Question

Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight, and I would always get up late the next morning.

But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser. But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep. Eventually some sleep research showed that my strategy was wrong.

The most common wrong strategy is this: supposing you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.

There are two main schools (流派) of thought on sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. However, I have found both are wrong if you care about productivity. If you sleep at fixed hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake.

My solution is to combine both methods. I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time. So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 a.m.), but I go to bed at different times every night.

However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways. If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.

1. According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.

A. people who stay up until the next morning

B. people who get up early in the morning

C. people who feel sleepy in the morning

D. people whose productivity is the lowest in the morning

2. Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?

A. Because he / she found that the productivity was higher.

B. Because he / she wanted to do morning exercise.

C. Because he / she wanted to test which school is better.

D. Because he / she wanted to have more sleep time.

3.The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ________.

A. going to bed after midnight

B. asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits

C. getting up early occasionally

D. pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping

4. What’s the author’s sleep pattern?

A. Going to bed early and getting up early.

B. Going to bed late and getting up late.

C. Going to bed when sleepy and getting up at a fixed early time.

D. Going to bed early and getting up late.

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. main schools of thought on sleep patterns

B. how to have a good sleep

C. wrong strategies for getting up early

D. how to become an early riser

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是我如何通过努力成为一个早起者的。

1.1】B 推理判断题。根据第二段的内容并结合该段的“On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser.”可知morning people是指那些早起的人，故选B。

2.2】A 细节理解题。根据第二段的“On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser.”可知我偶尔早起了几次，却发现我的效率总是很高，因此我决定成为早起的人，故选A。

3.3】B 细节理解题。根据第一段“In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight,”和第二段的“On those rare occasions where I did get up early”以及“whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep.”可知ACD三项内容都是文章中提及的，只有B项文中没有提到，故选B。

4.4】C 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的“However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways.”可知我的睡眠模式是困了就睡，在固定的时间早起，C项表述符合文意，故选C。

5.5】D 主旨大意题。纵观全文可知本文讲述的是我如何努力成为一个早起者以及最后的结果，D项表述概括全面，故选D。

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