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1、高三下学期英语能力提升40分钟限时训练4完形填空The stress of daily life has given rise to a new phenomenon sleep texting. People with this condition send text messages while asleep to their friends and family completely _(50)_ that they are doing it.Sleep specialist Dr David Cunnington, of Melbourne Sleep Disorder Centre
2、in Australia, said patients had reported _(51)_ of sleep texting and he has advised people to leave their _(52)_ outside the bedroom.He said: “We have had patients who have reported sending text messages to their friends and family while asleep. It is one of those things that happens, but it is very
3、 _(53)_, and certainly not a common trend.”_(54)_, there are no studies into sleep texting but a _(55)_ phenomenon, sleep emailing, was studied in 2008.Researchers at the University of Toledo reported the case of a woman, 44, who would _(56)_ emails while sound asleep. She had no recollection(记忆) of
4、 sending the emails when awake. Dr Cunnington said cases of sleep emailing were more common, and were likely to have a more _(57)_ effect on the lives of sufferers.He said: “Emails can be sent to work colleagues and have much more serious _(58)_, whereas text messages are more likely to be _(59)_ se
5、nt to a friend or family member, so people arent as likely to complain of a problem.”Dr Cunnington described sleep texting as the _(60)_ of people having too much to do during waking life. He explained: People are doing so much during a normal day that it can mean that they feel like theyre on call
6、even at night.“_(61)_ its so easy to receive emails constantly, and get notifications(通知) from smartphones（智能电话）, it becomes more difficult for us to _(62)_ our waking and sleeping lives.”Dr Cunnington said people _(63)_ to get a quality nights sleep must realize that the key point is that people ne
7、ed to _(64)_ their sleep, and make an effort to switch off at night.50. A. consciousB. unaware C. secureD. grateful51. A. missionsB. intervalsC. coursesD. incidents52. A. mobile phones B. personal computersC. unfinished workD. sleeping pills53. A. trueB. commonC. obviousD. rare54. A. FortunatelyB. A
8、dequatelyC. UnsurprisinglyD. Unbelievably55. A. similar B. strangeC. presentD. unique56. A. recallB. overlookC. composeD. recover57. A. generousB. internalC. harmfulD. positive58. A. consequencesB. preparationsC. significanceD. symptoms59. A. accidentally B. purposefullyC. unreasonablyD. unwillingly
9、60. A. temperB. resultC. excuseD. loss61. A. BecauseB. AlthoughC. Just asD. So62. A. combineB. satisfyC. describeD. separate63. A. appointingB. struggling C. carryingD. affording64. A. recognizeB. ignoreC. restoreD. respect50-54 BDADC 55-59 ACCAA 60-64 BADBD阅读理解 AThe story goes that some time ago, a
10、 man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, This is for y
11、ou, Daddy. The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, Dont you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes
12、 and cried, Oh, Daddy, its not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. Theyre all for you, Daddy. The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept
13、 that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses fr
14、om our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this. 56. The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for _.A. wasting gold B. wasting wrapping paper C. putting the box under the Christmas tree D. bringing the gift to h
15、er father57. Whats inside the box according to the little girl?A. nothing B. air C. kisses D. gold wrapping paper 58. The father remembered the love of his daughter by _.A. kissing the gold box. B. putting gold into the box. C. taking out an imaginary kiss from the box. D. keeping the little girls ash box by his bed.59. Choose the best title for the passage.A. The kisses in the box. B. A girl and his f
