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2020年最新 呼兰一中 阿城二中 宾县三中 尚志五中 四校联考 2018—— 2019 学年度下学期 期中考试 高二英语试题 第 I 卷 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Are you a morning person? You might not like the findings in this new research. From a lack of air and drinking water to solar radiation, theoretical Mars pioneers face any number of potential obstacles to settling on the red planet. Now, scientists have found something else to add to the list: seriously messed-up biological clocks. One day on Mars - which scientists refer to as the solar day, or “sol ” - is 37 minutes longer than a day on Earth. A team of European scientists recently demonstrated why that could be a problem. Circadian rhythms are the body ’s natural cycles of rest and waking, which tend to follow roughly 24-hour light-dark cycles. These natural rhythms - which play a role in biological functions including brain wave activity and hormone production - can be interrupted by things like jet lag （时差）and night shift work. For the study, the researchers compared mice with healthy, 24-hour circadian clocks to mice with a genetic change that caused them to have shorter, 20-hour circadian clocks. The mice with healthy biological clocks were more likely to survive and reproduce, while the mice with shorter biological clocks were more likely to die off. What does this all have