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 (平均值) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people have a bad night when they can not sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall sleep. This problem is called (叫做) insomnia. This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special (特别的) ideas to another to make them sleep. Benjaming Franklin, the famous stateman (政治家) and inventor (发明家),had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Lousis XIV of France had 13 beds and hoped that he could fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side on the end of the bed!
【小题1】.Most American people need________ hours of sleep a night.

A.3B.10C.7-8D.5-6
【小题2】People need_________ sleep as they get older.
A.moreB.less(更少的)C.noD.little
【小题3】“The problem is called insomnia.” Here “insomnia” means_________.
A.going to sleep easilyB.sleep at daytime
C.the ways of sleepD.not being able to(能够)go to sleep
【小题4】Mark Twain lay on his side on the end of the bed because he_________.
A.was an old manB.thought it was easy to go sleep
C.was a famous writerD.didn’t have much room to sleep in
【小题5】The passage is mainly (主要地) talking about_________.
A.sleepB.insomnia
C.how to go to bedD.the famous person

Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province .He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits foxes .Those stories later became the inspiration (灵感)for Mo’s writing.

Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields . Although he was tired after his daily hard work ,Mo was always hungry for books .However, there were very few in the village .He read his older brothers’ textbooks and even dictionaries .He helped others with farm work in exchange for books . “When I finished reading all the books around ,I thought I was the most knowledge man in the world ,”he told Xinhua.

After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976,he began to read widely ,including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers .He studied from these writers but did not copy them .Instead ,he developed his own style .As the first Chinese citizen(公民)to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award . “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture .It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen This has affected ,even decided my style.”

1.When did Mo Yan leave school and start to work in the fields ?

A.at the age of 12.                        B.at the age of 11.

C.at the age of 13                         D.at the age of 15

2.Mo Yan is from_____

A.Shanxi            B.Jiangsu            C.Shandong         D.Guangdong

3.Mo Yan developed his own style_______

A.while listening to folk stories about gods ,spirits and foxes

B.during his dairy hard work in the fields.

C.when he won the Nobel Prize in literature.

D.after he studied from many famous writers.

4.Which of the following is wrong __________?

A.Mo Yan left school when he was very young.

B.Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world.

C.Mo Yan read many books when he was very young.

D.Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature.

5.What can we learn from Mo Yan’s success(成功)?

A.Rome was not built in a day.               B.Easier said than done.

C.Well begun , half done .                  D.The older, the wiser.

 

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