閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

       The night started out ordinarily enough. Jack and Tara, our   36   , were in their small beds surrounded by toy animals. My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep   37  .

          38   after midnight, Jack quietly touched me. “Mommy, I want to stay with you. I promise I won’t take much room.” I shifted   39   to make room. My son soon fell asleep.

       An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs. “Mommy, my   40   is all stuffed up（堵�。�. I can’t really breathe very well. Will you please   41   with me a little while?” Tara doesn’t often get up at night,   42   I decided to be there for her. She soon fell asleep. I returned to my own bed. I was determined to sleep. But to my   43   , I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed. He looked so   44   that I couldn’t remove him. Quietly and carefully, I lay down between  45   and Jack.

       I did manage to get some sleep   46   I heard Tara’s voice again. I returned to   47  Tara. “Mom, please lie down with me a little bit, I had a bad dream, and I’m so   48  .” “Of course, honey. It was only a dream. Mommy’s here and   49   is okay.” We fell asleep   50   each other’s arms.

       Even in my sleepy state, I thought of   51   these nights of merry-go-round（一連串的繁忙活動(dòng)）beds will be over. In their place, my twins will be grown.   52   before I’m ready, our children’ rooms will be much too   53   and empty. So it is especially on days when I’m worn out after a night on this mom’s merry-go-round that I remind   54   that these very days and nights are, in fact. “the good old days”, ever so   55  .

1.A．sons                        B．twins                  C．daughters            D．students

2.A．downstairs               B．in                       C．out                     D．upstairs

3.A．Sometimes              B．Some time           C．Sometime            D．Some times

4.A．gently                     B．kindly                 C．rudely                 D．impatiently

5.A．nose                        B．mouth                 C．heart                   D．eye

6.A．come                      B．stay                    C．talk                     D．play

7.A．even thoughB．so    C．no matter when    D．however

8.A．joy                         B．a(chǎn)nger                  C．disappointment    D．surprise

9.A．deeply                     B．sound                  C．content                D．deep

10.A．my father              B．Tara                    C．Pat                     D．my mother

11.A．before                   B．when                  C．a(chǎn)fter                   D．until

12.A．show off                B．look after            C．watch out            D．take care

13.A．scared                   B．exciting               C．excited                D．scaring

14.A．somethingB．a(chǎn)nything                           C．everything           D．nothing

15.A．over                      B．on                      C．by                      D．in 

16.A．how often              B．how soon            C．how long             D．how much

17.A．No doubt               B．No wonder          C．No problem         D．No worry

18.A．noisy                     B．quiet                   C．still                     D．calm

19.A．my childrenB．my husband                    C．my friend            D．myself

20.A．potential                B．precise                C．precious              D．previous

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

       The night started out ordinarily enough. Jack and Tara, our   36   , were in their small beds surrounded by toy animals. My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep   37  .

          38   after midnight, Jack quietly touched me. “Mommy, I want to stay with you. I promise I won’t take much room.” I shifted   39   to make room. My son soon fell asleep.

       An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs. “Mommy, my   40   is all stuffed up（堵�。�. I can’t really breathe very well. Will you please   41   with me a little while?” Tara doesn’t often get up at night,   42   I decided to be there for her. She soon fell asleep. I returned to my own bed. I was determined to sleep. But to my   43   , I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed. He looked so   44   that I couldn’t remove him. Quietly and carefully, I lay down between  45   and Jack.

       I did manage to get some sleep   46   I heard Tara’s voice again. I returned to   47  Tara. “Mom, please lie down with me a little bit, I had a bad dream, and I’m so   48  .” “Of course, honey. It was only a dream. Mommy’s here and   49   is okay.” We fell asleep   50   each other’s arms.

       Even in my sleepy state, I thought of   51   these nights of merry-go-round（一連串的繁忙活動(dòng)）beds will be over. In their place, my twins will be grown.   52   before I’m ready, our children’ rooms will be much too   53   and empty. So it is especially on days when I’m worn out after a night on this mom’s merry-go-round that I remind   54   that these very days and nights are, in fact. “the good old days”, ever so   55  .

