（贵州省兴义市第九中学2010届高三第一次月考）

A

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 his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. 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.

 56. The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.

 A. treat him for his illness

 B. find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.

 C. get some proof（证据）to show his sleeplessness was not really true.

 D. help him to have a rest in some day.

 57. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

 A. needed some kind of sleep.

 B. needed no sleep at all.

 C. was too old to need any sleep.

 D. often slept in a chair.

 58 Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.

 A. an unusual one        B. a common one

 C. very healthy                  D. very funny

 59. The word “puzzle” in this passage probably refers to “_____”

 A. make you think a lot because you don’t understand it

 B. make you worry a lot because you can’t sleep well

 C. make you sad because something unusual has happened

 D. make you fear because something terrible has happened

 60. The main idea of this passage is that ____________.

 A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

 B. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

 C. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all

D. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

  

（贵州省兴义市第九中学2010届高三第一次月考）

B

I always have difficulty in buying birthday presents．My idea never seems to go farther than ties，pens or cards．But，strangely enough，it did not take me long to decide on Tom’s birthday present．For the first time in life，I had a good idea. I would buy him a bottle of champagne（香槟酒）．Before the party began，Tom suggested that I should open the bottle．I put it between my knees and began to pull，but it remained unmoved．Soon a lot of people gathered round to watch the fight between me and the bottle．I could hear all kinds of “helpful” suggestions from them like “Break the top off”，“Use your teeth”，etc．But I was losing the fight．We were fighting on the floor together，when all of a sudden there was a loud：“pop” and the cork（塞子）shot up into the air，while the angry bottle showered（淋）every-body with champagne．

 61．When buying birthday presents，I  usually find my idea is____．

 A．poor            B．colourful         C．rich              D．good

 62．I was____ my present for Tom’s birthday．

 A．very sorry for      B．very proud of     C．afraid of         D．tired of

 63．Tom suggested I should open the bottle ____．

 A．towards the end of the party             B．after the party started

 C．at the end of the party                               D．before the party started

 64．Which of the following is true？

 A．Though the people around gave all kinds of suggestions，I was not able to open the bottle at first．

 B．I tried all the ways that the people suggested．

 C．All the suggestions were helpful．

D．Some of the suggestions were very bad．