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Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls
Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls
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2024-05-28
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问题
Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls behavior. It tells plants when to 【C1】______ flowers and insects when to leave protective cocoon(茧) and fly away. And it tells animals and human beings when to 【C2】______ , sleep and seek food. It controls our body temperatures, the 【C3】______ of some hormones and even dreams.
Events 【C4】______ the plant and animal affect its actions. Scientists recently found that a tiny animal called Siberian hamster changes the color of its 【C5】______ because of the number of hours of 【C6】______ . In shorter days of winter its fur becomes white. The fur becomes gray-brown in longer 【C7】______ of daylight in summer.
【C8】______ signals control other biological clocks. German scientists found that some internal one seems to order birds to begin their 【C9】______ flights two times each year. Birds prevented from flying become 【C10】______ when it is time for the trip. 【C11】______ they become can again when the time of the flight has ended. A mix of outside and internal events controls some biological clocks;such things as heartbeat and the daily change from sleep to walking take place because of both external and internal signals.
Scientists are beginning to learn 【C12】______ parts of the brain contain the biologicaI clocks. A researcher at Harvard University. Dr. Martin Moore Ede, said a small group of cells near the front of the brain seemed to control the 【C13】______ of some of our actions. Probably there are other cells to control other body activities. He is studying 【C14】______ they affect the way we do our work. Most of us have great difficulty if we 【C15】______ often change to different work hours. 【C16】______ call take many days for a human body to 【C17】______ a major change in work hours. Industrial officials should have a better 【C18】______ of biological clocks and how they affect workers. He said such an understanding could 【C19】______ sickness and accidents at work, and would help increase 【C20】______ . [br] 【C19】
选项
A、decrease
B、diminish
C、decline
D、reduce
答案
D
解析
动词辨析题。根据本句大意,了解生物钟对工作应该有一定好处,所以在工作中突发的疾病和事故应该会有所减少,因此选择D.reduce,指人为地使某物在数量或重量方面的减少或降低。A.decrease指“数量上的减少;力量或者强度的减弱”;B.diminish指“因为不断消耗.在数量方面缓慢减少或素质、价值的下降”;C.decline“(数目、价格、比率)下降;谢绝,婉言推辞;衰退,衰落”。
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