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Every living thing has an inner biological clock that controls behavior. The clock works all the time; even when there are no ou
Every living thing has an inner biological clock that controls behavior. The clock works all the time; even when there are no ou
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2016-03-05
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Every living thing has an inner biological clock that controls behavior. The clock works all the time; even when there are no outside signs to mark the passing of time. The biological clock tells plants when to form flowers and when the flowers should open. It tells insects when to leave the protective cocoon and fly away. And it tells animals when to eat, sleep and wake. It controls body temperature, the release of some hormones(荷尔蒙)and even dreams. These natural daily events are circadian(生理节奏的)rhythms.
Man has known about them for thousands of years. But the first scientific observation of circadian rhythms was not made until 1729. In that year French astronomer, Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mariran, noted that one of his plants opened its leaves at the same time every morning, and closed them at the same time every night. The plant did this even when he kept it in a dark place all the time. Later scientists wondered about circadian rhythms in humans. They learned that man’s biological clock actually keeps time with a day of a little less than 25 hours instead of the 24 hours hours on a man-made clock.
About four years ago, an American doctor, Eliot Weitzman, established a laboratory to study how our biological clock works. The people in his experiments are shut off from the outside world. They are free to listen to and live by their circadian rhythms. Dr. Weitzman hopes his research will lead to effective treatments for common sleep problems and sleep disorders caused by ageing and mental illness. In the first four years of research, Dr. Weitzman and his assistant have observed 16 men between the ages of 21 and 80. The men remained in the laboratory for as long as six months. Dava Sobol became the first woman to take part in the experiment. She entered the laboratory on June 13th and stayed for 25 days. Miss Sobol wrote reports about the experiment during that time, which was published in the newspaper.
The sentence "They are free to listen to and live by their circadian rhythms. "(Line 3, Para. 3)probably means______.
选项
A、they can lead their daily lives according to their biological clocks, without referring to a man-made clock
B、they can listen to the wonderful rhythms of the biological clock and live close to them
C、they can live by regulating their own circadian rhythms
D、they are free from the annoying rhythms of everyday life
答案
A
解析
推理题。推理They are free to listen to and live by their circadian rhythms这句话的内涵。人体内的生理节奏被形象地称作“生物钟”,可知该句话的意思是“人能够通过自身生物钟的报时和生理节奏的规律来生活”。再根据第二段最后一句They learned that man’sbiological clock actually keeps time with a day of a little less than 25 hours instead of the 24 hours hourson a man-made clock.可知人不再需要外在的人类时钟来调节自己的生活。故A为正确答案。
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