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significance to his family.

His grandmother was a(n) 38. learning disabilities specialist and instructor. After her death, her co-workers had a large, cement angel fountain set up in her 39. . 40. Trevor’s mom, Sarene, cherished it, she lived six hours away and didn’t have the opportunity to visit. So when he decided what to get his mom for Mother’s Day, the fountain came to his mind. Sarene has a(n) 41. of homemade gifts. Her home is filled with hand-thrown pottery she made herself. Whatever Trevor was going to do for her, it would have to be 42. . When he arrived at the fountain, it was 43. with dirt and covered with leaves, in 44. shape than he expected. He started to scrub, motivated by memories of his late grandmother. He got the same feeling he imagined his mom gets at her pottery wheel-being in the moment doing an act of 45. for someone you love. There was one 46. : the fountain’s water was turned off. Without water, the chance of a shiny site was 47. ________, so Trevor purchased a bottle from a vending machine. “I was out there pouring water on a(n) 48. _________ fountain. People were looking at me all crazy,” Trevor 49. ______ the water bottle many times. It took him about two hours to 50. ________ the best he could, removing the first few layers of dust and being careful 51. ______the fragile pieces. He set up his camera, checked the lighting and took a before and after 52.___________ . He sent his mom two S3 emails, containing the before and after photo of the fountain respectively. When Sarene opened the photos, she burst into tears.

54.________ was a key component of Trevor’s gift. Over the years he paid attention to his mom’s everyday mentions of the fountain. She said, ”He honored me, but he also honored my mom.” Mothers, like 55.______ supply our needs: to drink water, to try to connect us to previous generations. 36. A. Instead 37. A. some 38. A. academic 39. A. favor 40. A. Since 41. A. distinction 42. A. unique 43. A. circled

B. However B. another B. senior B. defense B. Though B. appreciation B. specific B. lined

C. Moreover C. any C. qualified C. presenceC. Unless C. imagination C. simple C. caked

[来源学科网]D. Meanwhile D. every D. respected

D. honour D. As D. invention D. practical D. dotted

44. A. darker 45. A. generosity 46. A. pressure 47. A. fine 48. A. polished 49. A. refilled 50. A. make up 51. A. around 52. A. note 53. A. urgent 54. A. Pioneering 55. A. fountains

B. worse B. sacrifice B. possibility B. slim B. unfinished B. rearranged B. clean up B. in B. look B. usual B. Recalling B. flowers

C. better C. forgiveness C. problem C. equal C. decorated C. recycled C. fix up C. under C. shot C. separate C. Trusting C. sculptors

D. brighter D. service D. puzzle D. pure D. abandoned D. replaced D. pick up D. above D. break D. similar D. Listening D. instructors

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NIGHT OWLS GET A BAD RAP, so let’s get one thing out of the way: there is nothing wrong with staying up late as long as you’re getting a good amount of sleep every night. Similarly, early risers have no special biological advantage: recent research has upset the long-held belief that morning people are healthier than late risers. What research has not disproved, however, is that morning people tend to get more done.

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FIGHT SLEEP INERTIA (惯性）

When you wake up in the middle of the night, a physiological MIND YOUR EXPOSURE

state called sleep inertia helps you fall back asleep. But that Morning light exposure can help adjust your internal clock and same state is responsible for your morning sleepiness. To get your body going, Vanderkam recommends doing some regulate your levels of the sleep hormone melatonin (褪黑激stretches, drinking some water or taking a shower right after 素)，making you less out of it when you rise. “Getting morning your alarm goes off.

light immediately sends your body a wake-up signal,” says REWARD YOURSELF

Humans do not naturally avoid punishment, so if your morning routine feels like one, it’s time to change how you start your day. Instead of warring with the snooze button, motivate yourself with

The productivity expert Laura

Vanderkam argues that people should consider switching their schedule not because it’s necessarily better but because it’s practical.

“People find morning hours useful because it’s time you have to yourself before everybody else wants a piece of

56. According to Laura Vanderkam, morning people____________. A. are healthier than late risers B. are more efficient than late risers

C. have to share others1 responsibilitiesD. complete creative tasks on the smartphone 57. Vanderkam advises early risers to____________in the morning. A. draw the curtain aside C. cook breakfast on their own

B. turn to the tablet for news D. fall back asleep in minutes

B

The rate of deaths related to Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默）disease jumped by 54.5 percent over 15 years, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The disease currently affects an estimated 5.5 million people in the U.S. but that number is expected to rise dramatically in people over the age of 65 to 13.8 million in 2050. The researchers examined death certificate data from the National Vital Statistics System to reach their findings.

Keith Fargo, director of the scientific program at the Alzheimer's Association, said that the study highlights the need for support and research into treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

“It’s the only cause of death in the top 10 that does not have a way to prevent it or stop it” Fargo told ABC News.

CDC researchers did not study why there was an increase but reported the result of the phenomenon may be that more people were surviving to old age. They found from 1999 to 2005 the greatest increase in death rate related to Alzheimer's disease was in people over the age of 85.

Fargo said he was discouraged to see in the report that 24.9 percent of people with Alzheimer's disease were dying at home rather than in a medical facility.

“Before you die people become completely bed bound,” said Fargo. “It requires an intense level of caregiving to the end.”

Fargo said the fact that more people were dying at home indicated that people did not have the resources to get appropriate help at long-term care facilities like nursing homes. Fargo said providing that level of care can burden the caregivers both emotionally and physically. The CDC estimates caregivers provided 18.2 billion hours of unpaid care to dementia (痴呆)patients in 2015.

“The caregivers for Alzheimer’s disease have $9 billion more in Medicare claims of their own,” in addition to the claims of their loved ones Fargo said. Caregiving is “so stressful it causes a lot of physical suffering.”

The CDC researchers point out that increasing rates of Alzheimer's disease will mean more people need support to care and treat these patients.

“Until Alzheimer's can be prevented, slowed, or stopped, caregiving for persons with advanced Alzheimer's will remain a demanding task,” the authors wrote. “An increasing number of Alzheimer’s deaths coupled with an increasing number of patients dying at home suggests that there is an increasing number of caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's. It is likely that these caregivers might benefit from