2. Every now and then, I get a little helpless, and I'm longing like a child to be loved.

3. Does his absence make a difference to your work?

4. I said this out of a desire to speak two more sentences, rather than as an explanation.

5. People thought what I was doing did not make sense and was wrong.

6. Even if you can figure it out, it's better to ask for a quick overview.

7. Then there is the question of how the new methods compare with existing approaches.

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

　　Most people who own iPhones use them as their alarm clocks―making it very easy to check emails one last time before falling asleep and hard to ever feel away from work and social networks.

　　Several years ago, my boss fainted due to exhaustion after staying up late to catch up on work. She banged her head and ended up with five stitches (缝针)―and became what she calls a "sleep evangelist (传教士). " Now she leaves her phone charging in another room when she goes to bed and encourages her friends to do the same.

"I sent all my friends the same Christmas gift―a lovely alarm clock―so they could stop using the excuse that they needed their very