“I'm going to bed earlier tomorrow！”But no matter how we decide，there are still many chances that we break our promises.
This behavior is called “bedtime procrastination”（睡眠拖延症），and results from being short of self-control and our body clock.
Bedtime procrastination is a common problem. According to a study，Among 2，400 people，53 percent of them couldn't follow their sleeping time they had planned，delaying（推迟）it at least twice a week. They delayed bedtime not because they liked to stay up late，but they couldn't stop doing some other things.
Accordingly，People who usually have trouble resisting temptations（抵制诱惑）and adhering to their intentions（坚持己见）are more likely to delay going to bed.
However，scientists think being short of self-control is not the only problem. Our body clock also plays an important role when it comes to bedtime.
In order to check the influence of the body clock on sleep，scientists studied the sleep patterns（模式）of 108 people. It was found that those who got up late are more likely to delay their bedtime than those who woke up early every morning.
And more surprisingly，night owls（夜猫子）would go to bed late at the very beginning of the weekday，even though they had to get up early for work and school. It's their special body clock that plays a part in delaying their bedtime.
People always think that bedtime procrastination isn't a big problem，but the choices we make that affect（影响）our sleep could finally be pretty important for our health.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Bedtime procrastination is partly because of ___________.
| A．being short of self-control. | B．resisting temptations. |
| C．adhering to their intentions | D．working hard |
| A．people liked to stay up late |
| B．people have trouble going to bed |
| C．over 50%of people couldn't sleep on time |
| D．people are night owls |
| A．2400 | B．53 percent of | C．47 percent of | D．108 |
| A．People who got up late are more likely to delay their bedtime. |
| B．People who woke up early may not delay their bedtime. |
| C．Night owls always got up late. |
| D．Night owls delayed their bedtime due to their special body clock. |
| A．is not a big problem | B．has no any influence on our body |
| C．is the choice we make | D．is harmful |
相似题推荐
You-yes, you!-can help keep people from getting sick this flu season. How? It’s not too hard. Just take these steps:
◆Wash your hands often, especially before eating and after coughing or blowing your nose.
◆Keep your coughs to yourself(use a tissue instead of your hand).
◆Keep your hands out of your eyes, mouth, and nose.
You may have heard all this before, but flu season is a great time to really start doing them. By following these pieces of advice, you might be able to keep yourself from getting sick and stop germs(细菌) from spreading around and making other people sick.
So your hands are very important. A lot of germs get in our bodies from there. Germs get on our hands and we put our hands in our eyes, noses, and, especially, our mouths.
How to stop germs? Yeah, hand washing. You might pick up germs here and there. So when you wash your hands, you wash away germs.
But how to wash your hands? That’s easy: wash your hands with soap and warm water(not cold or hot). Don’t forget to wash around your fingernails(指甲). This is one place germs like to be. Wash for about 15 to 20 seconds---about how long it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.
1. Maybe you needn’t wash your hands ________.
| A．before eating | B．after coughing |
| C．after eating | D．blowing your nose |
| A．皮套 | B．布条 |
| C．薄纱 | D．纸巾 |
| A．our eyes | B．our hands |
| C．our mouths | D．our noses |
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．how to stop the flu spreading |
| B．how to wash our hands |
| C．how germs get into our bodies |
| D．how we keep ourselves from getting sick |
【推荐2】Healthy is important to everyone. Twenty seconds (秒) of handwashing with soap( 肥皂) and water can help children stay healthy. But children may think it’s boring(无聊的). Now a new kind of soap, SoaPen, makes handwashing fun.
SoaPen is a pen made of soap. It has three colours: green, blue and orange. Children can draw on their hands with the soap pen. To wash the “artwork” off, they need to wash their hands for 20 ~ 40 seconds. If not, the colours will be on their hands.This is very helpful (有帮助的) for teachers. Because a teacher does not have time to watch every child wash his hands.
The great idea is from Shubham Issar, Amanat Anand and Yogita Agrawal, three Indian students from the Parsons School of Design in New York.”We’re happy to hear children say‘I wash my hands five times (次) a day now! It’s really interesting!’” they say. “And we hope (希望) more schools and children know about SoaPen and use it.”
