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【题目】 People who sleep fewer than six hours a night are more likely to die early, researchers in University of Warwick have found in a recent study. They discovered that people who slept for less than six hours each night were 12% more likely to die before the age of 65 than those who slept the recommended six to eight hours a night.

The researchers pointed out that previous studies had shown that the lack of sleep was associated with problems like heart disease and high blood pressure. However, the researchers also found that sleeping too much was linked to an early death. Those who slept for more than nine hours a night were 30% more likely to die early, as an article in the latest Sleep suggested. That directly contradicts another passage in the same journal last month suggesting that people who slept for ten hours or longer a night were more likely to live to 100. This was thought to be because people who lived into extreme old age were healthier and therefore slept better.

However, the authors of the latest research contradicted this and suggested that long sleep was a sign of underlying illnesses such as depression and low levels of physical activity. Professor Francesco Cappuccio at the University of Warwick said: “ While short sleep may represent a cause of ill-health, long sleep is believed to represent more an indicator of ill-health.”

He also mentioned: “ Modern society has seen a gradual reduction in the average amount of sleep people take, and this pattern is more common among full-time workers, suggesting that it may be due to social pressures for longer working hours. On the other hand, the worsening of our health is often accompanied by an extension of our sleeping time.”

“Consistently sleeping six to eight hours per night may be good for health. However, whether to achieve the goal depends on various factors such as the environment as well as measures of public health aimed at favourable changes of the working environments,” Professor Francesco Cappuccio added.

【1】What did researchers in University of Warwick find?

A.People who sleep fewer than 6 hours each night die before 65.

B.Sleeping for more than 9 hours a night does good to one's health.

C.Six to eight hours’ sleep can be appropriate for people.

D.People at an old age are healthier because they sleep longer.

【2】What is Professor Francesco Cappuccio most likely to agree with?

A.Long sleep is what causes our health problems.

B.Modern people sleep less because they work longer.

C.Our health becomes worse because we sleep less.

D.How long we sleep depends on our education.

【3】What did the researcher think may help people have proper sleep?

A.Social pressure.B.Longer working hours.

C.Extension of sleeping time.D.Changes of working environments.

【4】What can be the best title for this passage?

A.How Long Should We SleepB.Longer Sleep Makes Better Health

C.Time to Sleep EarlyD.The Importance of Sleep

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

这是一篇新闻报道类文章。研究发现，每晚睡眠不足6小时的人死亡风险更大。每晚睡6至8小时最合适。

【1】推理判断题。根据第一段中的“They discovered that people who slept for less than six hours each night were 12% more likely to die before the age of 65 than those who slept the recommended six to eight hours a night.”可知，研究者们发现，每晚睡眠不足6小时的人在65岁之前死亡的可能性比那些每晚睡足6至8小时的人高出12%。由此可知，每晚睡足6至8小时是比较合适的。故选C。

【2】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Modern society has seen a gradual reduction in the average amount of sleep people take, and this pattern is more common among full-time workers, suggesting that it may be due to social pressures for longer working hours”可知，Professor Francesco Cappuccio认为：现代社会中，人们的平均睡眠时间逐渐减少，这种模式在全职工作者中更为常见，这可能是由于长时间工作的社会压力造成的。结合选项，B选项切题。故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Consistently sleeping six to eight hours per night may be good for health. However, whether to achieve the goal depends on various factors such as the environment as well as measures of public health aimed at favourable changes of the working environments”可知，能否实现每晚睡足6至8小时这个目标取决于环境的改变以及针对工作环境变化的公共卫生措施等多种因素。由此可知，工作环境的改变是帮助人们获得适当睡眠的方法之一。故选D。

【4】主旨大意题。文章第一段点明研究结果：每晚睡眠不足6小时的人在65岁之前死亡的可能性比那些每晚睡足6至8小时的人高出12%。下文针对这一研究结果，分析了导致这种结果的原因，解决方法等。故第一段是中心段，其余各段都以此为中心展开。故结合选项，A选项“我们应该睡多长时间”符合文意。故选A。

概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词)。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。该文是介绍一个研究结果的，该类文章的中心一般就在第一段。因此考生根据第一段的内容直接可以概括出文章的最佳题目。