1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 专题五 七选五 Passage 12017 丙卷 (全国 ) Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning, and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resetting your body clock. 16 Here s how to make one. ? 17 In order to make a change, you need to decide why it s
2、important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reasons, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make. ?Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wak
3、e up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 18 That s a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer. ?Keep your sleep/wake sche
4、dule on weekends. If you re tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found. 19 ?Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how
5、 you feel. After you ve tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. 20 If not, take another look at other methods you could try. A. Get a sleep specialist. B. Find the right motivation. C. A better plan for sleep can help. D. And consider setting a second alarm. E. If the steps you ta
6、ke are working, keep it up. F. Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day. G. Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the cafe to get coffee. Passage 22017 北京 Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy. When lab rats are not allowed to sleep, they die w
7、ithin a month. 71 One idea is that sleep helps us strengthen new memories. 72 We know that, while awake, fresh memories are recorded by reinforcing (加强 ) connections between brain cells, but the memory processes that take place while we sleep have been unclear. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Support is growing for a
8、 theory that sleep evolved so that connections between neurons(神经元 ) in the brain can be weakened overnight, making room for fresh memories to form the next day. 73 Now we have the most direct evidence yet that he is right. 74 The synapses in the mice taken at the end of a period of sleep were 18 pe
9、r cent smaller than those taken before sleep, showing that the connections between neurons weaken while sleeping. If Tononi s theory is right, it would explain why, when we miss a night s sleep, we find it harder the next day to concentrate and learn new information our brains may have smaller room
10、for new experiences. Their research also suggests how we may build lasting memories over time even though the synapses become thinner. The team discovered that some synapses seem to be protected and stayed the same size. 75 “You keep what matters,“ Tononi says. A. We should also try to sleep well th
11、e night before. B. It s as if the brain is preserving its most important memories. C. Similarly, when people go for a few days without sleeping, they get sick. D. The processes take place to stop our brains becoming loaded with memories. E. That s why students do better in tests if they get a chance
12、 to sleep after learning. F. “Sleep is the price we pay for learning,“ says Giulio Tononi, who developed the idea. G. Tononi s team measured the size of these connections, or synapses, in the brains of 12 mice. Passage 32016 甲卷 (全国 ) A garden that s just right for you Have you ever visited a garden
13、that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(总和 ) of its parts? 36 . But it doesn t happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening
14、process. 37 Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers (肥料 ). 38 .However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to g
15、arden. One of them comes from our earliest years. Recall( 回忆 )your childhood memories Our model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandmas rose garden and Dad s vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that s not what【 精品教育资源文库 】 s important. 39 how being in those gardens m
16、ade us feel. If you d like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth. 40 . Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden. Have fun. A.Know why you garden B.Find a good place for your o
17、wn garden C.It s our experience of the garden that matters D.It s delightful to see so many beautiful flowers E.Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants F.You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, too G.For each of those gardens, write down the stronges
18、t memory you have Passage 42015 新课标全国 Building Trust in a Relationship Again Trust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences. 36 Trust is a risk. But you can t be successful when there s a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no respons
19、ibility to fix the mistake. Unfortunately, we ve all been victims of betrayal. Whether we ve been stolen from, lied to, misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust. Sometimes people simply can t trust anymore. 37 It s understandable, but if you re willing to build trust in a re
20、lationship again, we have some steps you can take to get you there. ? 38 Having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best outcome would be for your well-being. ? 39 If you ve been betrayed, you are the victim of your circumstance. But there s a differ
21、ence between being a victim and living with a “victim mentality“. At some point in all of our lives, we ll have our trust tested or violated. ?You didn t lose “everything“.Once trust is lost, what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle, look at everything you still hav
22、e and be thankful for all of the good in your life. 40 Instead, it s a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room for positive growth and forgiveness. A.Learn to really trust yourself. B.It is putting confidence in someone. C.Stop regarding yourself as the victim. D.Remember that you c
23、an expect the best in return. E.They ve been too badly hurt and they can t bear to let it happen again. F.This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships. G.Seeing the positive side of things doesn t mean you re ignoring what happened. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案 Passage 1 本文是一篇
24、说明文 ,介绍了如何做计划建立好生物钟 ,保持早睡早起的好习惯。 16.C 考查前后句的连贯。第一段最后一句说 “以下是如何制作一个 (计划 )“,代词 one 指代 “计划 “一词 ,因此本空选 C。 17.B 考查小标题概括。空后谈到要改变 ,先要说清楚做出改变很重要的原因 ;后面谈到一旦明白了其中的原因 ,就可以告诉你的家人或室友你想做出改变 ;由此可以推断出这段总的在说找到合适的动机 ,因此本空选 B。 18.G 考查前后句的连贯。本段最后一句谈到如果买咖啡机自己弄咖啡 ,早上可以多睡一会儿 ,因此前一句应 该与咖啡有关 ,本空选 G。 19.F 考查前后句的连贯。本段谈到周末睡觉、起床的时间应该和平常一致 ,不然周末多睡反而会增加接下来工作日的睡意。 F 项中的 no matter the day 指的就是周末也应该和工作日的作息一致。因此本空选 F。 20.E 考查前后句的连贯。本段谈到对自己所做的计划要记录、评价和调整。本空后的 If not说明前面是讨
