Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word: for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Morning or night? Which time of day do you enjoy the most and are more mentally alert? 【小题1】 one you prefer, there is a name for you.
Early birds or morning larks (云雀), as you can guess, are morning people. They have more energy in the morning and are happy to greet the day. 【小题2】 they rise early, they lose energy in the late afternoon. Therefore, morning larks tend to hit the hay early. As most of society runs on daylight hours, morning larks are seen as productive people. As the saying goes: “The early bird gets the worm.”
Night owls are the opposite of morning larks. These people have 【小题3】 (little) energy in the morning. They would rather get a few more hours of sleep than rise with the sun. But on the other side, night owls come alive in the late evening hours. They become energetic and find inspiration in the moonlight. It’s no surprise【小题4】 they can they up well into the night.
While all birds 【小题5】 (create) equal, some night owls wish they could rise earlier. If you are one of them, here are some tips to help you catch that worm.
People【小题6】 not adjust their bedtimes overnight (一夜之间). So far those night owls wishing to rise at dawn, start with a 15-minute change. Go to bed 15 minutes earlier than usual and wake up that much earlier as well. Keep the pattern going until you find yourself【小题7】 (rise) with the sun.
Though it may be challenging. start your morning with as much light as possible. Open the curtains. Turn on the lights. See what 【小题8】 difference it makes in helping you start your day.
To make the change from owl to lark you need to be consistent and rise early every day. Don’t work hard to rise early during the week only 【小题9】 (sleep) in on weekends. Pick an hour to wake up, and do it every day.
For the night owls out there, hopefully these tips 【小题10】 (make) your mornings more bearable.