新東方：英語四級考試閱讀30天學習筆記

　　注：1.peak 頂峰，高峰 2.forenoon 上午

　　You can' t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help. Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (對抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam (鼓起干勁)

　　and work better at your low point.

　　注：1.第一句話結論句，后面跟著結論的解釋

　　2.stay up 熬夜 3.rise 起床

　　4.本段說明針對能量周期我們怎么做

　　Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn (呵欠) and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

　　注：1.Get off to a slow start 剛開始慢慢來

　　2.which引導定語從句其實是解釋

　　3.本段解釋慢慢來的具體動作，應該速讀

　　4.routine 例行公事的 5.concentration 集中

　　31. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ________.

　　A) he is a lazy person

　　B) he refuses to follow his own energy cycle

　　C) he is not sure when his energy is low

　　D) he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening

　　注：定位第二段，新老觀點混淆

　　During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you' re 'hot'. That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自語) as: 'Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!' The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

　　32. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?

　　A) Unawareness of energy cycles.

　　B) Familiar monologues.

　　C) A change in a family member's energy cycle.

　　D) Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

　　注：定位第二段，文章條件反過來講

　　During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you' re 'hot'. That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自語) as: 'Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!' The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

　　33. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should _________.

　　A) change his energy cycle B) overcome his laziness

　　C) get up earlier than usual D) go to bed earlier