You’d think the human race would have underst...

You’d think the human race would have understood sleeping very well by now, but many of us are still sleeping poorly. Part of the problem is that we have wrong information and beliefs about this important health need. Let’s set the facts straight. 1.

1. More sleep is better for you.

There could be such a thing as too much sleep. The amount of sleep we need varies by person and also changes as we age. Harvard researchers found that a lot of sleep (9 hours or more) is linked with poor sleep quality. 2. Aim for better sleep.

2. 3.

Alcohol can help most people fall asleep. However, it also can cause you to wake up more during the night, decreasing your sleep quality. Consider drinking non-alcoholic drink before bed instead.

3. If you wake up in the middle of the night, lie in bed until you eventually fall back asleep.

4. We all hope to quickly fall back asleep. So we tend to stay in bed hoping it’ll happen at any minute now. If that doesn’t happen, though, within 15 minutes, most experts recommend getting out of bed to do something that occupies our bodies and brains without overstimulating us. Try not to check the clock either.

.4. You can catch up on sleep on weekends.

When we lose sleep during the week, we accumulate a kind of sleep ＂debt＂. 5.　　　 Not so fast. This might actually make you sleepier the next week. Instead of waking up later on the weekends, you’d better go to sleep earlier or perhaps take a nap in the afternoon.

A. Alcohol helps you sleep.

B. Here are some things you might have been told about sleeping but aren’t completely true.

C. Everyone should get 7—8 hours of sleep per night.

D. So don’t aim for more sleep — even on the weekends.

E. Waking up in the middle of the night is the pits (烦心事), but it happens to all of us.

F. You’ll have a better day and perhaps sleep better at night.

G. Can you pay that debt back by sleeping on Saturday or Sunday?

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Maybe you don’t think animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not have. But the truth is that some of them have instincts, and besides this, I am sure they can feel certain things we humans cannot. A personal experience showed me this.

Some years ago, I had a dog named Howard. From the time when he was a puppy, he was timid, so we named him Howard, sounding like “coward”! He was especially afraid of thunderstorms. At the first flash of lightning or crash of thunder, he would run whining into his house and hide under a table.

I often went for a walk with Howard. Once, as we were walking along a road, it began to rain. I quickly ran to a bus stop for shelter. The bus stop had a roof supported by metal poles. Soon after I had got there, Howard caught my trousers in his teeth and tried to pull me away. At first I was puzzled and a little angry at his behavior. But I decided to humor him and walked away from the shelter into the rain and started to go home.

When I was about two hundred metres from the shelter, there came a flash of lightning and soon after, there was thunder which nearly deafened me. Howard stopped walking and began whining. Thinking he was afraid, I bent to pick him up. As I straightened up, I glanced at the bus shelter we had just left. I was shocked to see that two of the poles were bent and the roof was lying on the ground, broken. The shelter had been struck by the bolt of lightning!

1.The author named his dog Howard mainly because of_______.

A. his timid characteristic

B. one of the author’s friends Howard

C. his loud sound

D. his strange behaviors

2. The reason why the author was puzzled and angry with the dog was that　　　　　　 .

A. Howard had a strange behavior

B. Howard should be afraid of the metal poles

C. Howard should know the approaching of the terrible lightning

D. Howard bit his trousers in his teeth

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Dogs are cleverer and better than men.

B. Dogs are usually afraid of thunderstorms.

C. Some animals can feel certain things humans cannot.

D. Dogs are naturally born heroes.

4.What can be inferred about the bus shelter from the passage?

A. It was about 200 meters from the author’s home.

B. It was destroyed in a rainy day.

C. Its roof was supported by wood poles.

D. It could produce blinding flash of lightning.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

One would have to be a fool to overlook (忽视)the importance of using positive(积极的) thinking for you rather than allowing negative thinking to work against you. In recent years, research in psychopharmacology (精神药理学) has proved what many people have known over the centuries: a positive attitude is good for you, good for your health, good for your wealth, good for everything. Researchers found that a positive attitude produces a specific chemical reaction which makes people feel better, while negative thinking results in a decline of hormone (荷尔蒙) and shuts down the immune (免疫的) system. This leads to illness and depression. Positive thoughts will make you feel better. Even if you must begin by literally forcing yourself to be positive (faking it, so to speak), it will become contagious (会传播的) and the positive thoughts will generate nice little chemicals and good feelings which will reinforce the positive thoughts.

For example, if you force yourself to smile or laugh, even when you don't feel like smiling or laughing, if you keep at it for a few minutes, you will soon feel like it. Feelings can generate (导致)thoughts, but thoughts can also generate feelings. Control your thoughts and you can control your feelings. Positive thinking is important in all aspects of our lives. There is probably no single factor more important in determining your success in achieving your career objectives than your own attitude.

It's often been said that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. And in the office of militant (好战) negativism, the positive workers shine like gold. You cannot control external events, but you can learn to control your reaction to those events and thereby have a positive attitude and be happy. This vital key to success is totally within your control. Use it.

1.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．positive thinking can cure you of your diseases

B．positive thinking can easily be generated by anyone

C．a decline of hormone may cause you to be depressed

D．a specific chemical reaction is the cause of negative thinking

2.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．Feeling and thoughts can generate each other.

B．It's easier to control thoughts than to control feelings.

C．Your success depends wholly on your attitude.

D．Keeping smiling will surely make you successful.

3.Just like a one-eyed man in the land of the blind, you should________.

