1、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Our body clock，or natural body rhythm，influences our energy and alertnessPaying attention to it can help us choose the suitable time of day when we best perform specific tasksThe reality，however，is that most of us organize their time around work demands，school dead
2、lines，commuting or social eventsDoing whatever your body feels like doing is a luxury in todays fast-paced modem societyBut that doesnt mean it isnt worth tryingObeying our body clock has significant health benefitsDisrupting our natural body rhythm，on the other hand，has been linked to problems such
3、 as depression，obesity，or headache，says Steve Key，a biology professorWhen the body clock can synchronize（使同步）the rhythms of its natural processes，it “gives us an advantage in daily life”，says KeyAccording to him，when it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most adults perform best in the late morningAs our b
4、ody temperature starts to rise just before awakening in the morning and continues to increase until midday，our memory，alertness and concentration gradually improveHowever，he adds，our ability to concentrate typically starts to decrease soon thereafterMost of us are more easily distracted（分心）between n
5、oon and 4 pmAlertness also tends to fall after eating a meal and sleepiness tends to peak around 2 pm，making that a good time for a napSurprisingly, tiredness may increase our creative powersFor most adults，problems that require open ended thinking are often best dealt with in the evening when they
6、are tired， according to a study in the journal Thinking & ReasoningWhen choosing a time of day to exercise，paying attention to your body clock can improve resultsPhysical performance is usually best from about 3 to 6 pm，says Michael Smolensky，a professor of biomedical engineeringOf course, not every
7、ones body clock is the same，making it even harder to synchronize natural rhythms with daily plans 1If we know our natural body rhythm well, we can Afind out the suitable time to do specific tasksBorganize our time around work demandsCdo whatever our body feels like doingDbe sure to be healthy2Which
8、of the following is NOT true?AOur alertness is influenced by our natural body rhythmBDoing whatever your body feels like is very difficult in our modem societyCObeying our body clock is good for our healthDDisrupting our natural body rhythm can lead to obesity3According to Steve Key，which of the fol
9、lowing is NOT true?AWhen our body clock synchronizes the rhythms of its natural processes，we can do betterBWhen it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most people perform best in the late morningCAs body temperature rises before awakening in the morning，our concentration gradually improvesDWe concentrate be
10、tter in the late morning than between noon and 4 pm4Inspiration（灵感）to solve a difficult problem will most probably come to us Awhen we get up in the morningBwhen we are tired in the eveningCwhen we are full of energy in the late morningDwhen we are asleep at night5Which of the following can be the s
11、uitable title for the passage?AWhat is natural body rhythm?BNatural body rhythm is good for usCSomething about natural body rhythmDThe latest research about natural body rhythm【参考答案】1-5 ADBBC 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。Psychology(心理学) has a new application in the field of medicine. Many doct
12、ors, together with their patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatment of physical problems. In large hospitals, modern therapy（疗法） seems to focus on the physical disease. Patients may feel they are treated like broken machines. Some doctors have recognized this as a problem. They are n
13、ow using psychological therapy, in which the patient is working with the doctors against the disease with the help of medicine. The patient does not wait for the medicine and treatment to cure him or her, but instead the patient joins in the fight. The doctor knows that a disease affects a patients
14、body physically. The body of the patient changes because of the disease. He is not only physically affected, but also has an emotional response to the disease. Because his mind is affected, his attitude and behavior change. The medical treatment might cure the patients physical problems, but the pat
15、ients mind must fight the emotional ones. For example, the studies of one doctor, Carl Simonton, M. D., have shown that a typical cancer patient has predictable attitudes. She typically feels depressed, upset, and angry. Her constant depression makes her acts unfriendly toward her family, friends, d
16、octors, and nurses. Such attitudes and behaviors prevent recovery. Therefore, a doctors treatment must help the patient change that. Simontons method emphasizes treatment of the “whole” patient. The attitude of a cancer patient receiving radiation therapy, an X-ray treatment, can become more positiv
17、e. The physician who is following Simontons psychological treatment plan suggests that the patient imagine that he or she can see the tumor（肿瘤） in the body. In the mental picture, the patient sees a powerful beam of radiation like a million bullets of energy. The patient imagines the beam hitting th
18、e tumor cells and causing them to shrink. For another cancer patient, Dr. Simonton asks him to imagine the medicine going from the stomach into the bloodstream and to the cancer cells. The patient imagines that the medicine is like an army fighting the diseased cells and sees the cancer cells gradua
19、lly dying and his blood carry away the dead cells. Both the medical therapy and the patients positive attitude fight the disease. Doctors are not certain why this mental therapy works. However, this use of psychology does help some patients because their attitudes about themselves change. They becom
20、e more confident because they use the power within their own minds to help stop the disease. Another application of using the mind to help cure disease is the use of suggestion therapy. At first, the doctor helps the patient to concentrate deeply. The patient thinks only about one thing. He becomes
21、so unaware of other things around him that he is asleep, or rather in a trance（催眠状态）. Then the physician makes “a suggestion” to the patient about the medical problem. The patients mind responds to the suggestion even after the patient is no longer in the trance. In this way, the patient uses his mi
22、nd to help his body respond to treatment. Doctors have learned that this use of psychology is helpful for both adults and children. For example, physicians have used suggestion to help adults deal with the strong pain of some disease. Furthermore, sometimes the adult patient worries about her illnes
23、s so much that the anxiety keeps her from getting well. The right suggestions may help the patient to stop being anxious. Such treatment may help the patient with a chronic（慢性的）diseases. Asthma （哮喘） is an example of a chronic disorder. Asthma is a disease that causes the patient to have difficulty i
24、n breathing. The patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fight to get the air that he or she needs. Psychology can help relieve the symptoms of this disorder. After suggestion therapy, the asthma patient breathes more easily. Physicians have learned that the psychological method is very useful
25、in treating children. Children respond quickly to the treatment because they are fascinated by it. For example, Dr. Basil R. Collison has worked with 121 asthmatic children in Sydney, Australia, and had good results. Twenty-five of the children had Excellent results. They were able to breathe more e
26、asily, and they did not need medication. Another forty-three were also helped. The symptoms of the asthma occurred less frequently, and when they did, they were not as strong. Most of the children also felt better about themselves. Doctors have also used suggestion to change habits like nail-biting,
27、 thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems. Many professional medical groups have accepted the medical use of psychology and that psychology has important applications in medicine.55. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. How suggestion therapy benefits adults and children. B. How modern therapy f
28、ocuses on the disease.C. Responses from the medical world.D. How to use the mind against disease.56. How does psychological therapy work? A. The patient waits for the medicine and treatment to cure him. B. The doctor uses medical treatment to cure the patients problems. C. The doctor, the medicine,
29、and the patient work together to fight disease. D. The patient uses his mind to cure himself.57. What can we learn from the studies of Carl Simonton, M. D.? A. The medical treatment can cure the patients mental disease. B. The treatment of a patient by treating the body and the mind is necessary. C.
