Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This m...

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Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved everyone has a daily energy cycle.
    During the hours when you 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, John. You’ll be late for work again. ” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles means, 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 it better. Dr Kleitman believes that habit can help. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before at your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam and work better at your low point.
    Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
26. According to the writer, if a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably        .
A. he is a lazy person
B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C. he is not sure when his energy is low
D. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
27. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Man’s energy cycle can be changed easily
B. Some family quarrels are caused by unawareness of energy cycle.
C. Getting up early in the morning is not a piece of cake.
D. Everyone has a daily energy cycle but a lazy one.
58. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should        .
A. change his energy cycle
B. overcome his laziness
C. get up earlier than usual
D. go to bed earlier
29. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will        .
A. help you to keep your energy for the day’s work
B. help you to control your temper early in the day
C. enable you to concentrate on your routine work
D. keep your energy cycle under control all day
30. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy.
B. Dr. Kleitman doesn’t explain why people reach their peaks at different hours of the day.
C. Habit helps one adapt to his own energy cycle.
D. Children have energy cycles, too.