A．control your feeling to what is happening to you

B．be king in your office

C．pay no attention to what is going on around you

D．take positive attitude in the office of militant negativism

4.The best title to the passage is________.

A．The Bad Effect of Negative Thinking          B．Why Should People Think

C．Thinking: The Vital Way                   D．Positive Thinking Benefits People

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Have you grasped the information taught by your teacher in class? Have you understood what you saw on the screen? Maybe everyone has their own learning style.

Generally speaking, we gather information with our minds and bodies in different ways, such as seeing, hearing and doing. Then our brains deals with that information, organizing it and connecting it to things we are already aware .In other words, our brains will deal with the information in different ways. Sometimes we think in pictures or words. Sometimes we remember details or the big pictures.

For different people, their learning styles are different too. One person may find it hard to make out the information in written forms but easy to know it immediately in an oral description. However, another person might find difficulties with the picture but the written message.

Now scientists say there exist seven basic learning styles.

·Linguistic: These people learn through listening, reading, speaking and writing.

·Logical: These people learn with formula (公式) and principles (原理).

·Visual: These people learn by seeing what they are studying.

·Musical: These people learn well when information is presented through music.

·Kinesthetic: These people learn from movement and physical activities.

·Intrapersonal: These people learn best by linking new information directly with their own experiences.

·Interpersonal: These people learn well by working with others.

Therefore, if you know what learning style is your strength, you can balance your weakness, and get a more successful learning experience.

1.From the passage, we know that our brains __________.

A. deal with the information in different ways

B. send out the information in the same way

C. organize information with our bodies

D. gather information in the same way

2.A visual learner usually learns __________.

A. through listening and speaking　　 B. by seeing what he is learning

C. from movement and physical activities　　 D. by linking new information with his experience

3.A musical learner will find it easy to learn __________.

A. with formulas and principles　　 B. by working with others

C. through reading and writing　　 D. through music he hears

4.The purpose of the passage is to tell us to __________.

A. learn more successfully　　 B. gather more information

C. understand more quickly　　 D. exchange information better

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

____ he had not hurt his leg, John would have won the race.　

A.If B.Since　　　　　　　 C.Though D.When

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Ever feel like you’ve been hit on the head after a bad night’s sleep? According to scientists, the thought isn’t as unbelievable as it seems.

A study found going without sleep for just one night causes changes in the brain similar to those that happen after a blow to the head. The researchers said the healthy young men examined in the study showed a sudden rise in the same chemicals which indicate(表明) brain damage. Professor Christian Benedict, of Uppsala University, Sweden, explained that the chemicals NSE and S-100B are biomarkers(生物指标) for brain damage, such as concussion(脑震荡). He said, “What we found was their levels in the blood rose in the group that went without sleep for a night. This was not to the degree that would happen after a head injury, for example, but it was still worth paying attention to. During sleep, the brain cleans itself of poisonous substances.” He said the findings support the previous(以前的) research showing how the brain makes use of sleep to clean itself.

Professor Benedict also said his study could support previous studies which linked a lack of sleep with increased risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The rise of the chemicals in the blood after sleep loss may suggest not getting enough sleep leads to a loss of brain tissue, he explained. Professor Benedict, whose study is published in the journal Sleep, added, “In conclusion, the findings of our trial indicate a good night’s sleep may be very important for keeping brain health.”

A third of the UK population suffer from sleep-related problems, while the average person now sleeps for only seven hours a night, compared with almost nine a few decades ago. Many scientists believe irregular sleeping patterns lead to illnesses ranging from aches and pains to heart disease, while less than eight hours’ sleep a night can lower the IQ the next day.

1.If you don’t sleep for a night, what will happen?

A. There will be a rise in the chemicals NSE and S-100B

B. The chemicals NSE and S-100B will drop to a lower level

C. Some of the chemicals NSE and S-100B will change into other matters

D. The chemicals NSE and S-100B will be less able to get rid of poisonous matters

2.What is the previous study mainly about according to the passage?

A. The way to avoid brain damage

B. The ways to improve the quality of sleep

C. The ways that have effect on people’s sleep

D. The way the brain uses sleep to clean itself

3.We can we infer from the last paragraph that　　　 .

A. man’s intelligence is affected by sleep in a way

B. people who need more sleep have a higher IQ

C. one fourth of the UK population have sleep-related problems

D. modern people need less sleep than those a few decades ago

4.What’s is the theme of the passage?

A. Eight hours’ sleep is important

B. How human brains work during sleep

C. Sleep loss is close to a blow to the head

D. Regular sleeping patterns improve health

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

用括号里的词的适当形式填空（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）

1.Try not to say anything about the idea until you have understood it __________ (entire)

2.We did a lot of _________ (cycle)in France last year.

3.We crossed into _________ (German)from Switzerland last week.

4.The coal _______ (mine)were working underground in uncomfortable conditions.

5._________ (cruel) to animals will be strongly punished in some countries.

高一英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析

--- What would you do if it ______tomorrow?

--- We have to carry it on, since we’ve got everything ready.

A．rains             B．rain              C．will rain           D．is raining

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—What would you do if it ______ tomorrow?

— We have to carry it on, since we’ve got everything ready.

A. is raining              B. rains                               C. will rain                 D. rain

高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

—What would you do if it ______ tomorrow?

—We have to carry it on, since we’ve got everything ready.

A.rains B.rain C.will rain D.is raining

高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析