【题文】Owls and Larks

Larks are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying.

But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have the upper hand, researchers say. They have found that night owls are generally brighter and wealthier than those able to get up early in the morning.

Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late proved the kind of intelligence associated with honored jobs and higher incomes. “Larks” or “morning people”, however, often acquired better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls. The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the youngsters to determine whether they liked to stay up late and sleep later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their peak in the morning. School performance and inductive(归纳的)intelligence, or problem solving, were measured and academic grades in the major subjects were also taken into account. The results showed that evening types scored higher than morning types on inductive reasoning, which has been shown to be a good estimate of general intelligence and a strong indicator of academic（学术的） performance. They also had a greater capacity（能力） to think conceptually（概念地） as well as analytically. Such abilities have been linked to innovative(创新的) thinking, more admired occupations and better incomes.

Famous night owls include President Trump, Obama, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Keith Richards and Elvis Presley. George W. Bush, who is regularly in bed by 10 p.m., Thomas Edison, Napoleon, Condoleezza Rice, who wakes at 4:30 a.m., and Ernest Hemingway are among those known as larks. Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University, said, “Evening types tend to be the more active and creative types, the poets, artists and inventors, while the morning types are the deducers(推导者), as are often seen with civil servants and accountants.” A previous study of US Air Force recruits found that evening types were much better at thinking to solve problems than larks.

【小题1】What does the word “owl” mean in the text?

A．A bird of prey that flies at night.

B．A bird of prey that is a symbol of wisdom.

C．A kind of person who stays up late.

D．A kind of person who gets up early.

【小题2】The following features belong to night owls EXCEPT that ________.

A．Night owls are much healthier, wealthier and wiser

B．Night owls stay up late and sleep later in the morning

C．Night owls have a strong ability of inductive reasoning

D．Night owls are expert in analyzing and innovative thinking

【小题3】What’s the author’s attitude towards night owls?

A．Doubtful.	B．Objective.
C．Subjective.	D．Negative.

【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．President Trump and George W. Bush are models of night owls.

B．The early bird will catch the worm.

C．Morning types have a tendency to do some creative jobs.

D．Night owls usually do poorer in the examinations than larks.

安徽省肥东县高级中学高一年级英语假期作业检测试题（2020年3月19号）