How much sleep do we need? People are all different. Some people need only three or four hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep seven to eight hours a night.

Some people find it is hard to fall asleep. About one in three Americans have a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia (失眠症). Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people have special (特殊的) ideas to make themselves sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from bed to bed to fall asleep. Mark Twain lay (躺) on his side across the end of his bed.

根据短文内容，判断正 (A) 误 (B)。

1.Different people need different amounts of sleep (睡眠时间).

2.Most Americans sleep more than 8 hours a night.

3.If a person has insomnia, he can never fall asleep.

4.About 1/3 of Americans have a problem with sleep.

5.Mark Twain had four beds to make himself sleep.

How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average (平均) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty, the average sleeping time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.

Most people have a bad night when they can’t fall asleep (入睡). The name of this problem is called insomnia.

This isn’t a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia, too. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, the famous inventor, had four beds. He moved(移动) from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XI V (国王路易十四) of France had four hundred and thirteen beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of his bed.

1.After the age of fifty, the average sleep hours are_______ a night.

A. 3 hours B. 7or 8 hours C. 6.5 hours D. 10 hours

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. King Louis XI V was an American.

B. Many famous people in history had a bad night when they couldn't fall asleep.

C. Benjamin Franklin was a famous writer.

D. Most young Americans sleep for an average of 6.5 hours a night.

3.Why did King Louis XI V of France have more than four hundred beds?

A. Because he hoped to fall asleep.

B. Because he was a famous inventor.

C. Because he had a lot of money.

D. Because he liked to lie on his side across the end of his bed.

4.What does the word insomnia mean (意思) in Paragraph (段落) 2?

A. too many beds B. sleep well C. can’t sleep well D. problems

5.What’s Paragraph (段落) 1 talking about?

A. The history of sleep. B. How much sleep do we need?

C. The story of famous people. D. Why can’t we sleep?

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans car turkey. But one l 1. turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p 2. a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e 3. this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s 4. to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r 5. of its life.

Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c? 6.. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i 7. of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon. Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w 8. turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s 9. up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.

Turkeys don’t have ears. They h 10.? with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.

Do you like going to a zoo to see ___1___? How about ___2___ a zoo and feeding the animals yourself? It's not a joke. It happened both in a film and in the ___3___.
Benjamin Mee is a newspaper writer in Los Angeles, the US. His wife dies and he has to ___4___ his two young kids. Hoping for a fresh start for his family. Mee ___5____ his job and buys an old house on 73000 square meters ___6___ the city. The land comes with a special gift: a zoo in the country called the Rosemoor Animal Park!
The zoo was ___7___ because of the economy crisis (经济危机). With ___8___ raising them, about 200 animals are still living there.
The Mee family decide to help reopen the zoo. But it's not an easy job ___9___ they have no experience and little money. There are also unexpected ___10___, such as a bear running away one day.
This is the story of American movie We Bought a Zoo. It tells the real amazing story of Benjamin Mee.