Question

【題目】

According to studies, most people have a sleeping problem. A new study shows more sunlight, especially（特別）in the morning can help you sleep well.

A team of researchers（研究人員）from New York, US, did the study reported Yahoo news.

The team did a study on 109 office workers in the US. They found that some of the workers saw lots of light during the morning hours, between 8 am and lunchtime. They found that they had a better sleep than others. They also fell asleep quickly at night.

Why is sunlight so important to your sleep? Researchers say it helps set your “body clock”. When there is less and less sunlight at the close of the day, your body starts to make melatonin（褪黑素）. It makes you feel sleepy. Your body makes the most melatonin at night. During the day, sunlight tells your body to make less melatonin, which keeps you awake.

Researchers suggest（建議）we see 15 minutes of sunlight in the morning. It can help balance（平衡）the melatonin in our body.

【1】Do most people have a sleeping problem? _______________________

【2】Where are the researchers from? _______________________________

【3】How many office workers are there in this study? __________________

【4】Why is sunlight so important to our sleep? ________________________

【5】What’s the passage mainly about? _______________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, they do.

【2】They are from New York, US.

【3】109 office workers .

【4】Because it helps set our“body clock”.

【5】Sunlight can help people sleep.

【解析】

短文講述了美國(guó)紐約的一個(gè)研究組做的研究。研究顯示，早上曬15分鐘的太陽對(duì)平衡人體的褪黑激素有好處，能有助于改善人們的睡眠，并講述了其原因。

【1】問題：大多數(shù)人有睡眠問題嗎？根據(jù)短文開頭的句子According to studies, most people have a sleeping problem.根據(jù)研究，大多數(shù)人都有睡眠問題。故答案為Yes, they do.

【2】問題：研究人員來自哪里？根據(jù)第二段中的句子A team of researchers（研究人員）from New York, US. did the study reported Yahoo news.可知，研究人員來自美國(guó)的紐約，答案為They are from New York, US.

【3】問題：這項(xiàng)研究中有多少辦公室工作人員？根據(jù)文中句子The team did a study on 109 office workers in the US.可知，研究人員共對(duì)109名辦公室工作人員進(jìn)行了調(diào)查研究，答案為109 office workers .

【4】問題：為什么陽光對(duì)我們的睡眠如此重要？根據(jù)文中句子Why is sunlight so important to your sleep? Researchers say it helps set your“body clock”.可知，陽光有助于設(shè)置人體的“生物鐘”。答案為Because it helps set our“body clock”.

【5】問題：這篇文章的主要內(nèi)容是什么？文章主要講述了多曬太陽有助于睡眠，第一段中的句子A new study shows more sunlight, especially（特別）in the morning can help you sleep well.是本文的主題句，故答案為Sunlight can help people sleep.