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【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(血壓).

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, peopele who sleep a lot are usuallv seen as “l(fā)azy”. 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 morehours you don’t sleep, the more hours you should t sleep to ‘pay back’ the hours on your ‘sleepcredit 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(愚蠢的) idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more.”

【1】According to the writer, the easiest and cheapest way to improve health is to .

A. eat healthy food every day

B. take excrcisc as much as possible

C. get medical help whenever necessary

D. sleep eight hours or more every night

【2】What does “slecep-deprived” mean in Paragraph 2?

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

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

【3】According to Dr. James Maas. what is sleep like?

A. An hour.B. A report.

C. A credit card.D. A piece of paper.

【4】What do the words of the famous person mean in Paragragh 5?

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.

【5】What is the best title of the passage'?

A. The Value of Sleep

B. The Value of Study

C. The Ways of Eating Less

D. The Ways of Making Money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

本文介紹了睡眠的價(jià)值。文章介紹了有很多方法可以幫助改善你的健康，但改善健康的最簡(jiǎn)單和最便宜的方法就是每晚只睡8個(gè)小時(shí)或更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。世界上越來(lái)越多的人睡眠不足。睡眠不足不僅使人感到疲勞，而且還會(huì)造成事故。文化是造成睡眠不足的原因之一。我們?nèi)绾谓踢@些人學(xué)習(xí)睡眠的價(jià)值？睡眠專家告訴我們：“睡眠就像信用卡。當(dāng)你睡眠不足時(shí)。你只是在借用時(shí)間。你總是要還錢。你不睡覺的時(shí)間越多，“償還”你“睡眠信用卡”上的時(shí)間就越多。”一位名人曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過：“不要以為你會(huì)因?yàn)橥砩纤�覺而減少工作。這是一個(gè)沒有想象力的人的愚蠢的想法。你可以做得更多。”

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. 可知，但改善健康的最簡(jiǎn)單和最便宜的方法就是每晚只睡8個(gè)小時(shí)或更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。故選D。

【2】詞意猜測(cè)題。A. Having a good sleep. 睡得好；B. Excited about sleep. 對(duì)睡眠感到興奮。C. Having less sleep. 睡眠不足；D. Interested in sleep. 對(duì)睡眠感興趣。句子According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. 根據(jù)世界衛(wèi)生組織的數(shù)據(jù)，世界上一半以上的人可能睡眠不足。因此sleep-deprived的意思是：睡眠不足。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. An hour.一個(gè)小時(shí)；B. A report.一份報(bào)告；C. A credit card.一張信用卡；D. A piece of paper.一張紙。根據(jù)Sleep is like a credit (信用卡) card.可知，睡眠就像信用卡。故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句子“Don’t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish(愚蠢的) idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more.” “不要以為你會(huì)因?yàn)橥砩纤�覺而減少工作。這是一個(gè)沒有想象力的人的愚蠢的想法。你可以做得更多。”這句話充分說(shuō)明了晚上睡覺是有幫助的。故選B。

【5】推理判斷題。A. The Value of Sleep睡眠的價(jià)值；B. The Value of Study學(xué)習(xí)的價(jià)值；C. The Ways of Eating Less少吃的方法；D. The Ways of Making Money賺錢的方式。根據(jù)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. 有很多方法可以幫助改善你的健康，比如吃健康食品。進(jìn)行鍛煉并獲得醫(yī)療幫助。但改善健康的最簡(jiǎn)單和最便宜的方法就是每晚只睡8個(gè)小時(shí)或更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。和句子How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? 我們?nèi)绾谓踢@些人學(xué)習(xí)睡眠的價(jià)值？可知，本文主要介紹了睡眠的價(jià)值。因此最好的題目是The Value of Sleep. 故選A。

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