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【題目】 Only 48% of school age children in the United States get 9 hours of sleep most weeknights, according to a new research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP) 2019 National Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans. An abstract of the study, "Sounding the Alarm on the Importance of Sleep” , will be presented on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

“Long-term sleep loss is a serious public health problem among children,” said abstract author Hoi See Tsao, MD, FAAP. "Insufficient sleep among adolescent, for example, is associated with physical and mental health consequences including increased risk of depression and obesity and negative effects on mood, attention and academic performance.”

Dr. Tsao said, "Our research shows that children who get enough sleep are more likely to flourish(健康成長)in comparison to children with insufficient sleep."

Researchers analyzed responses from parents and caregivers of 49,050 children ranging in age from 6-17 years old in the combined 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health. They answered questions on how many hours of sleep a randomly selected child in their household slept on an average weeknight. For the study, sufficient sleep was defined as sleeping greater than or equal to 9 hours on an average weeknight.

The researchers found that sufficient sleep, was positively associated with several individual flourishing markers, as well as the combined childhood flourishing measure. The researchers also identified risk factors associated with insufficient sleep, which included lower levels of parental or caregiver education, the presence of mental health conditions and so on.

Dr. Tsao said the study strengthened the importance of increasing efforts to help children get the recommended amount of sleep for their age. “Interventions like these may help children demonstrate more measures of childhood flourishing, enhance their development and give them brighter futures, " she said.

【1】What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A.The harm of long-term lack of sleep.

B.The cause of long-term lack of sleep.

C.The way to improve sleep quality.

D.The advice against sleep loss.

【2】Who were questioned in the study according to the passage?

A.Children and parents.B.Researchers and caregivers.

C.Parents and researchers.D.Parents and caregivers.

【3】What can we know from the last paragraph?

A.Dr.Tsao denies the efforts

B.Dr. Tsao thinks highly the study.

C.New interventions can help children sleep

D.New interventions are of little importance.

【4】Where can we most probably read this test? .

A.In a science report.B.In a personal diary

C.In a travel magazine.D.In a geography textbook.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要說明了一項新研究表明，在美國，只有48%的學齡兒童在大多數(shù)工作日晚上睡9個小時。文章說明了兒童長期缺乏睡眠的危害、研究進行的過程以及相關(guān)人員對這項研究的態(tài)度。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段中“Long-term sleep loss is a serious public health problem among children,” said abstract author Hoi See Tsao, MD, FAAP.可知“長期睡眠不足是兒童中一個嚴重的公共健康問題，”論文摘要作者Hoi See Tsao博士說。結(jié)合后文主要列舉了缺乏睡眠的一些具體危害，由此可知，第二段主要講了長期缺乏睡眠的危害。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中Researchers analyzed responses from parents and caregivers of 49,050 children ranging in age from 6-17 years old in the combined 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health.可知，在2016-2017年全國兒童健康調(diào)查中，研究人員分析了49050名6到17歲兒童的父母和看護人的回答。由此可知，研究中詢問了父母和看護人。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中Dr. Tsao said the study strengthened the importance of increasing efforts to help children get the recommended amount of sleep for their age.可知，曹博士說，這項研究加強了努力幫助兒童獲得與他們年齡相符的推薦睡眠量的重要性。由此可推知，Dr.Tsao對此研究評價非常高。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中Only 48% of school age children in the United States get 9 hours of sleep most weeknights, according to a new research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP) 2019 National Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans.可知，根據(jù)美國兒科學會2019年在新奧爾良舉行的全國會議和展覽上公布的一項新研究，在美國，只有48%的學齡兒童在大多數(shù)工作日晚上睡9個小時。第一段中出現(xiàn)的according to new research以及下文多次出現(xiàn)的research、the study和researchers，由此推知，這是一篇科學研究報道。故選A。