Passage 3
　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
　　Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved everyone has a daily energy cycle.
　　During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you’re "hot. "That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body tem-perature is at its peak (顶峰). For some people, the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语) as: "Get up, John. You’ll be late for work again. " The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-an-ener-gy peak in the evening. (80) Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives real-ize what these energy cycles mean and which cycle each member of the family has.
　　You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Dr. Kleitman believes that habit can help. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually stay-ing up later than you want. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam (振作精神) and work better at your low point.
　　Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn (打哈欠) and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. When-ever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
　　11.
　　According to the writer, if a person finds getting up early a problem, most proba-bly ______.
　　A he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
　　B he is a lazy person
　　C he is not sure when his energy is low
　　D he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
　　答案:D
　　这道题考查考生对文章观点的整体把握，由段可知，K1eitman博士对早晨起床困难的原因有了新的解释，他认为每个人都有自己的生物钟，而不是像人们通常所认为的那样。
　　12.
　　Which of the following is true according to the passage?
　　A Man’s energy cycle can be changed easily.
　　B Some family quarrels are caused by unawareness of energy cycle.
　　C Getting up early in the morning is not easy.
　　D Everyone has a daily energy cycle but a lazy on
　　答案:B
　　由第二段后一句Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean and which cycle each member of the family has可知，在很多家庭里，当丈夫和妻子意识到生物钟在生活中所起的作用时，就会停止争吵。
　　13.
　　If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should______.
　　A change his own energy cycle
　　B go to bed earlier
　　C get up earlier than usual
　　D overcome his laziness
　　答案:C
　　由第三段If your energy is low in the morning but you have an impor-tant job to do early in the day，rise before your usual hour可知，如果你在早晨容易精神不振，而恰好又在此时有重要的工作，那么就要起得比往常早些，故选C。
　　14.
　　You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______.
　　A help you to keep your energy for the day’s work
　　B help you to control your temper early in the day
　　C enable you to concentrate on your routine work
　　D keep your energy cycle under control all day
　　答案:A
　　由第四段Get off to a slow start which saves your energy．Get up with a leisurely yawn(打哈欠)and stretch可知，起床慢一些会帮助你节省精力，故选15.
　　Which of the following statements is NOT true?
　　A Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy.
　　B Dr. Kleitman doesn’t explain why people reach their peaks at different hours of the day.
　　C Habit helps one adapt to his own energy cycle.
　　D Children have energy cycles, too.
　　答案:A
　　有后一段可知，为了保持精力，应在工作方法或工作时间上作适当的调节，而并非以极小的努力来对待工作。

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