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阅读理解＋阅读填空＋语法填空 (建议用时30分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解A Ever feel like there arent enough hours in the day? A group of time-challenged Canadian women are wishing for a 25-hour clock. Jessie Behan，president of the 25th Hour Coalition (联盟) which is a group of Canadian women who have changed to a longer dayvated her to research the bodys natural clock.“Many of my girlfriends are having kids，getting married，and I see the sufferings of dealing all that when youre a working woman，” she said.“Women like myself are sick of living their lives by a 24-hour clock.” A 2007 study by Charles Czeisler found a switch to longer days could be beneficial，especially for frequent travelers，shift workers，astronauts and those who experience trouble sleeping or waking. In a similar study，Czeisler showed the bodys natural clock averages 24 hours and 11 minutes in both young and older people.The current 360-degree clock has 720 minutes，giving each minute 0.5 degree.With the new 25-hour day，30 minutes is added to each 12-hour period making each minute 0.48 degree. While still a relatively small movement－the 25th Hour Coalition has 160 Facebook memberstheres no harm in just trying it out and seeing.If it gets big，maybe the government will decide to standardize it.” A recent online survey by Readers Digest，which included 150 people in each of the 13 countries，suggests its not just Canadians looking for longer days.Readers were asked “What would you do with an extra hour？” if given a choice between sleepwork，exercise and family time.In Spain，half of respondents (被访者) said theyd like an extra hour in the day to devote to family time.The same was found for respondents in Brazilcond.Only in India did work top the list with 50 percent of respondents claiming they could use an extra hour at the office. 1．Some Canadian working women are campaigning for the 25-hour day in order to ．hances at work B．keep a balance between life and work C．experience something new D．have a better sleep 2．Jessie Behan wants more women to