30、 The mental treatment is more important than medical treatment. D. Few patients have emotional response to the disease.58. The use of psychological therapy is helpful to some patients in that . A. the medical effect is better with psychological therapy than without it B. the patients can see a power
31、ful beam of radiation hitting their tumor cells C. the patients attitudes towards themselves have changed D. the patients are easy to accept the methods the doctors use to treat them59. It can be learned from the passage that suggestion therapy cannot be used to . A. help adults deal with the strong
32、 pain of some diseases B. help the patients with chronic diseases C. help change some bad habits D. help cure patients of insomnia（失眠症）60. According to the passage, which of the following remains unknown so far? A. The value of mental therapy. B. The effectiveness of suggestion therapy. C. The worki
33、ng principle of suggestion therapy. D. The importance of psychology in medical treatment.【答案】 55-60 DCBCDC 完型填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。夹叙夹议型完形填空 I hadnt even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item
34、 (商品). The item she had _1_ was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a similar one. The lady _2_ to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID or the deal could not take place. I went to the _3_ with the woman so she could use my ID.The sal
35、es associate immediately started accusing her of asking the first _4_ person she saw to help her. Although that was _5_， I didnt understand why it mattered. After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to _6_ an ID in this country. Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there
36、 was no _7_ to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not _8_ she purchased the item. “ If I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be _9_ the privilegeas I have proof from the past，” I said
37、. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he _10_ to exchange the item.There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I _11_ when the woman asked for my help, but _12_ in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid _13_ do I actually ha
38、ve？” I had none, so I helped her. The second lesson is not to judge a book by its _14_. The woman looked poor, but she _15_ the same treatment as anyone else did.1A.purchased BshownClost Dmended 2. Amanaged BwantedCrefused Dpromised 3. Acounter BdepartmentCmarket Dwindow 4. Afair BfamiliarCimpossibl
39、e Drandom 5. Awrong BtrueCreasonable Dmeaningful 6. Aleave BpayCfind Dobtain 7. Arequest BplaceCway Dneed 8. Aanswer BproveCsupport Dadmit 9. Aordered BaskedCdenied Dgiven 10. Aagreed BpreparedCfailed Dremembered 11. Astruggled BwonderedChesitated Dnodded 12. Atotally BgraduallyChardly Dquickly 13.
40、Afeelings BgoalsCreasons Dideas 14. Adesign BcoverCcontent Dprice 15. Adeserved BrequiredCreceived Dappreciated B【要点综述】 作者通过讲述在商店里帮助一位顾客的故事，说明了两个道理：第一，做人应该有一副热心肠；第二，人无论贫富，都是平等的，都应享受同等的待遇。 1A根据第二段中“she purchased the item.”可知，她买的这件商品本来是为女儿买的。2B因为女儿已经有了类似的东西，所以这位女士想换一件另外的商品。 manage to do sth是“成功做了某事”的意
41、思。3A作者决定帮助这位女士，于是和她一起走到商店的柜台处。4D参见下题的解析。5B这位女士并不认识作者，所以属于随机行为。售货员的话符合事实。 6D在这个国家，毕竟不是所有的人都有机会获得身份证的。 7C下文“then went on to say the woman could notshe purchased the item.”说明经理要设置退换商品的门槛。经理解释说即使有了身份证，如果没有收据的话，也是没有办法退换商品的。8B接着上面的话，经理顺水推舟说这位女士不能证明该商品是在这个店里买的。 9C“我”将不会被拒绝拥有这项特权。10A从语境可知，经理意识到自己的言行不当，因此同意换商品。 11C根据句中but后面的内容可知，作者在那位女士请求帮助时，一开始也犹豫过。12D但作者很快调整心态，扪心自问：“为什么不帮她，我有不帮她的正当理由吗？” 13C参见上题的解析。14B从下文可知，这位女士看起来非常穷，售货员和经理的无礼行为可能与此有关。作者想要表达的是：我们不应该以貌取人(不能通过书的封皮确定一本书的质量)。 15A这位女士虽然看起来很穷，但她有资格和别人享受同等的待遇。