China Daily 语篇型填空专项训练 9 The reason reading makes you sleepy Passage 1 You’ve 1. (final) tucked yourself into bed and 2. (crack) open the 3. (detect) novel you’ve been waiting all day to get back to. Three pages 4. (late), you’re fighting a 5. (lose) battle against two suddenly very heavy eyelids. You were wide awake mere minutes ago, and the protagonist just uncovered a 6. (promise) new lead in the case. So, what gives As the BBC’s Science Focus 7. (explain), the coziness of your covers could be working against you. People usually try 8. (read) in a quiet, 9. (comfort) atmosphere, and those conditions happen to be ideal for sleep. 10. (read) also eases your mind and draws its focus away from whatever preoccupations might otherwise keep you awake. Passage 2 "For many [people], reading can be 1. (relax) and 2. (enjoy), 3. can put your mind and body in the appropriate mindset or mood to go to sleep,” Dr. Raman Malhotra, a neurologist and member 4. the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s board of directors, 5. (talk) Refinery29. “The main reason 6. (read) may help some fall asleep 7. (be) that it allows your mind some time 8. (rest) and relax before turning out the lights to fall asleep.” The concentration 9. (require) to process every word can be pretty exhausting, too, especially if your chosen tome is dense. And reading line after line of anything can make you feel like 10. (give) your eyes a break. Passage 3 These 1. (factor) all make reading a great 2. (active) to add to your pre-sleep routine if you’re looking 3. ways 4. (fall) asleep faster. 5. if your body’s snoozing impulse is continually 6. (keep) you from enjoying a good book, there are some tricks to thwart it. Book Riot suggests reading in the morning, or 7. (try) an audiobook instead. Reading in a spot that isn’t your bed—preferably one 8. you’re sitting up, rather than 9. (lie) down—can help, too. Reading in a public place like a coffee shop 10. park can also discourage dozing. Buckingham Palace wing to open to visitors Passage 4 1. the first time, the public will be able 2. (go) on guided tours of Buckingham Palace's East Wing. That 3. (include) the famous front facade with a balcony that's been the focus of so many big royal 4. (occasional), although 5. (visit) won't be able to step out onto the balcony and wave to the tourists below. But 6. July and August, visitors will be able to see many historic rooms in that wing of the palace 7. (previous) not open to the public as part of an effort to open up more of the royal estate. The palace's East Wing, 8. (build) in the reign of Queen Victoria, was originally funded by 9. (sell) the Brighton Pavilion. But modern visitors 10. want the guided tour, plus a visit to the palace's State Rooms, will have to pay 75. 参考答案 参考答案 1 1.finally 2.cracked 3.detective 4.later 5.losing 6.promising 7.explains 8.to read 9.comfortable 10.Reading 参考译文 1 你终于上了床，打开那本你想了一天的侦探小说。才看了 3页，你突然感觉 眼 ... ...
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