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【題目】March 21 has been declared World Sleep Day, a time to recognize and celebrate the value of sleep. Many sleep experts hope it will be a wake-up call.

According to a poll (民意調(diào)查)by the National Sleep Foundation, nearly 4 in 5 Americans don’t get as much sleep as they should during the workweek. On average, adults are thought to need at least eight hours of sleep a night, although some can manage with less and some won’t do well without more. But the survey found that, on workdays, only 21% of Americans actually get a full eight hours of sleep, and another 21% get less than six.

To many of us, the thought of spending more time sleeping is, well, a big yawn. On the other hand, the thought of being smarter, thinner, healthier and more cheerful has a certain appeal. And those are just a few of the advantages that can be ours if we consistently get enough sleep, researchers say. Also on the plus side: We’re likely to have better skin, better memories, better judgment, and, oh, yes, longer lives.

“When you lose even one hour of sleep for any reason, it influences your performance the next day,” says Dr. Alon Avidan, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center.

A study published last year found the same to be true even of children. When kids aged 8 to 12 slept for just one hour less for four nights, they didn’t function as well during the day.

But sleeping has an image problem. “We see napping or sleeping as lazy,” says Jennifer Vriend, a clinical psychologist in Ottawa, Canada, and the leading author of the study with children. “We put so much emphasis on diet, nutrition and exercise. Sleep is in the back seat.” In fact, she adds, no matter how much we work out, no matter how well we eat, we can’t be in top physical shape unless we also get plenty of sleep.

【1】The underlined part in Paragraph 1 means _____.

A.to wake up the sleepers

B.to serve as a morning call

C.to draw people’s attention

D.to declare the special day

【2】From Paragraph 3 we can infer that _______.

A.being healthier is one of the advantages for us

B.enough sleep is the guarantee of the appealing things

C.sleeping has nothing to do with one’s expectations

D.spending more time on sleeping is a waste of time

【3】What Jennifer Vriend said in the last paragraph implies that _______.

A.people care little about sleeping

B.sleeping is an image problem

C.lazy people tend to sleep long

D.sleeping is only part of our life

【4】What is the purpose of the passage?

A.to talk about people’s sleeping problems.

B.to provide an investigation result of sleeping.

C.to stress the function of sleeping at night.

D.to arouse the awareness of enough sleeping.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇議論文：3月21日為世界睡眠日，作者希望這個(gè)日子能引起大家的關(guān)注。文章通過(guò)美國(guó)睡眠協(xié)會(huì)的一個(gè)民意調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)大部分美國(guó)人在工作日期間睡眠是不夠的，論述了睡眠和工作、學(xué)習(xí)之間的關(guān)系以及產(chǎn)生的影響，最后得出結(jié)論，好的睡眠是好身體的保證。

【1】C考查重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)理解能力。理解文章第一段：March 21 has been declared World Sleep Day, a time to recognize and celebrate the value of sleep. Many sleep experts hope it will be a wake-up call. 3月21日被宣布為世界睡眠日，識(shí)別和慶祝睡眠重要性的一個(gè)時(shí)間。可知專家希望希望引起人們的注意。故選C。

【2】B考查推理判斷能力。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容the thought of being smarter, thinner, healthier and more cheerful has a certain appeal. 更聰明、更瘦、更健康、更快樂(lè)的思想，有一定的吸引力；Also on the plus side: We’re likely to have better skin, better memories, better judgment, and, oh, yes, longer lives.我們有更好的皮膚、更好的記憶、更好的判斷和壽命更長(zhǎng)。可知充足的睡眠是吸引人的東西的保證。故選B。

【3】A考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中We put so much emphasis on diet, nutrition and exercise. 我們把如此多的重點(diǎn)放在飲食、營(yíng)養(yǎng)和運(yùn)動(dòng)上。Sleep is in the back seat.睡眠靠邊站。也就是說(shuō)人們忽視睡眠。故選A。

【4】D推理判斷作者寫(xiě)作意圖題。根據(jù)文章最后一句In fact, she adds, no matter how much we work out, no matter how well we eat, we can’t be in top physical shape unless we also get plenty of sleep.事實(shí)上，無(wú)論我們?cè)鯓渝憻�，無(wú)論吃的多好，我們的身體都不能處于最佳狀態(tài)，除非我們也有足夠的睡眠。可知本文是為了喚醒足夠睡眠的意識(shí)。故選D。

【學(xué)法指導(dǎo)】

推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對(duì)原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫(xiě)或綜合。推理判斷題的題干中通常含infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等標(biāo)志性詞語(yǔ)。 這種題型主要包括細(xì)節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點(diǎn)推斷題、寫(xiě)作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測(cè)想象推斷題。比如，第23小題A考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中We put so much emphasis on diet, nutrition and exercise. 我們把如此多的重點(diǎn)放在飲食、營(yíng)養(yǎng)和運(yùn)動(dòng)上。Sleep is in the back seat.睡眠靠邊站。也就是說(shuō)人們忽視睡眠。故選A。