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 wanted to have more sleep time.

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

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

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

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

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了我睡觉和起床时间的关系。

1.B考查猜测词义。根据文章第二段中的On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher.可知，有时早起，我发现效率高。所以我开始成为早起的人。故选B。

2.D考查细节理解。根据文章第二段中的On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher.可知，有时早起，我发现效率高。故选D。

3.B考查细节理解。根据文章最后一段中的However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways.可知，当我困倦时，我就去睡觉。所以我有可能在午夜睡觉。根据文章第二段中的On those rare occasions where I did get up early,可知，作者有时早起；根据文章第二段中的But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep.可知，作者有时关掉闹钟继续睡觉。唯有B文章中没有提到，故选B。

4.C考查细节理解。根据文章最后一段中的However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways.可知，我困倦时睡觉，第二天在固定的时间早起。故选C。

5.D考查文章的主旨要义。文章通篇讲的是我寻找早起与睡觉时间的恰当关系，最后，作者的方法是：在困倦时睡觉，在固定的时间起床。故选D。

考点：考查说明文的阅读理解。