People may set an alarm on the phone or clock that sounds like this: beep beep beep. That hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off the sleepy feeling in the morning known as grogginess. So, is there a better way to wake up? A recent study says yes. The answer is music.
The study, carried out by researchers in Australia, involved 50 people. The researchers found that people who wake up to musical alarms reported feeling more awake and alert. Stuart McFarlane, a lead writer of the study stated, "We are very surprised by these findings as one might expect a harsh beeping sound to be more successful," at waking up a person.
Sleep inertia is another term for grogginess. It means a person has a heavy feeling when waking up, and has trouble getting moving again after sleeping. McFarlane said people need to better understand sleep inertia's harmful effects on human performance later in the day.
Not everyone will experience the full effect. But for those who do, "care should be taken" when performing duties that require a top performance within this period, he said. This includes "dangerous tasks like driving or riding our bikes" shortly after waking up. The same is true for people who work in dangerous situations shortly after they wake, including firefighters and pilots.
So, what makes musical alarms better for waking up? The researchers think the music may be more successful in reducing sleep inertia because it has several tones, compared to the single tone of a "beeping" alarm. McFarlane said that the changes over time between the music tones may help increase a person's attention when waking from sleep.
And is there a kind of music that is best to wake up to? There may be, McFarlane said. "We could suggest alarm sounds that are tune full and easy to hum or sing along with. The current sounds I have been using include 'Close to me' by the Cure and 'Borderline' by Madonna."
No matter how you wake up, experts say, the amount of sleep you get also matters — a lot.
1.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A.What is grogginess? B.Why are musical alarms better?
C.Which music is the best? D.How can we overcome grogginess?
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Sleep inertia is another cause for grogginess.
B.How long a person sleeps is of great importance.
C.The 'beeping' alarm is not effective mainly because of its noisy tone.
D.It is dangerous for everyone to drive or ride bicycles shortly after waking up.
3.The paragraph following this passage is likely to focus on .
A.examples of good musical alarms
B.more findings of the application of music
C.explanations about why music is more helpful
D.suggestions on how to sleep well and feel fresh each morning
4.In which section of a magazine may you find the passage?
A.Health. B.Fiction.
C.Technology. D.Entertainment
With Chinese consumers hit by quarantine （隔离期）and travel restrictions as well as just cautious about going out to the shops due to the coronavirus epidemic（流行病），companies in China are experimenting with new tricks to make sales.
Oil giant Sinopec — keen to get customers back in their cars and help farmers due to roadblocks — launched a new project last month called "zerotouch" vegetable sales at its 6,000 gas stations in 147 Chinese cities. Consumers place and pay for orders on the app and when they drive up, gas station employees put the vegetables into their car trunk, eliminating any need for human-to-human contact.
"The coronavirus outbreak has made it difficult for people to shop as before," said Li Hong， vice president of Sinopec's convenience store sales division. "Travel demand has been falling, but demand for food is pretty rigid."
Mengniu Dairy, China's dairy producer, is racing to add more vending machines to the 10,000 it currently has, saying the epidemic has driven unexpectedly strong demand for the sales channel. Its system allows customers to order products like milk and yoghurt online which can then be picked up from their local vending machine. "The virus outbreak has decreased consumption for dairy products as people are unwilling to go to the supermarket," said Meng Fanjie, head of the company's Communist Party committee. Luckin Coflfee, a competitive rival to Starbucks, now also offers the sanitizer (消毒） products （e.g. hand soap） besides coffee. Liu Xingliaging, an independent retait analyst, said, however, that Luckin's strategy would have only a modest impact. “At best some users will place an order when they buy coffee, but nobody is deliberately choosing the Luckin app just to buy sanitizer.”
1.According to the passage, why did some companies adopt new selling methods?
A.Citizens were not allowed to go out.
B.The demand for travel and food declined sharply.
C.The coronavirus epidemic changed people's way of life.
D.Companies desired to grasp the chance to defeat their competitors.
2.What does the underlined word "eliminating" in Paragraph 2 most probably refer to?
