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American society is not nap (午睡)friendly . In fact , says David Dinges , a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine . “There ' s even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep . " Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work . To quote a proverb : ”Some sleep five hours , nature requires seven , laziness nine and wickedness eleven .“
Wrong . The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them . “We have to totally change our attitude toward napping ,” says Dr . William Dement of Stanford University , the godfather of sleep research .
Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an " American sleep debt " which one member said was as important as the national debt . The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness : people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving . This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House . According to recent reports , president Clinton is trying to take a half hour snooze (打磕睡)every afternoon .
About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity . We seem to have “a midafternoon quiet phase ”also called " a secondary sleep gate . " Sleeping is minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed . Clearly , we were born to nap .
We Superstars of Snooze don ' t nap to replace lost shut eye or to prepare for a night shift . Rather , we “snack” on sleep , whenever , wherever and at whatever tirne we feel like it . I myself have napped in buses, cars , planes and on boats ; on floors and beds ; and in libraries , offices and museums .
1. It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is ____ .
A . unreasonable B . criminal C . harmful D . costly
2. The research done by the Dement commission shows that Americans ___ .
A . don ' t like to take naps
B . are terribly worried about their national debt
C . sleep less than is good for them
D . have caused many industrial and traffic accidents
3. The purpose of this article is to _____ .
A . warn us of the wickedness of napping
B . explain the danger of sleepiness
C . discuss the side effects of napping
D . convince the reader of the necessity of napping
4 . The “American sleep debt” ( Line l , Para. 3 ) is the result of ____ .
A . the traditional misconception the Americans have about sleep
B . the new sleep policy of the Clinton Administration
C . the rapid development of American industry
D . the Americans ' worry about the danger of sleepiness
5. The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is _____ .
A . preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift
B . good practice to eat something light before we 90 to bed
C . essential to make up for cost sleep
D . natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it
6. The author ' s attitude towards naps is _____ .
A . neutral B . positive C . negative D . objective
參考答案:
1.「答案」 A
「解析」 首先應排除C 項“有害”和D 項“代價昂貴”。文章第一段第五行中的wickedness “邪惡”不等于criminal ,而應該理解成是一種不合情理的行為。
2.「答案」C
「解析」Dement Commission 所做研究的相關結果出現在第三段。
3.「答案」D
「 解析」 文章第一段作者指出:美國是一個對午睡不友好的社會,睡覺太多會被人們說成不正常、不合情理。第二段的一個“wrong ”表明了作者的態度。第三段指出了睡眠少的危害以及引起這種危害的原因。而最后一段,作者更是用現身說法呼吁人們想睡就睡,所以該文章的目的是使讀者相信午睡的必要性。
4.「答案」 A
「解析」依據文章第一段第三行、第二段第二行,說明美國人缺乏睡眠是因為美國人對睡眠的傳統觀念有問題。
5.「答案」D
「 解析」 最后一段作者想說明的是:我們感到需要時打磕睡是非常自然的事。
6.「答案」 B
「 解析」 從文章中可以看出,作者對“小憩”的態度是肯定的。
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