Question

【題目】 There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food, taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need. But regardless of(不管)age, some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.

The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough.

According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100, 000 traffic accidents a year. Also sleep problems can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure.

Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are usually seen as "lazy". Also, you can sometimes hear some people say proudly that they don't have much time to sleep. They only sleep four or five hours a night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you'll do.

How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas, an expert(專家)in sleep. He says, "Sleep is like a credit(信用卡)card. When you sleep less, you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don't sleep, the more hours you should sleep to "pay back" the hours on your 'sleep credit card'."

For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said. "Don't think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more."

【1】What does "sleep-deprived" mean in Paragraph 3?

A.Having a good sleep.B.Excited about sleep.

C.Having less sleep.D.Interested in sleep.

【2】Why does Dr. James Maas say "sleep is like a credit card"?

A.Because we should pay money back.B.Because we can borrow time.

C.Because we must pay back if we sleep less.D.Because we can borrow money.

【3】What do the words of the famous person mean in the last paragraph?

A.Sleeping during the night is foolish.B.Sleeping during the night is helpful.

C.People have no courage.D.People always do less work.

【4】What is the best title of the passage?

A.The Value of SleepB.The Value of Study

C.The Ways of Eating LessD.The Ways of Making Money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

本文講述了身體健康與睡眠息息相關(guān)，睡眠不足也會導致各種健康問題，一味的租借時間，最后你也會償還回去，告誡我們要合理控制睡眠時間，這樣才會身體健康。

【1】

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. 據(jù)世界衛(wèi)生組織稱，世界上一半以上的人可能……。睡眠不足不僅會使人感到疲勞，而且還會引起事故�？芍�sleep-deprived指的是“睡眠不足”，故選C。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Sleep is like a credit(信用卡)card. When you sleep less, you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don’t sleep, the more hours you should sleep to “pay back” the hours on your ‘sleep credit card’睡眠就像信用卡。當你睡眠不足時，你只能借時間。你總是要還的。你不睡覺的時間越多，你就應(yīng)該睡更多的時間來“償還”你的“睡眠信用卡”上的時間。可知因為如果我們睡得少，我們就得以后多睡進行償還。故選C。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“Don’t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more.” “別以為你會因為晚上睡覺而少干活。那是一個愚蠢的想法，是那些沒有想象力的人所持有的。你將能夠做得更多�！笨芍�晚上睡覺是有幫助的有好處的，故選B。

【4】

最佳標題題。根據(jù)文中But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. 但改善健康最簡單、最便宜的方法就是每晚睡8個小時或更長時間。以及整個文章的理解可知，文章主要就睡眠的問題展開討論，介紹睡眠不足的壞處，所以說的是有關(guān)睡眠的價值，故選A。