题文
Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight, and I would always get up late the next morning.But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser. But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep. Eventually some sleep research showed that my strategy was wrong.
The most common wrong strategy is this: supposing you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.
There are two main schools (流派) of thought on sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. However, I have found both are wrong if you care about productivity. If you sleep at fixed hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake.
My solution is to combine both methods. I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time. So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 a.m.), but I go to bed at different times every night.
However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways. If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.
小题1:According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.A．people who stay up until the next morningB．people who get up early in the morningC．people who feel sleepy in the morningD．people whose productivity is the lowest in the morning小题2:Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?A．Because he / she wanted to have more sleep time.B．Because he / she wanted to do morning exercise.C．Because he / she wanted to test which school is better.D．Because he / she found that the productivity was higher.小题3:The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ________.A．going to bed after midnightB．asking scholars for advice on sleeping habitsC．getting up early occasionallyD．pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping小题4:What’s the author’s sleep pattern?A．Going to bed early and getting up early.B．Going to bed late and getting up late.C．Going to bed when sleepy and getting up at a fixed early time.D．Going to bed early and getting up late.小题5:The passage is mainly about ________.A．main schools of thought on sleep patternsB．how to have a good sleepC．wrong strategies for getting up earlyD．how to become an early riser 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
解析
本文讲述的是我努力成为一个早起的人的过程以及最后的结果。
小题1:B 推理题。根据文章第二段前3行But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser.可知这里的 morning people指的是那些早起的人，故B正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据第二段2,3行On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser.可知D正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据第一段In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight,和On those rare occasions where I did get up early以及whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep.可知ACD三项内容都是文章中提及的，只有B项文章没有涉及。故B符合要求。
小题4:C 细节题。根据文章最后一段However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways可知C项符合题意。故C正确。
小题5:D 主旨大意题。通过全文可知本文讲述的是我努力成为一个早起的人的过程以及最后的结果。故D正确。
点评：本文讲述的是我努力成为一个早起的人的过程以及最后的结果。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Are morning people b.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
