Thestressofdailylifehasgivenrisetoanewphenomenon─sleept...

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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 ___(50)___ that they are doing it.

Sleep specialist Dr David Cunnington, of Melbourne Sleep Disorder Centre in Australia, said patients had reported ___(51)___ of sleep texting ─ and he has advised people to leave their  ___(52)___ 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 ___(53)___, and certainly not a common trend.”

___(54)___, there are no studies into sleep texting — but a ___(55)___ phenomenon, sleep emailing, was studied in 2008.

Researchers at the University of Toledo reported the case of a woman, 44, who would ___(56)___ emails while sound asleep. She had no recollection(记忆) of sending the emails when awake.  

Dr Cunnington said cases of sleep emailing were more common, and were likely to have a more ___(57)___ effect on the lives of sufferers.

He said: “Emails can be sent to work colleagues and have much more serious ___(58)___, whereas text messages are more likely to be ___(59)___ 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 ___(60)___ 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.

“___(61)___ it's so easy to receive emails constantly, and get notifications(通知) from smartphones（智能电话）, it becomes more difficult for us to ___(62)___ our waking and sleeping lives.”

Dr Cunnington said people ___(63)___ to get a quality night's sleep must realize that the key point is that people need to ___(64)___ their sleep, and make an effort to switch off at night.

50.A. conscious               B. unaware                 C. secure                      D. grateful

51.A. missions                 B. intervals                   C. courses                    D. incidents

52.A. mobile phones        B. personal computers   C. unfinished work        D. sleeping pills

53.A. true                       B. common                   C. obvious                    D. rare

54.A. Fortunately             B. Adequately         C. Unsurprisingly         D. Unbelievably

55.A. similar                   B. strange                     C. present                     D. unique

56.A. recall                     B. overlook                   C. compose                  D. recover

57.A. generous                B. internal       C. harmful                   D. positive

58.A. consequences         B. preparations              C. significance             D. symptoms

59.A. accidentally            B. purposefully              C. unreasonably            D. unwillingly

60.A. temper                   B. result                       C. excuse                            D. loss

61.A. Because                 B. Although                   C. Just as                            D. So

62.A. combine                 B. satisfy                      C. describe                   D. separate

63.A. appointing              B. struggling                C. carrying                   D. affording

64.A. recognize               B. ignore         C. restore                           D. respect

【回答】

50-54 BDADC       55-59 ACCAA       60-64 BADBD

知识点：健康保健类

题型：完型填空