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【題目】 The siesta competition took place in a supermarket, with plenty of shoppers, screaming babies, talking voices, and footsteps to take the competitors’ attention away from their after lunch sleeps.

Five bright blue sofas were laid out, and five competitors at a time were allowed to take a 20-minute sleep. A doctor measured their pulse to time how long they actually spent on asleep. Competitors earned extra points for snoring (打鼾),sleeping in strange positions, or wearing silly pajamas (睡衣).The winners of each round advance to the next stage in the competition.

It’s amazing that any of those people would fall asleep in the middle of such a busy place, while on couches that they are not used to. Yet, many of them did. They hugged pillows or soft toy bears. They covered their eyes with sleep masks, too. Whatever it took to help them fall asleep fast and stay asleep.

The siesta is a tradition in Spain that many feel is becoming forgotten. It used to be that people would take a brief nap after lunch every day. This would energize them, and keep them going for the rest of the day. Not to mention the health benefits of a good nap. But, that’s all changing. People are too busy making money or watching gossip shows on TV after lunch to care about taking a nap.

The National Association of Friends of the Siesta wants to bring Spain back to their traditional roots. They are doing this by having the siesta competition. They set up the competition to reward the best sleepers with money. Actually, they were paid to sleep.

There are really health benefits to a midday nap. We could all learn from this tradition. It’s a much better way to get more energy than drinking a cup of coffee. It is also believed that a nap, and in fact a good night’s sleep, can help reduce heart disease. The more rested we are, the less stress we feel with day-to-day life.

【1】The underlined word “ siesta ” here probably means“ _____ ”

A.oversleepB.night sleep

C.a short sleep after supperD.a short sleep after lunch

【2】In what situation did the competition take place?

A.In a noisy place.B.In a quiet place.

C.In a comfortable place.D.In a familiar place.

【3】When the competitors went to sleep, they could ____.

A.have their own bedsB.use nothing to cover their eyes

C.have doctors to help themD.use something to help them sleep

【4】The competition is held because the Association wants to _____.

A.know if people still know the traditional habit

B.call on people to have their traditional habit

C.do some research on how people sleep

D.give people money in this way

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述的是一次“午睡比賽”。 午睡比賽在一家超市舉行，有很多購(gòu)物者、尖叫的嬰兒、說(shuō)話的聲音和腳步聲，以分散競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手午飯后睡覺時(shí)的注意力。舉辦這項(xiàng)比賽是因?yàn)閰f(xié)會(huì)想要號(hào)召人們養(yǎng)成他們的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第四段中The siesta is a tradition in Spain that many feel is becoming forgotten. It used to be that people would take a brief nap after lunch every day.“午睡是西班牙的一項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)，許多人覺得這項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)正在被遺忘。過(guò)去，人們每天午飯后都會(huì)小睡一會(huì)兒。”由此可知第一段中的劃線詞的意思是“午飯后的短睡”。故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中It’s amazing that any of those people would fall asleep in the middle of such a busy place, while on couches that they are not used to.“令人驚訝的是，盡管在他們不習(xí)慣的沙發(fā)上，這些人中的任何一個(gè)會(huì)在這么繁忙的地方睡著。”可知，比賽是在嘈雜的地方進(jìn)行的。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中They hugged pillows or soft toy bears. They covered their eyes with sleep masks, too. Whatever it took to help them fall asleep fast and stay asleep.“他們抱著枕頭或柔軟的玩具熊。他們也用睡眠面罩蒙住眼睛。無(wú)論如何要幫助他們快速入睡并保持睡眠。”可知，當(dāng)參賽者去睡時(shí)，他們可以用一些東西來(lái)幫助他們?nèi)胨�。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段第一句The National Association of Friends of the Siesta wants to bring Spain back to their traditional roots.“National Association of Friends of The Siesta希望讓西班牙回歸傳統(tǒng)。”可知，舉辦這項(xiàng)比賽是因?yàn)閰f(xié)會(huì)想要號(hào)召人們養(yǎng)成他們的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣。故選B。