- 阅读理解A
题干：Weallknowthatthenormalhumandailycycleofactivityisofsome7-8hours’sleepalternationwithsome16-17hours’wakefulnessandthat,broadlyspeaking,thesleepnormallycoincideswiththehoursofdarkness.Ourpresentconcerniswithhoweasilyandtowhatextentthiscyclecanbemodified.Thequestionisnomereanacademicone.Theease,forexample,withwhichpeoplecanchangefromworkinginthedaytoworkingatnight,isaquestionofgrowingimportanceinindustrywhereautomationcallsforround-the-clockworkingofmachines.Itnormallytakesfromfivedaystooneweekforapersontoadapttoareversedroutineofsleepandwakefulness,sleepingduringthedayandworkingatnight.Unfortunately,itisoftenthecaseinindustrythatshiftsarechangedeveryweek;apersonmayworkfrom12midnightto8a.m.oneweek,8a.m.to4p.m.thenext,and4p.m.to12midnightthethird,andsoon.Thismeansthatnosoonerhashegotusedtooneroutinethanhehastochangetoanother,sothatmuchofhistimeisspentneitherworkingnorsleepingveryefficiently.Theonlyrealsolutionappearstobetohandoverthenightshifttoanumberofpermanentnightworkers.AninterestingstudyofthedomesticlifeandhealthofnightshiftworkerswascarriedoutbyBrownin1957.Shefoundahighincidence（发生率）ofdisturbedsleepandotherdisordersamongthoseonalternatingdayandnightshifts,butnoabnormaloccurrenceofthesephenomenaamongthoseonpermanentnightwork.Thislattersystemthenappearstobethebestlong-termpolicy,butmeanwhilesomethingmaybedonetorelievethestrainsofalternatedayandnightworkbyselectingthosepeoplewhocanadaptmostquicklytothechangesofroutine.Onewayofknowingwhenapersonhasadaptedisbymeasuringhisbodytemperature.Peopleengagedinnormaldaytimeworkwillhaveahightemperatureduringthehoursofwakefulnessandalowoneatnight;whentheychangetonightwork,thepatternwillonlygraduallygobacktomatchthenewroutineandthespeedwithwhichitdoessoparallels,broadlyspeaking,theadaptationofthebodyasawhole,particularlyintermsofperformance.Therefore,bytakingbodytemperatureatintervalsoftwohoursthroughouttheperiodofwakefulnessitcanbeseenhowquicklyapersoncanadapttoareversedroutine,andthiscouldbeusedasabasisforselection.Sofar,however,suchaformofselectiondoesnotseemtohavebeenappliedinpractice.
题目：Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?（） - A 、Body temperature may serve as an indication of a worker’s performance
- B 、The selection of a number of permanent night shift workers has proved to be the best solution to problems of the round-the-clock working system
- C 、Taking body temperature at regular intervals can show how a person adapts to the changes of routine
- D 、Disturbed sleep occurs less frequently among those on permanent night or day shifts
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
本题要求对4个选项进行判断，找出不符合文章意思的选项来。选项A符合第4段第2句的意思，因此不是答案。选项C符合文章第4段第4句的意思，因此也不是答案。选项D符合第3段中Brown的有关的发现，因此也不是答案。选项B说“挑选一批固定做夜班的工人（has proved to be the best solution）”。但是，文章第4段只是说，这似乎是（appears to be）最好的办法和长远之计，但并没有得到实际应用（见文章最后一句）。因此选项B不符合文章原意（NOT TRUE），这就是题目所要求的答案。
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