II. Select the best answer to complete the text.
Every day we make decisions that have important implications for
our happiness and how we live our lives. When making decisions, we
often do not consider how the time of day might affect our choices.
(33) , we decide on a time based on what is most convenient to us. Yet
recent research suggests that time of day has an important effect on our
behavior and decision-making.
In the morning, we start off feeling fresh and rested. As the day
(34) , sustained cognitive engagement depletes our mental resources,
and our behavior changes for the worse. The effect of time of day
influences all of us, including experts. For example, due to such fatigue,
doctors have been found to (35) unnecessary antibiotics for
patients later in the day. We know that fatigue tends to accumulate over
the day, but we generally fail to consider that our performance suffers
(36) . Fortunately, studies have found that taking a break can recharge
our energy and improves the performance. So, we should not turn
opportunities for a break into additional work (e.g., eating lunch at our
desk).
【題組】35. (A) circumscribe (B) describe (C) prescribe (D) proscribe