Question

【題目】How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average (平均) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty， the average sleeping time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.

Most people have a bad night when they cannot fall asleep(睡著). The name of this problem is called insomnia.

This isn't a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin， the famous inventor had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV (國王路易十四) of France had four hundred and thirteen beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain， the famous American writer， had a different way. He laid on his side across the end of his bed.

【1】What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph Two?

A. 抑郁癥. B. 腦癱癥. C . 焦慮癥. D. 失眠癥.

【2】After the age of sixty， the average sleep hours are_______ a night.

A. 3 hours B. 7 or 8 hours

C. 6.5 hours D. 10 hours

【3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. King Louis XIV was an American.

B. Benjamin Franklin was a famous writer.

C. Many famous people in history had a bad night when they couldn't fall asleep.

D. Most young Americans sleep for an average of 6.5 hours a night.

【4】Why did Benjamin Franklin have four beds?

A. Because he hoped to fall asleep.

B. Because he was a famous inventor.

C. Because he had alot of money.

D. Because he liked to lie on his side across the end of his bed.

【5】What can we get from the passage?

A. Insomnia is a new problem in our society(社會).

B. Only famous people often have sleep problems.

C. All the people in the world need the same time to sleep.

D. Young people need more sleep than older(年長的) people.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：我們需要多少睡眠?我們都是不同的。有些人一晚只需要三個小時的睡眠。其他一晚需要十小時的睡眠。大多數(shù)美國人平均睡眠每晚7到8小時。五十歲以后，平均睡眠時間降到6.5小時一晚。

【1】D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)前一句話Most people have a bad night when they cannot fall asleep(睡著).可知劃線詞的意思是“失眠癥”，所以選D。

【2】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中After the age of fifty， the average sleeping time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.可知五十歲以后，平均睡眠時間降到6.5小時一晚。所以選C。

【3】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中Many famous people in history had insomnia.可知歷史上許多著名的人有失眠癥。所以選C。

【4】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin， the famous inventor had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep.可知著名的發(fā)明家本杰明·富蘭克林有四張床。為了睡著他從一張移動到另一張。所以選A。

【5】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的描述可知年輕人比年長的人需要更多的睡眠，所以選D。