1. What can’t we know about SoaPen?| A．It has three different colours. | B．It makes handwashing interesting for children. |
| C．It’s a pen for children to write in books. | D．Three students from India make it. |
| A．must (必须) get their teachers’ help | B．need to wash their hands for 20 ~ 40 seconds |
| C．can draw on their hands with SoaPen | D．have to wash their hands five times a day |
| A．In the classroom. | B．In the zoo. | C．At home. | D．In the park. |
| A．Children in India all love washing their hands now. |
| B．The three students want SoaPen to help more children. |
| C．With SoaPen, children can draw many great artworks. |
| D．Children needn’t wash their hands so often if they use SoaPen. |
| A．How to wash hands in a right way. | B．Great artworks on children’s hands. |
| C．A new kind of soap—SoaPen. | D．Why colourful pens get popular (流行的) with children. |
【推荐3】We all want our skin(皮肤) to look good. If your skin is clear and healthy, it makes you feel better about yourself. How can you get great skin? Here are some suggestions.
Protect your skin against the sun.
If you are going to be outside, especially in the sun, you should put on suncream(防晒霜) in summer.
Wear a hat to protect your face. A wide hat is the best, as it will protect your ears and neck as well.
Stay in the shade whenever you can.
Use suncream about half an hour before going outside.
How to wash your skin?
Wash your body all over once a day. Use mild soap(肥皂) and warm water to wash your body. Wash the soap off, as it may harm your skin.
Wash your face by using a facecloth and soap or cleaning cream, and then wash with cool water. Twice a day is enough, as too much cleaning can harm your skin.
What else should you do?
Remember to drink lots of water—your skin loves it.
Regular exercise is good for your skin.
Eat healthily so that your skin can get things it needs to carry out all the jobs it has to do.
1. Which way is wrong to protect your skin if you are outside?| A．Using your suncream. | B．Wearing a wide hat. |
| C．Staying in the sun. | D．Staying in the shade. |
| A．cool | B．warm | C．hot | D．cold |
| A．once | B．twice | C．three times | D．four times |
| A．Drink plenty of water. | B．Do exercise regularly. |
| C．Have junk food. | D．Eat fruit. |
| A．Caring for Your Skin | B．How to Keep Healthy |
| C．How to Wash Your Skin | D．How to Use Suncream |
Inventions | |
Phone | The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. It made communications easier. Later, a cell phone was developed in 1973 in America. It was one of the most useful inventions. People can use cell phones to communicate with others much more easily. |
TV | The first TV set was invented by an English scientist, John Baird, in 1926. The invention helped people watch films at home instead of going to the cinema as before. At first, TV sets only broadcast black-white pictures. Several years later, colored TV sets made the pictures lively. However, they were heavy and thick, so it was difficult to move them. Then, digital TV sets came into being. They are light and thin. Many TV programs are available(可获得的) at any time. |
Computer | The first modern computer was invented in America in 1946. It was as big as a room. It improved the speed and could be used for calculating(计算). In the 1950s, desktop computers were invented in the same country. They became smaller and could be put on the desk. Since then, they have become very important in many fields of work and leisure. Before the 1970s, the computers were single. It was the Internet that joined the computers into a big family, so they could share information with one another. |
1. The first cell phone was invented ________.
| A．in 1876 | B．in 1926 | C．in 1973 |
| A．in the cinema | B．on the computer | C．on TV |
| A．China | B．the US | C．the UK |
| A．calculating |
| B．joining the computers into a big family |
| C．playing games |
| A．cell phones can't be used for making vision (可视的) calls. |
| B．Digital TV sets are light and thick. |
| C．The Internet connects computers together. |
【推荐2】Why Music Isn’t for Everyone?
They say music is universal, and it seems to be true since wherever we go, we see people listening, playing or dancing to it. We tend to think that music is larger than our cultural differences and shows the deeper connections between us.
But according to a recent study published in the journal Current Biology, music doesn’t speak to everyone. There is a condition, the researchers argue, called “musical anhedonia (音乐快感丧失)”. They say that those who have this condition lack the ability to experience pleasure from music.
