试题正文
An Early Bird or a Night Owl?
For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
|
0 |
A aware |
B wakeful |
C awake |
D alert |
Owls are nocturnal
creatures. They’re wide 0)_C_ at
night and they sleep during the day. If this 1) 正确
正确答案：sounds
得分 1.00/1.00 分 like bliss to you, then, like about 20 percent of the
population 2) 正确
正确答案：who
得分 1.00/1.00 分 find themselves most active at around 9 pm, you may fall
into the same category 3) 错误
正确答案：as
得分 0.00/1.00 分 our feathered friend. Night owls often have
difficulty waking up in the morning, and like to be up late at night. 4) 错误
正确答案：Studies
得分 0.00/1.00 分 of animal behaviour indicate that being a night owl
may actually be 5) 错误
正确答案：built
得分 0.00/1.00 分 into some people’s genes. This would explain 6) 正确
正确答案：why
得分 1.00/1.00 分 those late-to-bed, late-to-rise people find it so
difficult to change their behaviour.
The trouble for night
owls is that they just 7) 正确
正确答案：have
得分 1.00/1.00 分 to be at places such as work and school far 8) 正确
正确答案：too
得分 1.00/1.00 分 early. This is when the alarm clock becomes the night
owl’s most important survival tool. Experts 9) 错误
正确答案：say
得分 0.00/1.00 分 that one way for a night owl to beat their dependence
10) 正确
正确答案：on
得分 1.00/1.00 分 their alarm clocks is to sleep with the curtains open.
The theory is that if they do so, the morning sunlight will awaken them gently
and naturally.
The 11) 正确
正确答案：truth
得分 1.00/1.00 分 is that, unlike the feathered owl, human owls can’t
claim that a nocturnal existence is their 12) 正确
正确答案：natural
得分 1.00/1.00 分 lifestyle. They are programmed to be at their best
13) 正确
正确答案：during
得分 1.00/1.00 分 the day. 14) 正确
正确答案：Even
得分 1.00/1.00 分 if we try to change our schedules and work at night,
Mother Nature isn’t fooled. Night is still the time when our body 15) 正确
正确答案：slows
得分 1.00/1.00 分 down. Night
owls simply start and finish a little later than average.