9．There's a thin line between downtime and wasting time．
We're surrounded with statistics and stories about how we're all overscheduled and underslept．"Busy-ness，"described as both a virtue and an epidemic，inspires countless blog posts and a healthy number of books．
Experts warn parents and educators against overscheduling children，whose growing minds and bodies need downtime to develop in every field-social，emotional，academic and physical．But we don't spend as much energy defending unstructured time for adults．
"There's a misunderstanding with downtime，"says Shimi Kang，a Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist．
"It sounds a little ridiculous to say you prioritize rest，"she says．"People judge you as not very ambitious，not very competitive．"
In truth，Kang says，restorative downtime is critical for our mental and physical health．
"Breaks are moments of breakthroughs，"Kang says．"Certain biological processes occur only during moments of relaxed wakefulness，when the brain's default-mode （預(yù)設(shè)模式） network becomes activated．"
Productivity，problem-solving，attention，creativity，a moral compass-all are strengthened and improved when our bodies have a chance to rest，Kang says．
"A time of relaxed wakefulness is when we integrate what we've felt or heard，"she says．"It's when we make sense of our past and apply it to our future，so our sense of morality and our sense of self are shown to improve．"
But all downtime is not created equal，says time use expert Laura Vanderkam．"There's a big difference between consciously doing nothing versus actually wasting time，"Vanderkam says．"Wasting time is spending it on things that aren't particularly meaningful or even enjoyable to you．"
"You want to make sure downtime is doing what it's supposed to do，which makes you return to your busy life more refreshed，"Vanderkam says．
Her patients often tell her they don't have time to build rest into their lives，Kang says．
"I tell people，then you're too busy for best health，"she says．"You're too busy to perform best．Too busy to be brilliant，to be the best athlete，to be the best CEO，writer，homemaker-whatever it is you're trying to achieve．Because you need rest to do all of those things．"
58．The underlined word"unstructured"in Paragraph 3is closest in meaning toB．
A．travelling
B．relaxing
C．precious
D．perfect．
59．Downtime differs from waste time in that it makes peopleC．
A．spend more time on relaxing
B．have a good understanding of the past
C．improve efficiency in work or study
D．have a full schedule for the future
60．What's the purpose of the last paragraph？C
A．To indicate the consequence of being too busy．
B．To analyze why people fail to become successful．
C．To advise people to spare time to relax themselves．
D．To urge people to apply themselves to achieving goals．
61．What can we infer from the passage？B
A．Downtime can result in a person lacking motivation．
B．It's generally unacceptable if people regard rest as high priority．
C．Being hardworking is no longer a virtue in society nowadays．
D．"Busy-ness"damages people both emotionally and physically．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了休息時間和浪費(fèi)時間之間的界限，人們不會優(yōu)先考慮休息，但是工作之余要抽出時間放松自己．
解答 58．B．詞義猜測題．根據(jù)文章第三段"But we don't spend as much energy defending unstructured time for adults"但是我們不會花很多的精力捍衛(wèi)自由的時間成人；可知意為放松的；故選B．
59．C．推理判讀題．根據(jù)文章第七段：Certain biological processes occur only during moments of relaxed wakefulness，when the brain's default-mode （預(yù)設(shè)模式） network becomes activated可知停工時間不同于浪費(fèi)時間，因為它使人工作學(xué)習(xí)更高有效率；故選C．
60．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段"Too busy to be brilliant，to be the best athlete，to be the best CEO，writer，homemaker-whatever it is you're trying to achieve．Because you need rest to do all of those things"；可知目的是建議人們抽出時間放松自己；故選C．
61．B．推力判斷題．根據(jù)文章第四段"It sounds a little ridiculous to say you prioritize rest，"she says．"People judge you as not very ambitious，not very competitive"可知人們不會優(yōu)先考慮休息；故選B．
點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
