Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch. They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. Or, in summer, they may think it is the heat. However, the real reason lies in their bodies. At that time---about eight hours after you wake up, your body temperature goes down. This is what makes slow down and feel sleepy. Scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments where there was no night or day. The people in experiments almost always followed a similar sleeping pattern(模式). They slept for one long period and then for one short period about eight hours later.
In many parts of the world, people take naps(小睡) in the middle of the day. This is especially true in warmer climates, where the heat makes work difficult in the early afternoon. Researchers are now saying that _____________ are good for everyone in any climate. A daily nap gives one a more rested body and mind and therefore is good for health in general. In countries where naps are traditional, people often suffer less from heart disease.
Many working people, unluckily, have no time to take naps. Though doctors may advise taking naps, employers(雇主们) do not allow it! If you do have the chance, however, here are a few tips about making use of your nap. Remember that the best time to take a nap is about eight hours after you get up. A short sleep too late in the day may only make you feel more tired and sleepy afterward. This can also happen if you sleep too long. If you do not have enough time, try a short nap--- even ten minutes sleep can be helpful.
1. Why do people feel sleepy in the early afternoon according to the passage?
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2. 在文中第二段空白处填写一个单词，使得句意完整、上下文通顺。
Researchers are now saying that _____________ are good for everyone in any climate.
3. 请把划线部分句子翻译成汉语。
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4. If you get up at 6:30 am, what is the best time to take a nap?
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5. Please give a title for the passage.
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Thousands of years ago, people didn’t live in cold places because they didn’t know how to keep themselves warm. Later they learned to make clothes. When an animal was killed, they made use of its skins to cover their bodies. ______1.____.
Nature is people’s good friend. It once helped people find fire, when lighting hit a forest and started a fire. _____2.___. The fire kept them warm, and also frightened wild animals. Soon people found the food cooked tasted much better, so they began to use the fire to cook food.
___3.____ . When they got a fire from the forest, they tried to keep it burning. If it went out, they had to wait for ye4.ars.
_____5.___. For example, they made fire by boring wood or knocking two pieces of stones.
Today it’s easy for people to make fire because they have matches, lighters and different kinds of heaters. ____6.______
But later they found different way to make fire. The skins keep them warm. They can make fire at any time they need. People took some of this fire to their homes. People didn’t know how to use fire. But people still didn’t know how to make a fire. |
Your parents may have named you Tracy, Kyle, James or Keesha. But many of your friends c_1._ you by another name---a nickname(绰号)---something like Red, Little Lazy Cat or Big Guy.
Your real name was given to you when you were just a newborn b__2.__, before you developed your personality(性格), talents(才华) and looks. Because of this, your name actually is more loved by your p__3.__ than you. They may have named you after a relative, or a famous person, or even because they just l__4.__ the sound of the name.
But your nickname, the one your f__5.__ call you, probably comes from something s___6.__ about you. If you’re tall, people might call you Stilts(高跷). If you are c__7._, you may be called Brainiac(才智非凡的人) or Einstein. If you’re g___8.__ at basketball, you might get the name King of Basketball.
Nicknames like these, are a way of giving m___9.__ to a name and letting a name describe the person. The name Bill doesn’t really tell you anything about a person, b___10.___ if Bill is known as Flash, you can guess that he may be a fast runner.
According to a national study, in the summer of 2013, the long-term(长期的) warm weather in the UK has made the number of butterflies increase.
Around 46,000 volunteers(志愿者) took part in the year’s Big Butterfly Count(统计), and they found 830,000 butterflies. Volunteers were asked to make a record. They would record how many times they found one of 21 different kinds of butterflies.
Later, the scientists used the records to find out how many butterflies of different kinds were found across the country. Then, they compared the results to the year before. They found that there was a rise in the number of 15 kinds of butterflies, and some of them went up by 50% compared to recent years. They said the increase in butterfly numbers was a result of warm weather.
However, scientists also said that the number of butterflies was in decline(下降) as a whole, and that we might not see the same result the next year.
Richard Fox, who works for Butterfly Conservation, said, “UK butterflies are in long-term decline. Studies have been done since the 1970s. They show that UK butterflies have declined in type and number.”
He added, “We must halt the long-term decline of these beautiful creatures(生物). The only way is by stopping the damage that has been done to the butterflies’ habitats(栖息地) across the UK.”
