I think that sleeping is the most wonderful thing in the world. While 36 I do nothing, but close my eyes, leaving all my work behind. In fact, I __37 _get up early nearly every morning.

My classes begin at 8:00, but the teacher asks us to arrive before 7:15 so we have  38  time to prepare for the class. If you are 39   , you’ll lose one point. And when you reach 10 40  , parents’ visit to school will be a must. Though I think it’s  41  , I still don’t want to lose any points.

One morning, my alarm clock  42  . I woke up with a 43   and found that it was already 7:00. What was worse. I lost six points in a  44 , that is to say, I was late every day that week. My teacher said that he 45   me to be late. My friends joked that my 46    was coming soon. I finally  47    to do something. I bought a new 48   . It sings songs on time,   49  I shut it down.

It’s perfect for a lazy cat like me. The first time I  50  it I successfully got up at 6:00 the next morning. Proud of  51  , I took a deep breath and found that the early morning air is surprisingly  52_. I did some reading, finding that English is really beautiful. I hadn’t realized __53   that the morning is so wonderful.

“Life is 54   a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Just as Forrest Gump said, sometimes we should break our  55 . You may find that a new way can change things for the better.

1. A. tired             B. asleep           C. silent         D. awake

2. A. shall        B. can              C. used to          D. have to

3. A. enough        B. no               C. Many        D. any

4. A. lazy              B. sleepy               C. late             D. noisy

5. A. times         B. points               C. days             D. classes

6. A. surprising       B. impossible         C. interesting     D. boring

7. A. failed            B. lied                 C. sounded          D. disappeared

8.A. jump           B. thought              C. start            D. dream

9. A. class         B. day                  C. week             D. month

10. A. believed         B. expected        C. advised          D. hoped

11. A. exam             B. mistake              C. duty             D. day 

12.A. decided           B. wanted               C. offered          D. tried

13.A. alarm clock  B. schoolbag        C. watch            D. bike

14. A. as if            B. if               C. even if          D. only if

15. A. had         B. used             C. watched          D. bought

16. A. itself           B. them             C. myself           D. us

17. A. cool        B. warm                 C. comfortable      D. fresh

18.A. after        B. yet              C. ago              D. before

19. A. as          B. like             C. from        D. with

20. A. rules        B. ideas            C. habits           D. dreams

 

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.

“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent  (青春期的) sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.

Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level. she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.

Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.

Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at nigh and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice –their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.

All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning  ---- all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescent are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”

Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.

A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C. students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

The underlined phrase “nod off” most probably means “ _______”.

A. turn around    B. agree with others  C. fall asleep  D. refuse to work

What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?

A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.

B. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

D. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

What is the test mainly about?

A. Adolescent heath care.      B. Problems in adolescent learning.

C. Adolescent sleep difficulties.   D. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.

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A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.

“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent  (青春期的) sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.

Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level. she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.

Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.

Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at nigh and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice –their bodies are going through a change of sleep patters.

All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning  ---- all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescent are up against difficulties when it conics to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first hell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”

Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.

A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C. students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

The underlined phrase “nod off” most probably means “ _______”.

A. turn around    B. agree with others  C. fall asleep  D. refuse to work

What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?

A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.

B. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

D. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

What is the test mainly about?

A. Adolescent heath care.      B. Problems in adolescent learning.

C. Adolescent sleep difficulties.   D. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.