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【題目】It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Al Herpin died at the age of 95.

【1】The main idea of this passage is that _______

A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

B. a person was found who actually didn't need any sleep

C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep

【2】The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting ______

A. to cure him of his sleeplessness

B. to find out whether his sleeplessness was really true

C. to find out why some old people didn't need any sleep

D. to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping

【3】After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ____

A. needed some kind of sleep

B . was too old to need any sleep

C. needed no sleep at all

D .often slept in a chair

【4】One reason that might explain Herpin' s sleeplessness was ______

A. his mother's injury before he was born

B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit

C. his magnificent physical condition

D. that he hadn't got a bed

【5】Al Herpin' s condition could be regarded as ______

A. a common one

B. one that could be cured

C. very healthy

D. a rare one

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，專家們認(rèn)為每個(gè)人都需要休息以保持生命的活力，但是他們聽說(shuō)一個(gè)叫阿爾的人從來(lái)都不睡覺，于是專家們決定一探究竟，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)阿爾真的不需要睡覺休息，真正的原因并不清楚。

【1】B；考查主旨要義。根據(jù)全文，專家們認(rèn)為每個(gè)人都需要休息以保持生命的活力，但是他們聽說(shuō)一個(gè)叫阿爾的人從來(lái)都不睡覺，于是專家們決定一探究竟，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)阿爾真的不需要睡覺休息，故B正確。

【2】B；考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段，Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.這是真的嗎？專家們決定親自去拜訪這個(gè)奇怪的人。由此可見專家們是想確認(rèn)阿爾不睡覺的真實(shí)性，故B正確。

【3】C；考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段，they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.他們從來(lái)沒有看到阿爾睡覺。事實(shí)上，阿爾甚至沒有床，因?yàn)樗�不需要�?/span>故C正確。

【4】A；考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段，Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. 阿爾記得一些關(guān)于他母親曾經(jīng)在他出生的幾天前受傷的的談話。由此可見這可能是阿爾不需要睡眠的原因之一，說(shuō)明A正確。

【5】D；考查推理判斷。專家們認(rèn)為每個(gè)人都需要休息以保持生命的活力，但是他們聽說(shuō)一個(gè)叫阿爾的人從來(lái)都不睡覺，于是專家們決定一探究竟，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)阿爾真的不需要睡覺休息，真正的原因并不清楚。由此可見阿爾的這種情況是很罕見的，說(shuō)明D正確。