1. The volunteers were asked to ______.
A. study 830,000 butterflies
B. help scientists take notes
C. record the number of each kind of butterfly
D. find how many kinds of butterflies there are
2.What can we learn from the study?
A. There were 20 kinds of UK butterflies.
B. 50% more UK butterflies were found in 2013.
C. The number of 15 kinds of UK butterflies increased.
D. There was a long-term increase in UK butterfly number.
3.What does the underlined part “the same result” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. The weather is cold. B. The weather is warm.
C. UK butterfly numbers decline. D. UK butterfly numbers increase.
4. The underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph means “_________”.
A. stop B. study C. make D. plan
5. What would be the best headline of the passage?
A. Different kinds of butterflies in the UK.
B. Big Butterfly Count in the UK in 2013.
C. UK Scientists made butterfly numbers increase.
D. Warm weather made UK butterfly numbers increase.
Children today would rather read, do housework or even do homework than play outside--- and they get out half as much as their parents did when they were young.
According to a UK study, those growing up during the 1970s and 1980s enjoying more than two hours of outdoor activities each weekday, and nine hours on weekends—whatever the weather is. But their children play outside for just over one hour each weekday, and fewer than five hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
So, the UK started an activity to encourage children to give up 30 minutes of screen time a day to play outdoors.
The Wild Network, born on September 25, 2013, is joined by more than 300 organizations, large or small. It tries to attract children away from television and computer screen and into woods and parks.
It is the biggest ever activity to reconnect children with nature and outdoor activities, and it plans to help improve children’s health.
Suggestions on how to get more time in nature including collecting fruits, camping, watching autumn colour on trees and so on.
This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were encouraged to do the same by BBC TV show Why Don’t You, which encouraged children to “turn off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead”.
You can learn more about the activity by visiting Http://www. Projectwildthing.com.
1. We can learn from the second paragraph that _______.
A. today’s children have more free time
B. today’s children spend more time outdoors
C. the parents had more free time when they were young
D. The parents spent more time outdoors when they were young
2.The Wild Network was started to __________.
A. encourage children to spend more time outdoors
B. encourage children to play with their parents outdoors
C. encourage children to spend more time on their studies
D. encourage parents to spend more time with their children
3.What can we learn about the Wild Network?
A. It was set up this year
B. It was the best ever activity
C. Both large organizations or small can join it
D. You can learn about it from the show Why Don’t You
4. Which of the following activities is not mentioned?
A. Camping B. Collecting fruits
C. Bird watching D. Autumn clour watching
5.The underlined part “do the same” can be replaced by _______.
A. start an activity B. play outdoors
C. do homework D. do housework
Last weekend, our family went to have Christmas dinner in a restaurant. We were the only family with a baby in the restaurant. Suddenly, my baby Erik became excited when we were enjoying our meal. I looked around and saw an old man with old clothes and dirty old shoes. His hair was unwashed. He was smiling at my Erik.
“He might hurt my Erik,” I thought. Everyone in the restaurant looked at us and the old man. Then we decided to leave. The old man sat between the door and us.
As I walked closer to the man, I turned my back. Suddenly, Erik leaned(倾斜) over my arms, reaching with both arms in a baby’s pick-me-up position(姿势). Before I could stop him, Erik had escaped(逃跑) from my arms to the man’s. Soon the very old smelly man and my young baby developed a kind of friendship.
Erik put his little hand on the man’s face, and I saw the old man closed his eyes and tears running down his face. His aged hands held my baby so gently(温柔地). A moment later, the old man opened his eyes, passed me my baby and said, “Thank you, Madam. You’ve given me the best Christmas gift.”
I cried, with my face burning hot. A child saw a soul(灵魂), but a mother saw only a kind of clothes.
1. At first, the writer thought the old man was ______ .
A. terrible B. friendly
C. impossible D. wise
2. The family decided to leave the restaurant because they ______.
A. had finished the meal already
B. had some important things to do
C. thought the food there was bad
D. worried about their baby’s safety
3.We can learn from the passage that Erik _______.
A. showed kindness to the old man B. had seen the old man before
C. was popular in the restaurant D. was hurt by the old man
4. Why did the old man thank the writer?
A. Because the writer bought food for him
B. Because the writer said Merry Christmas to him
C. Because staying with the baby made him feel happy
D. Because the writer asked him to play with her baby
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A. A special restaurant B. A lovely baby
C. Soul and clothes D. Parents’ influence on babies
