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1、. 专业.专注 .Unit 2 Working the land. 阅读理解A simple half-hour delay in high school start time led to a significant improvement in students mood, alertness, and motivation, and increased their average sleep time during the week, according to a new study.Judith A. Owens, MD, MPH, at the Hasbro Childrens Ho
2、spital in Providence, R.I., and colleagues studied 201 students in grades nine through 12 attending a Rhode Island high school where the class start time was changed from 8 a.m.to 8:30 a.m. for a two-month period. Students completed online surveys before the change in class time and then after. Owen
3、s and her team found that:The percentage of students getting less than seven hours of sleep per night dropped by 79.4%.Students reporting at least eight hours of sleep per night increased from 16.4% at the start of the study to 54.7% after two months.The percentage of students who reported feeling a
4、t least somewhat unhappy or depressed dropped from 65.8%to 45.1%.The percentage of students who reported feeling annoyed throughout the day also dropped, from 84%to 62.6%.Reports of visiting a health center for tiredness-connected signs decreased from 15.3%to 4.6%.The findings are published in the J
5、uly issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Adjusting school times for teenagers is a controversial topic because some experts argue that a later class start time will result in students going to bed later and make the cycle of getting too little sleep worse. The researchers note that
6、 a later class start time led to the opposite effect-kids went to bed a little earlier and their overall sleep quality and duration(持续时间) improved.The researchers write that the school faculty（全体教员） did not favor the delayed class start time, but after seeing the students change in attitude and perf
7、ormance, everyone had a change of heart. 1.According to the new study we know delayed class start time .A.increases the students reading time during the weekB.makes students have more time to work part timeC.helps students be active, attentive and creativeD.increases their average height and weight2
8、.How did the students help to finish the study and survey?A.On the internet.B.Answer questions at the streets.C.Complete forms at hospitals.D.Complete forms at some schools.3.What do we know from the findings covering the decayed class start time ? A.More students get more than seven hours of sleep
9、per night.B.Less students get at least eight hours of sleep per night.C.Fewer students feel at least a bit unhappy or sad now.D.Fewer students have tiredness-connected signs now.4.Some experts dont agree to take delayed class start time as they think_.A.teachers will have to work overtimeB.students
10、will look for more part-time jobsC.students will sleep late and have less sleepD.parents will be worried about childrens safety5.What is implied in the last paragraph？A.The school faculty did not support a half-hour delay plan.B.The students change in attitude and performance wasnt obvious.C.The par
11、ents did not support the delayed class start time at first.D.All people may be for the plan after seeing the students change in attitude.Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, t
12、heres a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will get you a long-term hurt regardless of your skills or the jobs pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a g
13、ood job. Here are a few of those main areas: 6 There are isolating （孤立的） jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that
14、 are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be the best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation. 7 Most jobs these days have some elements of changes to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where changes dont happe
15、n so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine. 8 I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are
16、 extremes and youll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well. 9 This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you wont know immediately to a smaller setting where youll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly. 10 Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that.
