第三部分：概括大意与完成句子
- N) K' Y6 U' i23 Paragraph 1 C What is Cancer?
( T- l" g) c2 g( t8 [- Y) J: \+ J24 Paragraph 2 E What causes cancer? 8 a j" p( |1 k$ z' g3 b6 P
25 Paragraph 3 F How is cancer treated ( P0 y% Q p; h- K/ T' o/ P
26 Paragraph 4 A Does cancer always cause pain?
2 q$ y, m/ y/ N; u5 `. }27 B control or order + w! N7 D |3 n& `2 K {5 @
28 D various factors
( }" Q1 R* u( M3 ]29 F side effects * T9 j. m7 m# m H. d. l" c
30 C tolerance for pain
% s h( M% g& t* a/ }" d7 M第四部分：阅读理解 : |. v8 M+ H: U3 {% v
第一篇 College Night Owls Have Lower Grades
. ^) g8 I' {( g' u0 P `1 A1 x% e College students who are morning people tend to get better grades than those who are night owls(晚睡的人) ,according to University of North Texas researchers.
# H, N1 o& A7 c. I# | They had 824 undergraduate students complete a health survey that included questions about sleep habits and daytime functioning, and found that students who are morning people had higher grade point averages(GPAs) than those who are night people.
+ E; {4 Z7 U# a5 \ "The finding that college students who are evening types have lower GPAs is a very important finding, sure to make its way into undergraduate psychology texts in the near future, along with the research showing that memory is improved by sleep." Study co-author Daniel J.Tayior said in a prepared statement. Z( v% {- g) W/ H
"Further, these results suggest that it might be possible to improve academic performance by using chronotherapy(时间疗法) to help students retrain their biological back to become more morning types." Taytor said. * m4 [( c% g( s8 ~) A5 C
The research was expected to be presented Monday at SLEEP, the annual meeting the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Baltimore. 9 v3 Q! D- Y3 P, }% N! t
In other findings expected to be heard at the meeting, University of Colorado researchers found a significant association between insomnia(失眠) and a decline in college students’ academic performance. 0 N& Y `0 m. h( F. a# I
The study included 64 psychology, nursing and medical students, average age 27.4 years, who were divided into two groups – low GPAs and high GPAs.
. |) P- q- b6 k3 u8 w Among those with low GPAs, 69.7 percent had trouble falling asleep, 53.1 percent experienced leg kicks of twitches(痉挛) at night, 65.6 percent reported waking at night of having trouble falling back to sleep, and 72.7 percent had difficulty concentrating during the day.
6 G& t# N3 S' T1 ^* C1 S/ J "In college students, the complaint of difficulty concentrating during the day continues to have a considerable impact on their ability to succeed in the classroom," study author Dr James F . Pagel said in a prepared statement," This study showed that disordered sleep has significant harmful effects on a student’s academic performance, including GPAs.
8 b. K! G3 `) F+ W/ @31 study, students who stay up late . v: u1 D% F, |5 Y# K9 L
A had higher GPAs. - ]0 p3 m- E3 g( c, r$ l# w+ m
B had lower GPAs. 2 F6 z2 b+ u% I& h: }' u5 g
C performed equally well in their studies. : y3 B& `( g Z b# G7 z) g- c
D had little difficulty concentrating during the day ) w- v( ]( S* |3 o6 p( M- v
32 Mr. Taylor believed that the finding of their study would soon }3 d& w( I" i+ }$ C
A be criticized by psychology students.
$ X$ W' `) b( G7 k* P0 Q' X: xB be confirmed by psychological studies. 2 r2 s" A8 q3 A& N' Q
C become the most popular psychology text.
: Z E$ W% e4 z( n* [6 {" }) MD be included in undergraduate psychology texts.
" m6 E& k% u* G8 u- N) a% n; J( w33 The passage indicates that chronotherapy can be used to help people to ; \9 Y$ X/ V) @' O2 ?
A forget their troubles : U) _1 u" S1 i' T
B improve their image. / p( b+ ?0 g+ |/ S5 F
C readjust their biological clock. % i& b% {1 w3 U1 i- P
D better their social relationships. i) ? I1 y* I: m
34 In the second study, students with low GPAs did NOT complain of
; A5 C- B+ L. B: IA having trouble falling asleep 0 q) t# }& H0 Y4 m
B waking at night and having trouble falling back to sleep.
( a" M) H0 ]) ?1 BC being kicked in the leg at night. \ j2 ^& s/ t9 C
D having difficulty concentrating during the day.
7 k9 }3 G4 m0 z4 b0 u3 ~% O35 According to Dr.Pagel, the academic performance of a student will be affected * |, R% C0 J( C
A if he or she is troubled by disordered sleep.
* }: j+ f1 U% E5 S8 eB if he or she is not motivated. + |5 d2 ?( p" i: C0 Q
C if he or she is a morning type. % V* o. B0 g# L, W
D if he or she is a lazy person.
! h" ] ~) Y( M3 c5 \参考答案：
, q- @3 G5 p6 O% L, m( U31. B had lower GPAs. ( T3 D6 ^" m. O# s/ J
32. D be included in undergraduate psychology texts.
2 W, G: u5 n. v, @" S* ]33. C readjust their biological clock.
. j# B' S) u: k. y% s34. C being kicked in the leg at night. 4 v4 O# ~2 `# ^/ x6 h! Y" f
35. A if he or she is troubled by disordered sleep. |
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