大学英语2012作业1(5)

中国海洋大学/青岛大学/山东师范大学2012作业1及答案

[ B ] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.

[ C ] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.

[ D ] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.

49. When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with _C______.

[ A ] a trouble with its staff members

[ B ] a shortage of qualified reporters

[ C ] an unfavorable business situation

[ D ]an uncontrollable business situation

50. By “:I wish I were in your shoes.” （in the last paragraph） Bill Taylor meant that _____C__.

[ A ] the writer was to fail.

[ B] the writer was stupid

[ C ] he would do the same if possible

[D] he would reject the writer’s request

Text 2

Do you find it very difficult and painful to get up in the morning? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

During the hours when your 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 as: “Get up, Peter! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that Peter 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.

You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit if better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to someextent by habitually