Passage Three
There is no creature that does not need sleep or complete rest every day.
If you want to know why, just try going without sleep for a long period of time. You will discover that your mind and body would become too tired to work properly. You would become irritable and find it hard to think clearly or concentrate on your work. So sleep is quite simply the time when the cells of your body recover from the work of the day and build up supplies of energy for the next period of activity.
One of the things we all know about sleep is that we are unconscious in sleep. We do not know what is going on around us. But that doesn’t mean the body stops all activity. The important organs continue to work during sleep, but most of the body functions are slowed down.
For example, our breathing becomes slower and deeper. The heart beats more slowly, and the blood pressure is lower. Our arms and legs become limp(柔软的) and muscles are at rest
A. that any rest can reach
B. that no rest can have the same effect
C. that you will never need any rest
D. that you will need the most quiet rest
From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others (36) sports. It depends on individual (个人的) (37) There are many different ways to spend our (38) time.
Almost everyone has (39) kind of hobby. It may be (40) from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very (41) ; others don’t (42) at all. Some collections are (43) a lot of money; others are valuable only (44) their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare (稀有的) fifty-cent piece (45) 250 dollars!
He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was (46) , (47) my youngest brother (48) match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. However, (49
A. for
B. to
C. with
D. of
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