness tends to peak around 2 pm，making that a good time for a nap．
Surprisingly, tiredness may increase our creative powers．For most adults，problems that require open ended thinking are often best dealt with in the evening when they are tired， according to a study in the journal Thinking & Reasoning．
When choosing a time of day to exercise，paying attention to your body clock can improve results．Physical performance is usually best from about 3 to 6 pm，says Michael Smolensky，a professor of biomedical engineering．
Of course, not everyone's body clock is the same，making it even harder to synchronize natural rhythms with daily plans．What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?
| A．The benefit of natural body rhythm. |
| B．A new research about our body clock. |
| C．Something about natural body rhythm. |
| D．The definition of natural body rhythm. |
What is the meaning of the underlined word “disrupting”?
| A．Following. | B．Destroying. |
| C．Noticing. | D．Finding. |
According to the passage, we can know _____.
| A．people don’t know tiredness can increase creative powers. |
| B．people are most focused at 3 o’clock.. |
| C．natural body rhythm can’ t influences people’s energy. |
| D．most grown-ups perform best in the early morning |
Which of the following is true ?
| A．Our memory and concentration improve with the fall of body temperature. |
| B．A good time for a nap is usually at 1pm. |
| C．Physical performance is usually best in the morning. |
| D．Not all people have the same body clock. |
The benefit of knowing our natural body rhythm is that_____.
| A．we can keep healthy all our life. |
| B．we can improve our IQ. |
| C．we can do specific tasks in suitable time. |
| D．we can do whatever our body wants to. |
In white shirt, blue pants, black cloth shoes and two pigtails, Jingqiu gives off an air of great "pure beauty" in Zhang Yimou’s new movie Under the Hawthorn Tree, which tells the story of the sad romance of Jingqiu and a handsome young man named Laosan set at the end of the "cultural revolution" (1966-- 1976).
Before it was released, moviegoers foresaw what this "pure beauty" could be. Director Zhang complained of how long it had taken him to find the right girl for the part of Jingqiu -- a character so innocent. She believes that simply lying on the same bed as a man will make her pregnant.
It was 18-year-old Zhou Dongyu who stood out from the crowd. According to Zhang, Zhou has "eyes that are clear like a fountain on a mountainside". Born to an ordinary worker's family, the Shijiazhuang girl was in her final year of high school and working hard for a place in an art college.
"If you have fair skin and clear eyes, as Jingqiu does, it is easy to look pure. Girls today wear so many jewels and make-up--that's the reason Zhang was not interested," said Du Yanlai, 17, of Chengdu.
While some teenagers consider such "pure" beauty illusory, others believe that it speaks of something soulful.
Purity is all about an innocence that shines through from within, thinks 16-year-old Tan Mengxi of Nanjing. "Being pure can be simple, not having complicated thoughts and being inexperienced. However, it doesn't mean an ignorant or native person. So, a person is pure in his or her nature if he or she is always enthusiastic and able to deal with difficult matters independently. This purity doesn't pass with time, "she said.What's the real purity according to Tan Mengxi?
| A．Having eyes as clear as a fountain. |
| B．Not wearing so many jewels and make-up. |
| C．Being ignorant and native. |
| D．Being simple, enthusiastic and able to manage things alone. |
What does the underlined word “illusory” mean here?
| A．unreal. | B．unhealthy. | C．unscientific. | D．negative. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．Zhou Dongyu, who was 18,was from an art college. |
| B．Director Zhang disliked those girls with so many accessories and make-up. |
| C．Different people have different opinions about purity. |
| D．Many young girls in China are eager to stand out. |
The main idea of the passage is ______.
| A．Why Director Zhang selected Miss Zhou as the leading star |
| B．How people like the movie Under the Hawthorn Tree |
| C．What makes a pure girl |
| D．Why Chinese girls want to be pure |
winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing. three years ago, few people would go swimming in the city waters. but now there is a winter-swimming
enthusiasts’club(冬泳爱好者协会)and it has more than 2,000 members. the oldest is 84 years of age and the youngest is only 7. The members are from all walks of life. They may be workers, peasants, soldiers, teachers, students....Though it is now the coldest part of the season and the water temperature in the city’s lakes is around 0°c, many winter-simmers still swim in the icy waters, even when it is snowing. They enjoy themselves in the lake, while the people by the side of the lake are wearing heavy clothes.
why are so many people interested in winter-swimming? Because winter-swimming can be good for one’s health.
