【題目】Do You Go To Sleep In Class?

The “Acronym”, our student newspaper, reports that most students go to sleep at 1: 30 a. m. Even if that’s an exaggeration(夸張), it’s too close to the truth. Scientists say teenagers should sleep nine hours each night. But that’s hard to do.

Some even “pull all-nighters”. These are lazy students who have homework due to(到期) the next day that they haven’t done. In the morning they don’t look healthy and you can tell who has been doing it.

One of my classmates did a survey(調(diào)查) on the problem. She found that most kids pull all-nighters to finish homework, but some do it for other reasons, such as playing computer games!

Maybe our lack of sleep is because of laziness — I think I’m a lazy student — or maybe it’s because we have too much to do in American high schools.

I usually go to bed around midnight. If I stayed up past 1: 30 a. m., I wouldn’t get any work done. I’d be falling asleep at my computer. My classes begin at 7:30 a.m. I’m partly awake in my first class. By the second, I’m slightly tired and sleepy. By my third class, I’m sleepy. By midday I’m finally wide-awake. But by 3: 00 p. m., I’m slowing down again.

Most American high schools seem to have such a problem.

High school classes start at 7: 30 a. m., so students have to wake up one and a half hours before that to get ready and catch the bus. It’s believed that lack of sleep can do harm to both grades and health.

Some schools are paying attention. Classes in those schools start at 8:30 a. m.

1What’s the problem talked about in the passage?

A.Many kids have too much homework to do.

B.Many teenagers don’t have enough sleep.

C.Many children are crazy about playing computer games.

D.Many kids are too lazy to finish their homework on time.

2The underlined expression “pull all-nighters” most probably means ________.

A.開夜車B.上夜班C.睡懶覺D.補作業(yè)

3Which of the following is NOT a reason mentioned in the passage?

A.Laziness.B.Homework.C.Housework.D.Computer games.

4What’s the idea suggested at the end of the passage?

A.Later start of classes.B.Less homework.

C.Going to bed early.D.Eating healthy food.

【答案】

1B

2A

3C

4A

【解析】

本文主要談論學生睡眠不足的問題,分析了原因和危害,并給出了建議。

1細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段特別最后1句“Scientists say teenagers should sleep nine hours each night. But thats hard to do.”可知“本文談論的問題是許多青少年睡眠不足;故選B。

2詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文“These are lazy students who have … and you can tell who has been doing it.(這些都是懶惰的學生,他們有第二天就到期的他們沒寫完的作業(yè)。早上他們看起來不健康,你可以知道是誰一直做這件事。)”可知此句“Some even pull all-nighters”句意是:有些人甚至“熬夜(開夜車)”。故“pull all-nighters”的意思是“開夜車”,故選A。

3細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第3段第2句和第4段第1句“She found that most kids pull all-nighters to finish homework, … such as playing computer games! … because of laziness ”可知學生開夜車的原因有:家庭作業(yè),電腦游戲,懶惰;沒有提到家務;故選C。

4推理判斷題。根據(jù)上文提到一些學校上課730,根據(jù)最后一段“Some schools are paying attention. Classes in those schools start at 8:30 a. m.”可知建議830上課,本文最后的建議是晚一點上課,選A。

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