Do you find getting up in the morning so different that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that 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 temperature is at its peak(项峰). For some people the peak comes before noon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and- energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize 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. Habit can help, Dr．Kleitman believes. 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 staying up later than you want to. 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 (鼓起干劲) and work better at your low point． Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn 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. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours．1. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably___．A. he is a lazy personB. he refuses to follow his own energy cycleC. he is not sure when his energy is lowD. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening2. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?A. Unawareness of energy cycles．B. Familiar monologues．C. A change in a family member's energy cycle．D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members．3. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should___．A. change his energy cycleB. overcome his lazinessC. get up earlier than usualD. go to bed earlier4. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will___．A. help to keep your energy for the day's workB. help you to control your temper early in the dayC. enable you to concentrate on your routine workD. keep your energy cycle under control all day5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one's energyB. Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of dayC. Habits help a person adapt to his own energy cycleD. Children have energy cycles, too
Do you find getting up in the morning so different that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that 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 temperature is at its peak(项峰). For some people the peak comes before noon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and- energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize 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. Habit can help, Dr．Kleitman believes. 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 staying up later than you want to. 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 (鼓起干劲) and work better at your low point．
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn 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. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours．
1. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably___．
A. he is a lazy person
B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C. he is not sure when his energy is low
D. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
2. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?
A. Unawareness of energy cycles．
B. Familiar monologues．
C. A change in a family member's energy cycle．
D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members．
3. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should___．
A. change his energy cycle
B. overcome his laziness
C. get up earlier than usual
D. go to bed earlier
4. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will___．
A. help 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
5. 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 explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day
C. Habits help a person adapt to his own energy cycle
D. Children have energy cycles, too
题目解答
答案
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. B
解析
文章讨论了每个人都有一个日常能量周期，这个周期影响着人们在一天中不同时间的精力水平。根据这个周期，人们在一天中的某些时间会感到精力充沛，而在其他时间则会感到疲倦。文章还提到了如何适应这个周期以提高工作效率。
步骤 2：分析问题1
问题1询问如果一个人发现早起很困难，最可能的原因是什么。根据文章，这可能是因为他的能量周期在下午或晚上达到高峰，因此早起对他来说很困难。
步骤 3：分析问题2
问题2询问根据文章，什么可能导致家庭争吵。文章提到，当家庭成员不了解彼此的能量周期时，可能会发生争吵。因此，不了解能量周期可能导致家庭争吵。
步骤 4：分析问题3
问题3询问如果一个人想在早晨低点时更高效地工作，他应该怎么做。文章建议，如果一个人在早晨感到疲倦，但需要在早晨完成重要工作，他应该比平时早起。因此，比平时早起可以帮助他更高效地工作。
步骤 5：分析问题4
问题4询问为什么建议人们起床时打哈欠和伸展。文章提到，起床时打哈欠和伸展可以帮助节省一天的工作精力。因此，这有助于保持一天的工作精力。
步骤 6：分析问题5
问题5询问哪个陈述是不正确的。文章没有解释为什么人们在一天的不同时间达到高峰，因此选项B是不正确的。