For the study, 30 people listened to the same, mostly classical music pieces. They were then asked to complete a questionnaire on how they felt about the music. At the same time, the researchers measured their heart rate and skin reaction, which are considered physiological (生理的) measures of emotion.
According to the researchers, most of the people in the study got pleasure from the music. They had a quicker heartbeat and sweated (出汗) more. However, a small number had very little and even no pleasant feeling while they listened. These people had none or very few of the physical signs the others in the study experienced.
The researchers say that this means people have different abilities to enjoy music and that “there are people who specifically can’t enjoy music at all”, study author Josep Marco-Pallares of the University of Barcelona in Spain told Live Science.
To study the condition further, another group of scientists, at Columbia University, US, researched brain activities. They found that the key is the blood flow (血流量) to the reward system in the brain.
“People who got less pleasure from music had comparatively lower blood flow to areas involved in the reward system of the brain when listening to music,” reported the Daily Mail.
The lower blood flow makes it more likely that the brain’s “reward system” will be inactive. Thus, it will release（释放） less of the “pleasure chemical” dopamine (多巴胺). As a result, people get less pleasure from music.
If the research is correct, according to National Public Radio, there are simply people who just don’t get music. They may get pleasure from many things, but a good tune (曲调) isn’t one of them.
1. What do we know about people with “musical anhedonia”?| A．They usually avoid listening to music. |
| B．They like to listen to certain types of music. |
| C．They believe cultural differences are larger than music. |
| D．They can’t feel the pleasure that music brings to others. |
| A．To learn what music people love most. |
| B．To learn how music influences people’s emotions. |
| C．To see whether music works in the same way for all people. |
| D．To understand the relationship between music and the body. |
| A．All of them had faster heartbeat and sweated more. |
| B．People who enjoyed music had more dopamine released. |
| C．They showed different physical signs as the music changed. |
| D．People who got less pleasure from music had higher blood flow. |
【推荐3】Every week, Wu Lin, a 19-year-old college student, will wait at a store selling food nearing its expiration date (保质期), and return to school with a bag of snacks. “These products are usually sold at 30% to 50% off and many of them are from big brands. I’m really a big fan of them,” she said.
Wu is among a growing number of young Chinese who buy near-expired food. According to a report by iiMedia Research, China’s near-expired food market went beyond 30 billion yuan in 2020 and 47.8 percent of the consumers were aged 26 to 35.
Unlike the traditional thought that buying such food is penny-pinching (吝啬的) or embarrassing, more and more young people like Wu regard it as a way to help reduce food waste. “I don’t care much about the date, as long as I can eat them before their expiration dates. It meets my needs while saving resources and protecting the environment, which is a good thing,” says Wu.
Physical stores (实体店) selling near-expired food have sprung up (突然兴起) in cities across China. HotMaxx, a chain store that opened in 2020 in major Chinese cities, has increased to more than 200 in number across the country. Online shops selling such food are growing rapidly, too. On Taobao, around 2.1 million people buy near-expired food every year.
From a food safety standpoint(观点), which may concern many consumers, experts believe that such products won’t do any harm. “Near-expired food is safe and buying these products is a good practice to help prevent waste of resources, which should be encouraged,” says Zhou Yu, a professor of food nutrition (营养) and safety at Anhui Agricultural University.
1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．I am crazy about snacks. | B．I like this store very much. |
| C．I like buying near-expired food. | D．I’m in love with products from big brands. |
| A．near-expired food is very popular with all customers |
| B．young people are the main buyers of such food |
| C．near-expired food was the best seller in 2020 |
| D．there will be a bigger market for the food |
①save money ②save resources
③protect the environment ④encourage the development of stores
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．Experts does not believe that near-expired food is safe and won’t do any harm. |
| B．Most of the consumers who buy near-expired food are elders aiming at saving money. |
| C．HotMaxx has increased to more than 200 stores in a year. |
| D．The amount of consumers buying near-expired food is still increasing. |
| A．Success of the near-expired food business. | B．Advantages of buying near-expired food. |
| C．A safer shopping choice. | D．Good taste, no waste. |
【推荐1】Once upon a time, a man heard that there was a holy flame (神圣火种) in a foreign place. It was far, far away from his home. So he left his home to find the holy flame. He thought, “If I have this flame, I will have happiness and all the people I love will have it too.”
