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Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians’ lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity (肥胖), experts said.
Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a single good night’s sleep in the previous month. The national average was about 1 in 10, according to a federal health survey. Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma also were notably above average with nearly 1 in 7 people reporting in a lack of sleep. In contrast, North Dakota was below average, with only 1 in 13 reporting that degree of sleeplessness. Health officials do not know the exact reasons for the differences.
In the survey, people weren’t required to answer the question why they were not able to get enough rest or sleep. But experts noted several possible explanations: West Virginia ranks at or near the bottom of the nation in several important measurements of health, including obesity, smoking, heart disease and the proportion of adults with disabilities.
Studies have increasingly found that sleeping problems often occurred among people with certain health problems, including obesity. “You would expect to see poorer sleep within a chronically (慢性地) diseased population,” noted Dr Ronald Chervin, a sleep disorders expert in University of Michigan.
Financial stress and work shifts (倒班) can play roles in sleeplessness, too, Chervin added. He suggested those may be contributing factors in West Virginia, an economically depressed state with tens of thousands of people working in coal mining.
The report was based on results of an annual telephone survey of more than 400,000 Americans, including at least 3,900 in each state. The survey did not include people who use only cellphones.
小題1:What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (No more than 15 words.)
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小題2:What does the underlined word “notably” in Paragraph 2 mean? (No more than 3 words.)
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小題3: What was the possible reason for the high rate of sleeplessness in West Virginia according to Paragraph 3?  (No more than 12 words.)
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小題4:List three factors that contribute to sleeplessness based on the passage.
(No more than 8 words.)
①____________________ ②_____________________ ③______________________
小題5:How was the research carried out? (No more than 10 words.)
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Answer 1

小題1:West Virginians suffer from lack of sleep the most perhaps due to health problems.
小題2:Highly
小題3:West Virginia had a low level of several important measurements of health.
小題4:①being too fat      ②financial stress      ③work shifts
小題5:By interviewing over 400,000 Americans on the telephone.

試題分析：文章介紹西弗吉尼亞州人的失眠問題，分析他們失眠的原因和造成失眠的因素。
小題1:段落大意題：從第一段的句子：West Virginians’ lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity (肥胖), experts said.可知這段講的是：西弗吉尼亞州的人可能因?yàn)榻】祮栴}失眠：West Virginians suffer from lack of sleep the most perhaps due to health problems.
小題2:猜詞題：從第二段的句子：Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma also were notably above average with nearly 1 in 7 people reporting in a lack of sleep.其中的比例1：7可知比1：10要高，notably= Highly
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：West Virginia ranks at or near the bottom of the nation in several important measurements of health, including obesity, smoking, heart disease and the proportion of adults with disabilities. 西弗吉尼亞州的人失眠是因?yàn)樗麄兊慕】禍y量的水平都很低。West Virginia had a low level of several important measurements of health.
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第四段的：including obesity. 和第五段的Financial stress and work shifts (倒班) can play roles in sleeplessness, too,可知導(dǎo)致失眠的原因有：①being too fat      ②financial stress      ③work shifts
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的：The report was based on results of an annual telephone survey of more than 400,000 Americans,可知調(diào)查是通過電話采訪400，000個(gè)美國人。By interviewing over 400,000 Americans on the telephone.