早起和熬夜，哪個更適合你？

Early birds are certainly held in higher regard. Rolling into the office late continues to be frowned upon in most workplaces. A study published in 2022 by Jessica Dietch of Oregon State University and her co-authors found that night owls were perceived by respondents as being “lazy”， “undisciplined” and “immature”. To pile on the stereotypes， they are fatter， too， according to research by Lap Ah Tse of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and colleagues.

Rising early is not， though， all upside. Those ready and waiting to receive work when the boss arrives may be given more of it. If the early bird gets the worm， the clever worm stays in bed. Urgent tasks often come up during the day， meaning that those who come in early may end up working just as late as their dawn-averse colleagues. And the more emails you send in the morning， the more responses you are bound to get back.

Waking before sunrise also risks turning you into a bore. Some larks go home early to tuck themselves in rather than socialise after hours. Night owls， by contrast， let loose. In the eyes of many， late nights are the preserve of youth， whereas early mornings are the domain of the geriatric.

Efforts to alter your circadian rhythm are likely to end in sleepy frustration. A person’s chronotype， to use the scientific lingo， is largely a product of their genes. Dimming your lights at night and buying a special alarm clock will not magically transform you into a morning person. Those early hours will be of little use if they are spent staring blankly at a screen through bleary eyes. This Bartleby abandoned his efforts at early starts after growing alarmed at the quantities of caffeine he required to stay awake. Early birds， for their part， lose out by never being the life of the party after the sun goes down. If nothing else， that gives them one fewer thing to feel smug about.

Perhaps the best advice， then， is to stop worrying about your body clock. Most people are neither early birds nor night owls， but in between. They do not perform well first thing in the morning or late in the evening. Many， including your columnist， get sleepy in the afternoon， too. That is why most offices operate between 9 and 5—and why they ought to have nap rooms.

（材料來自The Economist，有刪改）

1. What does the underlined word “perceived” in paragraph 1 mean？

A. Consider. B. Deceive.

C. Understand. D. Repudiate.

2. Which of the following is incorrect according to the passage？

A. The early bird catches the worm， and those who ready and waiting to receive work when the boss arrives may be given less of it.

B. Even though in the study， respondents may consider night owls to be “lazy，undisciplined and immature，”people who work late often prefer to socialize after hours.

C. In the eyes of many， late nights are the preserve of youth， whereas early mornings are the domain of the geriatric.

D. A person’s biological clock is largely a product of genes， so we don’t have to worry too much about the timing of our own biological clock.

3. Which statement about the biological clock is correct in scientific terminology？

A. Dimming your lights at night and buying a special alarm clock lYrBR6Tt3A4DOtNhA7G2pWfpzq3uwYiw5uiT5I72BsQ=will magically transform you into a morning person.

B. Those early hours will be of more use if they are spent staring blankly at a screen through bleary eyes.

C. A person’s chronotype， to use the scientific lingo， is largely a product of their genes.

D. Efforts to alter your circadian rhythm are likely to end in physiological excitement.

4. Why most offices should be equipped with a nap room？

A. Because most of them are overly concerned about their biological clock.

B. Because even columnists tend to doze off.

C. Most office work hours are from 9am to 4pm， which is why they should be equipped with a nap room.

D. Because most people are neither early risers nor late sleepers， but rather somewhere in between.

1.A。解析：詞義辨析題。材料第一段的第三句提到“俄勒岡州立大學的Jessica Dietch和她的合著者于2022年發表的一項研究表明，夜貓子被受訪者認為是懶惰、不守紀律和不成熟的”，由此可知“perceived”的意思是“認為、以為”。A選項的意思是“認為”，B選項的意思是“欺騙、欺瞞”，C選項的意思是“理解、了解”，D選項的意思是“否定”，故選A。

2.A。解析：推理判斷題。材料第二段的第二句提到“當老板到達時，做好準備接受工作任務的人可能會收到更多的任務”。A選項與材料內容不符，故選A。

3.C。解析：細節理解題。材料倒數第二段的第二句提到“用科學術語來說，一個人的生物鐘在很大程度上是基因的產物”，C選項與材料內容相符，故選C。

4.D。解析：細節理解題。材料最后一段提到“那么，也許最好的建議是不要過分擔心你的生物鐘。大多數人既不是早起的人，也不是夜貓子，而是介于兩者之間……”。D選項與材料內容相符，故選D。