Bei Sha is a good example. He is 69 years old, and he once suffered from heart trouble for 26 years. After ten years of winter-swimming he is now in good health. Scientists are now studying the effects of winter-swimming on health.Guess what “the members are from all walks of life” means ______ .
| A．The members do different jobs at different places. |
| B．They come from all parts of Beijing. |
| C．They are persons of different ages. |
| D．They are men and women , old and young. |
Winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing because _______.
| A．more and more people like to swim in winter |
| B．it is more interesting than swimming in summer |
| C．winter-swimmers are brave men |
| D．winter-swimming does a lot of good to one’s health |
The best title for this passage should be ______.
| A．People in Beijing Like Swimming in Winter |
| B．Winter-Swimming-----A Craze(狂热) in Beijing |
| C．People Benefit from Winter-swimming |
| D．Winter-Swimmers are Brave Men |
In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that were left were the ugly black ones.
In third grade your idea of a good friend was the person who shared his or her lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus.
In eighth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up your childhood stuff so that your room would be a “middle school student’s” room, but didn’t laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears.
In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend was the person who came to comfort you when you broke up with someone.
In the twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a university, assured you that you would get into that university and helped you deal with your parents, who were having a hard time to adjust to letting you go.
At graduation your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you.
Now , your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices; holds your hand when you are scared; thinks of you when you are not there; reminds you of what you have forgotten; helps you put the past behind you, but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer; stays with you so that you have confidence; goes out of their way to make time for you; helps you clear up your mistakes; helps you deal with pressure from others; smiles for you when you sad; helps you become a better person; and ______, loves you!
Thank you for being a friend. No matter where we go or who we become, never forget who helped us get here.What is the best title of the passage? (please answer within 10 words)
_________________________________________________________________________Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.
__________________________________________________________________________Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (please answer within 10 words)
____________________________________________________________________________Please find out the sentence which can be replaced by the following one.
We will remember those who have helped us when we are in need of great help.
____________________________________________________________________________By reading the passage, what kind of friend do you think is a good one?(please answer within 30 words.)
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In the traditional marriage, the man worked at a job to earn money for the family. Most men worked in an office, a factory, or some other place away from the home. Since the man earned the money, they paid the bills. The money was used for food, clothes, the house, and other family needs, the man made most of the decisions. He was the boss.
In the traditional marriage, the woman seldom worked away from the house. She stayed at home to care for the children and her husband. She cooked meals, cleaned the house, washed the clothes, and did other housework. Her job at home was very important.
In recent years, many couples continues to have a traditional relationship of the kind of man who has a job and earns the money for the family. The woman stays at home and cares for the children and the house. Many American are happy with the kind of marriage. But some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities
There are two important differences in male and female roles now. One is that both men and women have to stay at home. Both men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them.
The second difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are shared. The husband and wife may choose to have children, or they may not. If they have children, the man takes care of them some of the time, all of the time or not at all. The woman may want to stay at home and take care of the children, or she may want to go to work. Men and women now decide these things together in a marriage. Many married people now share these decisions and responsibilities of their families.Which of the following is NOT true in the traditional marriage?
| A．Men worked at a job to earn money for the family. |
| B．The woman made most of the decisions. |
| C．The woman stayed at home to care for the children. |
| D．The man paid the bills. |
In recent years_______.
A young couples refuse the traditional relationship
B. the woman has a job and earns the money for the family
C. the woman doesn’t stay at home and care for the children and the house
D. the role of men and women has begun to changeMen and women may now choose all the following except to _______.
| A．marry or to stay single |
| B．work or stay at home |
| C．leave their job just because they have children |
| D．have their roles that are comfortable for them |
The followings are all now true except ______.
| A．they may choose to have children or not |
| B．the man may take care of the children some of the time |
| C．the woman is the most important person in the house |
| D．the woman may want to go to work |
A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairly stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, in think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faces and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that , instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girlfriend.
No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it wasThe author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is_______
| A．repeated without any change |
| B．treated as a joke |
| C．make some changes by the parents |
| D．set in the present |
According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is ______.
| A．in a realistic setting |
| B．heard for the first time |
| C．repeated too often |
| D．told in a different way |
The advantage claimed(提出)for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it ______.
| A．makes them less fearful |
| B．develops their power of memory |
| C．makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of |
| D．encourages them not to have strange beliefs |
The author’s mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _______.
| A．fairy stories are still being made up |
| B．there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales |
| C．people try to modernize old fairy stories |
| D．there is more concern for children’s fears nowadays |
One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that ______.
| A．they are full of imagination |
| B．they just make up the stories which are far from the truth |
| C．they are not interesting |
| D．they make teachers of history difficult to teach |
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