1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家山西重点中学协作体高二下学期英语暑假作业8一、对话训练Mary: HelloThis is Mary_1.Mike: Oh, MaryThis is Amy_2.I ve got hold of you at lastMary: Nice to hear from you again after all these yearsWhat have you been doing?Mike: Well, Ive tried many things since schoolIm now working for a food processing company in c
2、harge of salesSo I travel a lotMary :3.You must really enjoy itMike: Oh, I doYeah, its interesting, but its quite tiring 4.Mary : I work in a law firm, practicing in business lawMike: 5.Mary: Yeah, but I like my job二、改错6、短文改错Even today, a man with good manner will politely open the door for a lady,
3、help her put on her coat when necessary and see her safely to the door of her home before a date. When a man takes a woman out for a dinner, it is considered impolite to help her with her chair when she gets up or sits down. On a crowding train or bus, it is proper for a man offer a woman his seat,
4、particular if she is old or carries a baby. Even when it comes to shake hands, ladies come first. It is impolite for a man to extend his hand for a handshake upon first greeting. Unless a woman does not extend her hand to the man first, the man shouldnt offer theirs.三、阅读理解7、任务型阅读Can a lie-in make yo
5、u healthier? Every morning, my alarm goes off, I wake from myslumberand hit thesnooze button. Then I crawl back under the duvet to grab a few more minutes ofshut-eye. “Tonight Ill go to bed early,” I tell myself. But, evening comes and I geta second wind, completely forgetting about myearly night.Wh
6、y am I finding it so difficult to get a good nights sleep? And is it a problem?The amount we sleep has declined over the years andinsomniais on the rise. Modern technology is often blamed. The light from our smartphone affects levels ofmelatonin the sleep-inducing hormone -keeping uswide awakeintoth
7、e early hours.Lack of sleep can badly affect our health and memory. We need deep sleep to move our memories from short-term storage into long-term storage. If we dont get enough sleep, we could lose these memories. This is especially disastrous for people studying for exams.So, how can we learn to s
8、leep better? For Professor Till Roenneberg, its important people recognise they have an internalbody clock. This determines whether you are anight owl,anearly birdor somewhere in the middle. We dont have any choice.“Its like feet,” he said “Some people are born with big feet and some with small feet
9、, but most people are somewhere in the middle.” Our work schedules are out of sync with our naturalsleep patterns. He says this leads to “socialjetlag” where people feel like they are constantly in the wrong time zone.Paul Kelley a sleep expert from the University of Oxford says that most people are
10、 getting up too early. He believes work and school should start a few hours later. Many companies are starting to realise more sleep can mean a more productive workforce and are changing work schedules. While in South Korea, office workers are heading to relaxation parlours at lunchtime to takepower
11、 napsinhammocksor massage chairs. This is much healthier thancatching forty winkswhile sitting on the toilet ordropping offat their desks.So, if like me you find yourself hitting your snooze button every morning dont feel bad. Its just our body clocks!阅读前：请联系上下文或查阅字典将文章黑体字翻译成中文。测验与练习1.阅读课文并回答问题。1. I
12、s the writer an early bird or a night owl? How do you know?2. How do smartphones disrupt our sleep?3. True or false? Our short-term memory improves when we dont get enough sleep?4. What is “social jetlag”?5. What do office workers in Korea do to help them concentrate better at work?2.请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下
13、列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。1. I am an _ - Im at my best in the mornings.night owl night bird early bird early owl2. I had really bad _ last night I couldnt get to sleep for hours.power nap melatonin insomnia sleep3. The film was so boring that I _ while I was watching it.drop off dropped off droped off
14、 dropped of4. I suffer from really bad _ whenever I travel back from the USA.jetlag lagjet jets lag jetlags5. I need a quick _ before I go out tonight if I dont Ill never stay awake.slumber power nap hammock second wind答案1-5 DACGF6、 1.manner改为manners 2.before改为after 3.去掉a 4.impolite改为polite5.crowdin
15、g改为crowded 6.offer前加to 7. particular改为particularly8.shake改为shaking 9.Unless改为If 10.theirs改为his7、阅读前slumber 睡眠snooze button（催醒闹钟的）延时按钮shut-eye 睡眠get a second wind 恢复的精力或力量early night 早睡insomnia 失眠melatonin 褪黑素wide awake 完全清醒the early hours 凌晨body clock 生物钟night owl 夜猫子early bird 早起者sleep patterns 睡眠规
16、律jetlag 时差反应power nap 打盹，小睡hammock 吊床catch forty winks （白天的）打盹、小睡drop off 睡着了1.阅读课文并回答问题。1. Is the writer an early bird or a night owl? How do you know?Hes anight owl, because hes often wide awake at night but finds it difficult to wake up in the morning.2. How do smartphones disrupt our sleep?They
17、affect the amount of melatonin we produce. This is a chemical which helps us sleep well.3.True or false?Our short-term memory improves when we dont get enough sleep?False. It gets worse.4. What is “social jetlag”?“Social jetlag” is a phenomenon where your sleep pattern and work schedule dont match,
18、meaning you feel constantly tired - as if you are in the wrong time zone.5. What do office workers in Korea do to help them concentrate better at work?They have short power naps to restore energy and alertness.2.请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。1. I am anearly bird- Im at my best in the mornin
19、gs.2. I had really badinsomnialast night I couldnt get to sleep for hours.3. The film was so boring that Idropped offwhile I was watching it.4. I suffer from really badjetlagwhenever I travel back from the USA.5. I need a quickpower napbefore I go out tonight if I dont Ill never stay awake.高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！