A．sons       B．twins C．daughters  D．students

A．downstairs     B．in      C．out    D．upstairs

A．Sometimes    B．Some time       C．Sometime D．Some times

A．gently    B．kindly      C．rudely      D．impatiently

A．nose      B．mouth      C．heart D．eye

A．come     B．stay   C．talk   D．play

A．even thoughB．so C．no matter when       D．however

A．joy B．a(chǎn)nger C．disappointment D．surprise

A．deeply   B．sound       C．content     D．deep

A．my father    B．Tara  C．Pat    D．my mother

A．before  B．when C．a(chǎn)fter  D．until

A．show off     B．look after  C．watch out  D．take care

A．scared  B．exciting    C．excited     D．scaring

A．somethingB．a(chǎn)nything      C．everything       D．nothing

A．over     B．on     C．by     D．in    

A．how often    B．how soon  C．how long  D．how much

A．No doubt     B．No wonder       C．No problem     D．No worry

A．noisy   B．quiet C．still   D．calm

A．my childrenB．my husband      C．my friend D．myself

A．potential      B．precise      C．precious    D．previous

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
The night started out ordinarily enough. Jack and Tara, our   36  , were in their small beds surrounded by toy animals. My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep   37 .
  38  after midnight, Jack quietly touched me. “Mommy, I want to stay with you. I promise I won’t take much room.” I shifted   39  to make room. My son soon fell asleep.
An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs. “Mommy, my   40  is all stuffed up（堵�。�. I can’t really breathe very well. Will you please   41  with me a little while?” Tara doesn’t often get up at night,   42  I decided to be there for her. She soon fell asleep. I returned to my own bed. I was determined to sleep. But to my   43  , I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed. He looked so   44  that I couldn’t remove him. Quietly and carefully, I lay down between  45  and Jack.
I did manage to get some sleep   46  I heard Tara’s voice again. I returned to   47 Tara. “Mom, please lie down with me a little bit, I had a bad dream, and I’m so   48 .” “Of course, honey. It was only a dream. Mommy’s here and   49  is okay.” We fell asleep   50  each other’s arms.
Even in my sleepy state, I thought of   51  these nights of merry-go-round（一連串的繁忙活動(dòng)）beds will be over. In their place, my twins will be grown.   52  before I’m ready, our children’ rooms will be much too   53  and empty. So it is especially on days when I’m worn out after a night on this mom’s merry-go-round that I remind   54  that these very days and nights are, in fact. “the good old days”, ever so   55 .

完成句子

1.When we reached the cinema, the film had not begun yet, so we ________________ a taxi. (take)

當(dāng)我們到達(dá)電影院時(shí)，電影還沒有開始，所以我們本不必坐出租車的。

2.________________________, she had no time to attend to her children. (occupy)

忙于工作，她沒有時(shí)間照顧孩子。

3.A series of failures ____________________ the truth that Rome was not built in a day. (aware)

4.一連串的失敗已經(jīng)讓他意識到了“羅馬不是一天建成的”這個(gè)道理。

___________________ was that he had received no apology for what happened yesterday. (annoy)

5.令他惱怒的是他還沒有因昨天發(fā)生的事情而收到任何道歉。

Who _____________________ went to the concert with you last night? (it)

6.昨晚究竟是誰跟你一起去聽音樂會(huì)的？

So quickly ___________________________ her new surroundings that everyone was amazed. (adapt)

她如此快地適應(yīng)了新環(huán)境以至于每一個(gè)人都很驚訝。

7.Although Lucy was neither clever nor beautiful, she played as ______________________ the heroine in the new play. (role)

雖然露西既不聰明又不漂亮，但她在那部新劇中起著與女主角一樣重要的作用。

8.The earthquake that happened in Ya’an, Sichuan last week is reported ____________________ the death of nearly 200 people. (result)

據(jù)報(bào)道，上周發(fā)生在四川雅安的地震已導(dǎo)致接近兩百人喪生。

9.If his plan ____________________________ approval at the meeting yesterday, he wouldn’t be so discouraged now. (meet)

如果昨天他的計(jì)劃在會(huì)議上獲得了贊同，他現(xiàn)在就不會(huì)這么沮喪了。

10.John ___________________________cut out going to bed late, for it was harmful to his health. (find)

                                    Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say. After a good night’s sleep, a problem, which couldn’t be solved the night before, can often seem more manageable, although the evidence until now has been anecdotal (個(gè)人體驗(yàn)的). But researchers, at the University of Luebek in Germany, have designed an experiment that shows a good night’s sleep can improve insight (頓悟) and problem-solving.

       “If you have some newly-got memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories and restructures (重新組織) them, and as a result, after sleep, the insight into problem which you could not solve before increases,” said Dr Jan Born, a neuroscientist (神經(jīng)科學(xué)家), at the university.

To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help them turn a string of (一連串) numbers into a new order. There was also a third, hidden rule, which could help them increase their speed in solving the problem. The researchers divided the volunteers into two groups: Half were allowed to sleep after the training, while the rest were forced to stay awake. Dr Jan Born and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out (想出) the third rule as the other group.

“Sleep helped,” Born said in a telephone interview. “The important thing is that you have to have a memory representation (描繪，表現(xiàn)) of the problem you want to solve in your brain and then you sleep, so it can act on the problem.” But Born admitted that he and his team don’t know how restructuring of memories occurs or what governs it.

Pierre Maquet and Perrine Ruby of the University of Liege in Belgium said the experimental evidence supports the anecdotal suggestions that sleep can help develop creative thinking. Although the role of sleep in human creativity will still be a mystery, the research gives people good reason to fully respect their periods of sleep, they added.

57. The underlined phrase “sleep on it” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A. to delay deciding something until the next day   

B. to get as much sleep as possible

   C. to go on sleeping without being disturbed       

D. to sleep till after the time you usually get up in the morning

58. Jan Born and his team carried out the experiment through ______.

   A. comparison       B. interview              C. survey       D. imagination

59. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. people should sleep so long as they have time   

B. sleep is the only way to solve hard problems

   C. people have various periods of sleep     

D. people know how sleep reconstructs memories

60. What would be the best title for the passage?

   A. How Sleep Works                   B. Sleep Helps Solve Problems   

   C. No Evidence, But Well Founded         D. Born’s Discovery On Sleep