题文

阅读理解。

Do you know why you sleep? You may think it's because you're tired. Or perhaps you've been told sleep is good for you. Yet no one knows exactly why or how people sleep.       Until the early 1950s, most scientists thought the body and brain rested during sleep. Then a scientist watched people sleep. He noticed that during periods of between 5 and 30 minutes, sleepers' eyes made rapid movements, as if they were watching something. He called these periods REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. He called periods when sleeper's eyes did not move non -REM sleep.      Whenever the scientist woke people during REM sleep, they were having vivid dreams. Measurements showed that sleepers' pulses (脉搏) went up quickly during REM sleep. Their breathing, heartbeat, and the blood going to the brain also increased. Far from being a time of rest, sleep is a time when the body is hard at work. Scientists still don't know the reason for this. Some believe REM sleep makes learning easier. Babies spend a lot of time on REM sleep. Because of this, some scientists believe that REM sleep helps the brain grow. Others think REM sleep is a time for the brain to empty the day's garbage.       One thing all the scientists agree on is that sleep is necessary. Without enough sleep, people make mistakes. Most car accidents happen during the early morning hours, when people are sleepiest.

1. You may read the passage in _____.

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A. an advertisement B. a history book C. a science book D. a telephone book

2. During REM sleep, a person's breathing and heartbeat _____.

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A. stop B. increase C. sleep D. stay the same.

3. The underlined word "vivid" in the passage means _____.

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A. 简单的 B. 空洞的 C. 生动的 D. 鲜艳的

4. What is the main idea of the article?

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A. REM sleep has been observed by all scientists. B. REM sleep helps the brain grow. C. REM sleep is a time to empty the day's garbage. D. REM sleep is an active time when the body is hard at work.

5. We can know from the article that REM sleep ._____

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A. has an effect on people. B. can be stopped with lots of sleep. C. is something that all people experience. D. is something that all scientists agree on.

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

答案

1-5  CBCDA

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 Do you know why you sleep? You may think it's b..”主要考查你对  科教类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

科教类阅读

考点名称：科教类阅读

• 科普类的阅读：
  科普类的阅读理解包含介绍科学知识、社会知识的短文。阅读这类短文时，要以事实为中心进行思考，抓住事物的特征、用途、相互关系等。
  如果是介绍社会现象的文章，要掌握所谈现象的内涵。

• 答题技巧：
  1. 加强整体意识，把握文章的主要内容。在阅读的时候可给段落标上序号，并给重要的句子和
     关键词做上记号，尤其是各段中心句，为答题提供更快捷更多的信息源。
  2. 审清题干，发觉和把握试题中有效的提示性信息，确认命题的角度、阅读范围和答题方式。
  3. 定位阅读，强化对应意识。同时要注意原文利用和自我加工相结合。