The stress of daily life has given rise to a new phenomenon—sleep texting. People with this condition send text messages while asleep to their friends and family—completely _________ that they are doing it.
Sleep specialist Dr. Cunnington, of Melbourne Sleep Disorder Centre in Australia, said patients had reported _________ of sleep texting -and he has advised people to leave their _________ outside the bedroom.
He said, “We have had patients who have reported sending text messages to their friends and family while asleep. It is one of those things that happens, but it is very _________, and certainly not a common trend.”
Unsurprisingly, there are no _________ into sleep texting—but a _________ phenomenon, sleep emailing, was studied in 2008.
Researchers at the University of Toledo reported the case of a woman, 44, who would _________ e-mails while sound asleep. She had no recollection (记忆) of sending the e-mails when she was awake. Dr. Cunnington said cases of sleep emailing were more common, and were likely to have a more _________ effect on the lives of sufferers.
He said, “Emails can be sent to work colleagues and have much more serious _________, whereas text messages are more likely to be __________ sent to a friend or family member, so people aren’t as likely to complain of a problem.”
Dr. Cunnington described sleep texting as the __________ of people having too much to do during waking life. He explained: People are doing so much during a normal day that it can mean that they feel like they’re “on call” even at night.
“ __________ it’s so easy to receive e-mails constantly, and get notifications (通知) from smartphones, it becomes more difficult for us to ________ our waking and sleeping lives.”
Dr. Cunnington said people __________ to get a quality night’s sleep must realize that the key point is that people need to respect their sleep, and make an effort to __________ at night.
【小题1】A.curious | B.unaware | C.sure | D.grateful |
【小题2】A.missions | B.intention | C.courses | D.incidents |
【小题3】A.mobile phones | B.personal computers | C.unfinished work | D.sleeping pills |
【小题4】A.true | B.attractive | C.obvious | D.rare |
【小题5】A.clues | B.details | C.studies | D.insights |
【小题6】A.similar | B.strange | C.present | D.unique |
【小题7】A.recall | B.collect | C.compose | D.polish |
【小题8】A.generous | B.internal | C.harmful | D.positive |
【小题9】A.consequences | B.preparations | C.injuries | D.discussions |
【小题10】A.accidentally | B.purposefully | C.unreasonably | D.unwillingly |
【小题11】A.theory | B.result | C.excuse | D.loss |
【小题12】A.Because | B.Although | C.Whether | D.So |
【小题13】A.combine | B.satisfy | C.describe | D.separate |
【小题14】A.devoting | B.struggling | C.objecting | D.affording |
【小题15】A.turn on | B.stick to | C.think about | D.switch off |