Question

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.

1.. The main idea of this passage is that _______.

A. large numbers of people do not need sleep.

B. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep.

C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive.

D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep.

2. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting to _______.

A. find that his sleeplessness was not really true.

B. cure him of his sleeplessness

C. find a way to free people from the need of sleeping.

D. find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep.

3.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _______.

A. was too old to need any sleep.

B. often slept in a chair.

C. needed no sleep at all.

D. needed some kind of sleep.

4. One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was _______.

A. that he hadn’t got a bed.

B. that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habit.

C. his mother’s injury before he was born.

D. his magnificent physical condition.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析: 睡眠是健康的保證，我們每個(gè)人都需要睡眠，世界上有沒有不需要睡眠的人呢？有。在本文中作者介紹了一個(gè)一生都不需要睡眠的人----Al Herpin，他的這種狀況甚至連醫(yī)生都不能解釋。

1.著一個(gè)從來不睡覺的人展開，講述了醫(yī)生對(duì)他進(jìn)行的研究，介紹了他造成這種狀況的可能原因，故本文中心內(nèi)容是介紹這個(gè)人，選B。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)首段末句Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.可知醫(yī)生的目的是看看這件事是否是真的，選A。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one可知醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)他不用睡覺，選C。

4. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born.可知答案選C。

考點(diǎn)：考查人物類短文閱讀。