A.meeting B.removing
C.decreasing D.limiting
3.The passage is written mainly to .
A.illustrate the difficulty caused by the coronavirus epidemic
B.explain the changes made by some companies in the epidemic
C.describe the challenges some companies met during the epidemic
D.reveal the intelligence people showed in the coronavirus epidemic
Do you have a job? If you do, you’ll know the world of work can be tough-long hours, boring tasks and stress. But it can bring benefits too, such as a regular salary. Maybe that's why more of us are now taking on a side hustle — another name for a second job.
For some having two jobs is a necessity — a way to make ends meet and provide extra income. But it now seems that more people want to put their skills and passions into practice to make money. These tend to be entrepreneurial young people who want to work on their own projects alongside their main source of income.
According to Henley Business School, around one in four workers run at least one side hustle business, half of which were started in the past two years. Those aged 25 to 34 are most likely to be involved, with 37 percent thought to run a sideline of some kind. It calculates that the average side hustler makes about 20 percent of their income through their second job.
But what's interesting is that many millennials （千禧一代）are turning their hand to new jobs not just for money and security. Research has found that almost three-quarters of people are following a passion or exploring a new challenge. Becci Mai Ford, who works some of the time for a telecommunications company to pay the bills, spends the rest of her time developing her craft company. She says going full-time is "not financially worth it right now but it fuels my creative soul and makes me happy".
Of course having a side hustle means you are self-employed, which can give you flexibility to work when you like, but it can be risky. You sometime work on a zero-hours contract and may not get offered enough work. Or what was originally your passion may become more of a chore. However; this could be the best way to try out a new career or follow a passion while not giving up the day job.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the reason for people to take on a side hustle?
A.To make money. B.To obtain job satisfaction.
C.To have the flexibility to work. D.To enjoy a risky lifestyle.
2.The author explains the study from Henley Business School by .
A.describing the process B.making a comparison
C.presenting research findings D.analyzing cause and effect
3.What is the author's attitude towards having a second job?
A.Critical. B.Indifferent.
C.Neutral. D.Favorable.
假定你是某国际学校学生李华，你校国画教师张老师因事要将明天的网课推迟，请你根据以下内容向你校国际部留学生发出英文书面通知，内容包括：
1.表示歉意并说明原因；
2.调整后的网课时间是下周一下午4点；
3.做好预习工作，不要缺课。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear editor,
1 am Li Hua,an exchange student from China.I am writing to point out to you some of the mistake in your recent article about the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival falls May 5th in the Chinese Lunar Calendar,not the calendar using around the world.Also,we compete with dragon boats,where there was always a dragon head at the front,not rowing boats.To correct the mistakes is constructive but thus readers can have the better understanding of China.However,I quite appreciate your efforts to introduce Chinese culture to our people.In my opinion,it is no doubt that it will sure bridge the gap between our countries.
Thank you for your efforts.Wish you all are the best!
Yours.
Li Hua
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The WeChat official account CNTOLONDON(中国旅游局伦敦公众号）1.(play)an active role in Britain,providing abundant cultural resources to Chinese people in the country.The WeChat account, 2.(run)by the China National Tourist Office(CNTO)in London,has in the past month posted information about Chinese culture,online cultural 3.(activity),Sino-UK cultural exchange programs and cultural resources about 4.countries.
Huang Ping,general secretary of the London Chinatown Chinese Association,said the 5.（time)information from CNTOLONDON has been very helpful.
＂At present Chinese people in Britain are thinking about how 6.(sustain)their normal lives, as they have stopped boring and stressful daily living supplies.CNTOLONDON has provided us 7.pretty useful cultural resources,"Huang said.
Lady Xuelin Bates also 8.(high)praised the resources on the CNTOLONDON as"terrific" and"very attentive”。
And the WeChat account 9.(welcome)domestically,as Chinese blogger Feifeima FM said readers were fond of the online cultural services from CNTOLONDON,many of 10.had no idea that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China had been providing such resources as early as February.
