每日一练，专升本英语阅读理解练习(12.8)

　　There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food, taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is to sleep for eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need. But regardless of age, some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.

　　The problem of sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough. According to the World Health Organization, over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100,000 traffic accidents every year. Sleep problems can also cause medical problems such as high blood pressure.

　　Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are usually seen as “lazy”. Moreover, sometimes you can hear some people say proudly that they don't have much time to sleep and they only sleep four or five hours every night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you'll do.

　　How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas, an expert in sleep. He says, “Sleep is like a credit card. When you sleep less, you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don't spend on sleep, the more hours you should spend on sleep to ‘pay back’ the hours on your ‘sleep credit card’.”

　　For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said, “Don't think you will do less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more.”

　　问题：

　　1.According to the author, the easiest and cheapest way to improve health is to____ .

　　A.eat healthy food every day

　　B.take exercise as much as possible

　　C.get medical help whenever necessary

　　D.sleep for eight hours or more every night

　　【参考答案】D

　　[考点]事实细节题

　　【精析】D 根据第一段第二句“But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is to sleep for eight hours or more every night.”可知，作者认为最容易又花钱最少的改善健康的方法是每天晚上睡八个小时或者更多。故选D。

　　2.What does the underlined word “sleep-deprived” mean in Paragraph 2?

　　A.Having a good sleep. B.Excited about sleep. C.Having less sleep. D.Interested in sleep.

　　【参考答案】C

　　[考点]词语理解题

　　【精析】C 根据第二段第一、二句“…are not sleeping enough…over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived.”可知，睡眠问题是世界上有越来越多的人睡眠不足，世界上超过一半的人可能睡眠不足。由此可推知，sleep-deprived与not sleeping enough所表达的意思相近，意为“睡眠不足的”，C项与其意思最为相近。A项意为“睡个好觉”;B项意为“对睡眠感到兴奋”;D项意为“对睡眠感兴趣”，这三项均不符合题意。故选C。

　　3.According to Dr. James Maas, what is sleep like?

　　A.A clock. B.A report. C.A credit card. D.A piece of paper.

　　【参考答案】C

　　[考点]事实细节题

　　【精析】C根据倒数第二段中James Maas博士所说的话中的“Sleep is like a credit card.”可知，James Maas博士认为睡眠就像一张信用卡。故选C。

　　4. What do the words of the famous person mean in the last paragraph?

　　A.Sleeping during the night is foolish.

　　B.Sleeping during the night is helpful.

　　C.People have no courage.

　　D.People always do less work.

　　【参考答案】B

　　[考点]推理判断题

　　【精析】B 根据最后一段中一位名人所说的话“Don't think you will do less work because you sleep during the night…You will be able to do more.”可知，晚上睡觉不会导致你少做工作，反而会让你能够做更多的工作。由此可推知，晚上睡觉是有益的。故选B。

　　5.What is the best title for the passage?

　　A.The Value of Sleep

　　B.The Value of Health

　　C.The Harm of Sleeping Less

　　D.The Ways of Sleeping

　　【参考答案】A

　　[考点]主旨大意题

　　【精析】A 通读全文可知，本文主要论述了睡眠对于健康和工作的重要性，也就是睡眠的价值，所以A项最适合作本文标题。B项意为“健康的价值”;C项意为“睡眠少的危害”;D项意为“睡觉的方法”，这三项均不符合题意。故选A。