Question

【題目】 Is there anyone around you who is a short sleeper? A short sleeper is a person who ______ sleeps less than the average member of his age group. His nightly length of sleep is five hours or less. The short sleeper feels good after waking up.

The limited time asleep is ______ to a short sleeper. It is not a behaviour of reducing the amount of sleep or ______ to sleep. This low amount of sleep is very stable (穩(wěn)定) from night to night. It is also the same on weekends and holidays.

A pattern (模式) of short sleep often begins as a child or young adult. Once it begins, the pattern continues through the years. This pattern of short sleep may cause others to be ______. Family members or friends may think that something is wrong.

Someone may tell a short sleeper to use medicine to help him sleep more. This will make him get sleep that he really does not need. It will bring him more problems. A short sleeper will also have trouble with his family and friends if he expects others to ______ his pattern of sleep. Most people will not be able to do well with only five hours of sleep each night.

Short sleeping can be confused with insomnia (失眠癥). Both ______ can cause a person to get a small amount of sleep at night. A person with insomnia has a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep. The overall quality of his sleep may be very poor. This can cause him to be sleepy during the day. The short sleeper does not have any of these problems.

【1】A.seldomB.sometimesC.regularlyD.recently

【2】A.naturalB.specialC.hardD.amazing

【3】A.pretendingB.tryingC.forgettingD.refusing

【4】A.tiredB.worriedC.angryD.sleepy

【5】A.understandB.changeC.followD.remember

【6】A.choicesB.habitsC.illnessesD.conditions

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了短睡眠者這一類特殊人群。

【1】句意：短睡眠者是指通常睡眠時(shí)間少于同齡人平均水平的人。

考查副詞。A. seldom很少；B. sometimes有時(shí)候；C. regularly經(jīng)常；D. recently最近。根據(jù)下文This low amount of sleep is very stable (穩(wěn)定) from night to night. It is also the same on weekends and holidays.可知，短時(shí)間睡眠是一種經(jīng)常性的行為，C選項(xiàng)符合句意，故應(yīng)選C。

【2】句意：對(duì)于一個(gè)短睡眠者來說，有限的睡眠時(shí)間是本能的。

考查形容詞。A. natural 本能的；B. special特別的；C. hard艱難的；D. amazing令人大為驚奇的。根據(jù)下文It is not a behaviour of reducing the amount of sleep or refusing to sleep可知，這不是一種有意為之的行為，而是一種本能，故應(yīng)選A。

【3】句意：這不是一種刻意減少睡眠量或拒絕入睡的行為。

考查動(dòng)名詞。A. pretending假裝；B. trying嘗試；C. forgetting忘記；D. refusing拒絕。根據(jù)上文The limited time asleep is natural to a short sleeper可知，有限時(shí)間的睡眠對(duì)于短睡眠者來說是出于本能的，而不是刻意去減少睡眠或拒絕入睡，D選項(xiàng)符合句意，故應(yīng)選D。

【4】句意：這種短暫的睡眠模式可能讓其他人擔(dān)憂。

考查形容詞。A. tired疲倦的；B. worried擔(dān)心的；C. angry憤怒的；D. sleepy瞌睡的。根據(jù)下文Family members or friends may think that something is wrong可知，別人可能會(huì)擔(dān)心是不是出了什么問題，故應(yīng)選B。

【5】句意：如果一個(gè)短睡眠者希望家人和朋友也追隨他這種睡眠模式，他會(huì)在與他們相處中有麻煩的。

考查動(dòng)詞。A. understand理解；B. change改變；C. follow追隨；D. remember記住。根據(jù)下文Most people will not be able to do well with only five hours of sleep each night可知，要家人和朋友和這些短睡眠者一樣少睡是不可取的，C選項(xiàng)符合句意，故應(yīng)選C。

【6】句意：兩種情況都可以使一個(gè)人在晚上少睡覺。

考查名詞。A. choices選擇；B. habits習(xí)慣；C. illnesses疾��；D. conditions狀況。根據(jù)上文Short sleeping can be confused with insomnia可知，短睡眠有時(shí)候會(huì)和失眠癥混淆起來，兩種情況的共同點(diǎn)都是一個(gè)人少睡覺，D選項(xiàng)符合句意，故應(yīng)選D。