Everyone experiences tiredness at work sometimes. At some point (usually around 2:00 pm), you find yourself ready for a nap (打盹). Your energy changes naturally throughout the day. Productivity expert Chris Bailey examined this motivation, focus and energy levels for 21 days and found that all three tend to spike between 7:00 and 8:00 am, 11:00 and 12:00pm, and 6:00 and 7:00 pm. In addition to all those highs, he also noticed time when focus, energy, and motivation were nowhere to be found. Chris was tired at work.
Your peak time productivity time may be different from Mr. Bailey’s, but the overall shape of your energetic graph would still look like a series of zigzags (锯齿). The amount of sleep you have, the food you eat, and how you exercise are a few of the factors that cause rises and falls in your energy level.
We can fill up on coffee and sugar as much as we want, but we are fighting a natural downturn in energy when we do this. Your tiredness may seem like an inconvenience, but it’s really your body tell you that it needs rest.
Our bodies operate on a natural clock called circadian rhythm(生理节律). This sleep/wake cycle is perfectly adapted to give us enough sleep over the course of a 24-hour period. Natural light is the primary means that your body uses to assess whether or not you should be asleep.
Therefore, circadian rhythms do not agree with the average 9-5 job. Irregular sleep schedules, the light from electronic devices, and natural light exposure for a long time can also affect the cycle. This is why people working the graveyard shift have an increased risk for developing health problems. They must remain awake when their body tells them it’s time for bed, and their sleep constantly disrupted when they try to stay awake on days off.
1. Which of the factors does not contribute to the differences of the peak of productivity time according to the author?| A．Diet | B．Sleep |
| C．Exercise | D．Character |
| A．Because our body assesses our needs for sleep according to natural light. |
| B．Because the light from electronic devices stops them from concentrating on their jobs. |
| C．Because most people choose to stay up late at night for recreational activities. |
| D．Because of the stress from their jobs and busy schedule that they can not cope with. |
| A．A manager who needs to travel a lot. |
| B．An athlete who trains hard for champions. |
| C．A guard who has to work in a museum at night. |
| D．A bus driver who drives from 6 am. to 1 pm. |
| A．The reasons for sleeping problems. |
| B．People have downturns when they work for natural causes. |
| C．How people can fight against the low energy levels when they work. |
| D．How to develop healthy sleeping habits. |
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The worst is yet to come．We had to be in bed by 9:00 each night and up at 7:45 the next morning．So while my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to break Child Labor Law．She made us work I
believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do to us．Through the years, our friends' report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing．My mother, however, would only be satisfied with black marks．None of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout （辍学者）．
She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults．Using this as a background, I'm now trying to bring up my three children．I'm filled with pride when my children think I am mean because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world．
1. From the passage we can learn that the writer's mother was____．
| A．not generous at all | B．very cruel to her children |
| C．very mean with money matters | D．very strict with her children |
| A．Eating differently from other kids． | B．Letting mother know where they were． |
| C．Going to bed early and getting up early． | D．Wearing clean clothes made by mother． |
| A．the writer's family lived a miserable life |
| B．all the other kids studied better than the writer |
| C．Mother was punished for breaking the Labor Law |
| D．the writer worked hard and usually got good grades in studies |
| A．The writer is very thankful to her mother． |
| B．The writer has a deep hatred for her mother． |
| C．Mother practiced economy in running her home． |
| D．The writer is strict with her children when bringing them up． |
| A．humorous | B．hateful | C．ridiculous | D．impatient |
【推荐2】How many of us have heard that question, “Where was GOD when the World Trade Center (世贸中心) and the Pentagon (五角大楼) were attacked?” Well, I know where my GOD was the morning of September 11, 2001, and He was very busy!
He was trying to discourage anyone from taking these flights. Those four flights together held over 1000 passengers and there were only 266 aboard.
He was on 4 commercial flights giving frightened passengers the ability to stay calm. Not one of the family members who were called by a loved one on one of the hijacked (被劫持的) planes said that passengers were screaming in the background. On one of the flights he was giving strength to passengers to try to overtake the hijackers.
He was busy trying to create obstacles (阻碍) for employees at the World Trade Center. After all, only around 20,000 were at the towers when the first jet hit. Since the buildings held over 50,000 workers, this was a Miracle in itself. How many of the people who were employed at the World Trade Center told the media that they were late for work or they had traffic delays.
He was holding up 2-110 story buildings so that 2/3 of the workers could get out. I was so amazed that the top of the towers didn’t fall when the jets crashed. And when they did fall, GOD made them fall inward, as many more lives would have been lost.
So when anyone asks, “Where was your GOD on September 11,” you can say “everywhere”! And yes, although this is without a doubt the worst thing I have seen in my life, I see God’s miracles in every bit of it. I can’t imagine going through such a difficult time and not believing in GOD — life would be hopeless. So shines a good deed in a weary world!
1. In what way the author tried to prove his point in the passage?| A．By telling a story. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By answering questions. | D．By performing experiments. |
| A．There were three planes together hijacked in the attack. |
| B．The passengers on the planes were not frightened at all. |
| C．Many people working at WTC were delayed by traffic jams on Sept. 11. |
| D．Many more people were killed in the buildings than we could imagine. |
| A．Something funny. | B．Something important. |
| C．Something reliable. | D．Something unbelievable. |
| A．Everyone has a GOD. |
| B．Where was the GOD? |
| C．Never forget September 11 |
| D．September 11 — A Disaster To America |
But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I
At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either. I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them.
I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.
Then one day I saw an ad. for foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance , I rang up the number.
I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.
1. How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?
| A．Lonely. | B．Anxious. | C．Relieved. | D．Annoyed. |
| A．was occupied in | B．was associated with |
| C．was tired of | D．was addicted to |
| A．live a greener and healthier life |
| B．earn more money for her kids’ education |
| C．shift her attention and ease her anxiety |
| D．start her own decorating business |
| A．Skilled | B．Supportive | C．Stubborn | D．Open-minded |
| A．got rid of her busy work |
| B．forgot her other children |
| C．found a suitable job |
| D．knew what she really wanted |