He travelled far, far away and finally found the holy flame. He lit (点燃) a light with it and prepared to leave. On his way back he had only one worry: the fire might go out (熄灭). On his way home he met a little girl. She felt very cold and didn’t have any fire. The girl hoped that the man could give her some of his fire. He thought for a moment and decided to give some of his fire to the girl. The man went on his journey home and gave some of his fire to many other people in need. When he had almost reached his house, a terrible rain started and at the end his fire went out.
The man was too tired to return to the place where the holy flame was, but he was strong enough to return to the people he had helped on his way home.
With the fire he gave to others, he could light his own (自己的) again.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. There was a holy flame far away from the man’s home.
2. The man wanted to have the holy flame only for himself.
3. The man gave his fire to those people in need.
4. The man’s fire went out because of the strong wind.
5. The man’s fire lit not only others but also his own.
【推荐2】Just returned from a trip to New Jersey. On the way back, I was stopped by a traffic accident. This accident happened because of a truck carrying a lot of dangerous materials that were leaking out (外漏). After being told by the policeman that we would be sitting there until the clean-up was completed. We drivers got out of the truck to have a rest. For most of the time ,there were five of us standing by my truck, complaining(抱怨).
Another truck with two elderly people stopped near us. The man, Joe, let the window down and asked why no one was moving. Soon we were all talking with this couple. I said that if I had known about this, I would have bought something to drink, because I was becoming thirsty. The lady, Anna, said that they had plenty of water in the fridge in their truck and offered everyone something to drink. She said she could make sandwiches for us. While Anna was making the sandwiches, she was singing like a songbird. Being close to 70, I guessed, she had a fantastic voice.
I saw a Mississippi license on the truck. I asked what part of Mississippi they were from.Joe said they were from Biloxi. Knowing that Biloxi was damaged by a hurricane, I asked him about the disaster(灾难). Joe said that they had lost almost everything. Everything they had was in the truck.
Joe said that their son was living around Harrisonburg, Virginia and they were going there. There was a home for sale and they were going to start all over again there. Starting over at their age, we know, would not be easy
These wonderful people lost practically(实际上地) everything they had and still would not accept any money for their food and drinks. Joe said that it was better to give than to receive.
1. What was the writer doing after being stopped by the accident?| A．He was complaining on the truck. |
| B．He was sleeping by the truck. |
| C．He was standing by the truck with some other drivers. |
| D．He was carrying a lot of dangerous materials. |
| A．被拯救 | B．被发现 | C．被毁坏 | D．被恢复 |
| A．The truck drivers were complaining because the police didn't give them drinks. |
| B．The old couple from Mississippi were planning to start over in Virginia. |
| C．The son of the couple was living in Mississippi.. |
| D．Joe thought receiving is better than giving in life. |
(①= Paragraph1,②= Paragraph2…)
| A．①②/③④/⑤ | B．①/②③④/⑤ |
| C．①②③/④⑤ | D．①②/③④⑤ |
【推荐3】A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill---he couldn’t go to sleep . Every night, when night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tired to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn’t fall asleep.
After some days, he decided to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do ? Could you please help me?”
“I have a suggestion（建议）,”said the doctor. “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”
The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,”said the doctor, “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”
The man still looked tired . “Yes,” he said , “I tired counting one, two, three--- up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand . But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”
1. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because________.| A．he was worried about his work. | B．he worked too hard and became ill. |
| C．he didn’t finish doing his lessons. | D．There was a lot of noise and he couldn’t have a rest. |
| A．to put all numbers from 1 to 1,000 together | B．to take some medicine and go to bed earlier. |
| C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed. | D．to count numbers before he went to bed. |
| A．counted from 569 to 1,000 | B．counted from 1 to 1,000 and fell asleep |
| C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea | D．Counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep |
