C. exercise conscious control
Section C
D. avoid anxiety in the daytime
A. The rhythm of life is a slight beat. B. Experts say every aspect of human bodies is influenced by daily rhythms. C. Jenny Hope claims to have tested her body clocks to the limit. D. This is a key reason why shift work can cause so many problems. E. Many people study the state of their bio-rhythms before making their daily plans. F. Such a dangerous combination never gave their bodies’ natural rhythms a chance to settle down. Rhythm of Life
Choosing the right time to sleep, the correct moment to make decisions, the best hour to eat--and even go into hospital—could be your key to perfect health.
Centuries after man discovered the rhythms of the planets and the cycles of crops, scientists have learned that we too live by precise rhythms that govern everything from our basic bodily functions to mental skills. Man is a prisoner of time.
But it’s not just the experts who are switching on to the way our bodies work. __67__ Prince Charles consults a chart which tells him when he will be at his peak on a physical, emotional and intellectual level. Boxer Frank Bruno is another who charts his bio-rhythms to plan for big fights.
__68__ Sleep, blood pressure, hormone levels and heartbeat all follow their own clocks, which may bear only slight relation to our man-made 24-hour cycle.
Research shows that in laboratory experiments when social signals and most importantly, light indicators such as dawn are taken away, people lose touch with the 24-hour clock and sleeping patterns change. Temperature and heartbeat cycles lengthen and settle into “days” lasting about 25 hours.
In the real world, light and dark keep adjusting internal clock to the 24-hour day. But the best indicator of performance is body temperature. As it falls from a 10 p.m. high of 37.2℃ to a pre-dawn low of 36.1℃, mental functions fall too. __69__
The most famous example is the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in the US. The three operators in the control room worked alternating weeks of day, evening and night shifts. __70__ Investigators believe this caused the workers to overlook a warning light and fail to close an open valve.
Finding the secret of what makes us tick has long fascinated scientists and work done over the last decade has yielded important clues. The aim is to help us become more efficient. For example, the time we eat may be important if we want to maximize intellectual or sporting performance. There is already evidence suggesting that the time when medicine is given to patients affects how well it works.
IV. Summary Writing
Quiet Virtue: The Conscientious
The everyday signs of conscientiousness(认真尽责)—being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一丝不苟的) in attending to responsibilities—are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. It’s the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline.
Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field. In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs, from semi-skilled labor to sales and management, depends on conscientiousness. Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer, those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales.
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Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (缓冲) against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.
But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems. Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves, they can hold other people to their own standards, and so be overly judgmental when others don’t show the same high levels of model behavior. Factory workers who were extremely conscientious, for example, tended to criticize co-workers even about failures that seemed unimportant to those they criticized, which damaged their relationships.
When conscientiousness takes the form of living up to expectations, it can discourage creativity. Success in creative professions like art or advertising calls for a balance between wild ideas and conscientiousness. Without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dreamers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness.
V. Translation
72. 请把这封信寄给负责售后服务的人。 (whoever)
73. 越来越多的市民有望参与到全民健身活动中来。 (expect)
74. 抱怨太多作业是于事无补的，你不妨学学如何合理管理时间。 (It’s no use)
75. 现在很多学生沉迷于网络世界，网上聊天代替了面对面交流，这让家长和老师们忧心忡忡。 (substitute)
VI. Guided Writing Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是学生李华，你校举办一次校园歌手大赛，现就举办场所（校体育馆，还是租借上海城市剧院City Theatre）征集学生意见。请你给学校主办这一活动的学生会写一封信，表达你的想法。你的信中必须包括以下内容： 1. 说明你的选择 2. 通过比较说明你选择该场所的原因
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松江区2017学年第二学期高三年级质量调研考试英语试卷参考答案及评分标准
I. Listening Comprehension
1.A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. B 17. A 18 .C 19. C 20. D
II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
21. the latest 22. though 23. to appear 24. were making 25. herself 26. when 27. a 28. until 29. on 30. going Section B
31. C 32. F 33. G 34. K 35. H 36. A 37. E 38. I 39. D 40. J I. Reading Comprehension Section A
41-45 CBAC 46-50 BDACB 51-55 CADAB Section B
56. A 57. B 58. C 59. A 60. D 61. C 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. C 66. A 67. E 68. B 69. D 70. F Summary Writing 得分点：
1. Conscientiousness is the feature of model organizational employees and keeps the company functioning successfully.
2. Conscientiousness has both advantages and disadvantages.
3. With conscientiousness, employees give outstanding performance, so they are less likely to be jobless. 4. Meanwhile, conscientious people without social skills tend to do have tense relationship with their fellow workers and conscientiousness can also damage creativity. V. Translation
72. Send the letter to whoever is in charge of after-sale service, please.
73. More and more citizens are expected to participate in the national fitness program.
74. It’s no use complaining about too much homework, you may as well learn how to manage your time properly.
75. Now many students are additive to (obsessed with) online world, substituting face-to-face communication with online chatting , which makes parents and teachers concerned.
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