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

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 him 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. Herpin died at the age of 94.

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 that his sleeplessness was not really true

C.    to find out why some old people did not 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 sleep 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 ______

1. a common one 　　 B. one that could be cured

C.very healthy 　　　　D. a rare one

“After World War II, many of the cities across western European countries _____,”our guide said.

A. lied in ruin　　 B. lay inn ruins　　 C. lay in ruin　　 D. lying in ruins

—The light in the office is still on.?

—Oh,I forgot__________.?

A.turning it off

B.turn it off ?

C.to turn it off

D.having turned it off

She _______ her tears and continued to fight against the cruel customs that killed her daughter.

A. wiped out　 B. wiped away　 C. wiped up　 D. wiped down

After ________ in the research for so many years，the scientist succeeded in finding the result at last.

A．buried　　 　　　　 B．being buried

C．having buried　　 　 D．having been buried

His drunk driving _________ this accident, ________ the death of twenty people.

　 A. resulted in; causing　　　　　 　　B. resulted from; caused

　 C. resulted from; causing　 　　　　　 D. resulted in; caused

—How did _______feel to run 3,000 metres in the sports meet?

—Terrible! Especially when I saw I was left so far _______by the others.

A. that; alone　　 B. it; alone　　　 C.　 that; behind　　　 D. it; behind

So you have to leave. How nice it _____ if you _____ a bit longer.

A. will be; can stay 　 　　　　　　　 B. would be; could stay

C. would have been; could have stayed 　 D. be; stay

--- We need three single rooms for the first week in June.

　 --- ______. The hotel’s not busy then.

　 A．No problem B．Don’t bother C．Never mind D．It doesn’t matter

I have many books, some of __________ are on chemistry.

A. them 　　　 B. that 　　　　　C. which 　　　　　 D. those