Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about a third()of our lives in sleep. That’s about 121 days a year!
How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children of 6 to 12 years of age need an average(平均)of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a day. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep; others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a day. We need less sleep as we get older.
About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name for this problem is insomnia. Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” But that’s not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the time they were awake, so they think they were awake all night.
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make themselves sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!
【小题1】How long do we spend in sleep a year?

A.Less than three months.B.More than five months.
C.About four months.D.Less than 2000 hours.
【小题2】If you are thirteen years old, you need at least __________ hours of sleep.
A.16 B.12 C.9 D.7
【小题3】What does the underlined word “insomnia” mean in this passage?
A.No sleep.B.Fast sleep.C.Slow sleep.D.Sleep with many dreams.
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.We will die soon if we don’t sleep well.
B.The older we get, the less sleep we need.
C.We can tell a person’s age from his sleep time.
D.Famous people move from one bed to the other to fall asleep.
【小题5】Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.Sleep less B.Go to sleep
C.Age and sleep time D.Famous people and sleep

When Ben Franklin was only a boy,he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What?”and “How?” and “Why?”
They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know.
When they couldn't tell him,Ben tried to find out for himself.
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say,“That Ben Franklin!He's always finding out something new!”
Ben lived close to the water.He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water.
One day Ben said to himself,“Why can't the wind help me float(漂浮)across the water?And I'm going to try.” Ben got his big kite.He took hold of the kite string(线)and ran with it.The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.
The wind blew the kite high into the air.Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side,and he had not worked at all
One boy shouted,“Look at Ben floating across the water!His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”
“Yes,” said another.“He's always finding new ways to do things.”
【小题1】When he was only a child,Ben  ________.

A.liked to fly a kite by himself B.always asked easy questions
C.always liked to play with water D.always liked to find out how things worked
【小题2】His father and brothers ________.
A.couldn't answer all his questions
B.could answer all his questions
C.tried hard to find out something new for him
D.let him answer all the questions himself
【小题3】In the passage,the sentence “and he had not worked at all” means“_______”.
A.he worked hard to cross the water
B.he didn't go to work that day
C.he didn't cross the water at all
D.he crossed the water in an easy way


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

When Ben Franklin was only a boy,he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What?”and “How?” and “Why?”

They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know.

When they couldn't tell him,Ben tried to find out for himself.

Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say,“That Ben Franklin!He's always finding out something new!”

Ben lived close to the water.He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water.

One day Ben said to himself,“Why can't the wind help me float(漂浮)across the water?And I'm going to try.” Ben got his big kite.He took hold of the kite string(线)and ran with it.The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.

The wind blew the kite high into the air.Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side,and he had not worked at all

One boy shouted,“Look at Ben floating across the water!His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”

“Yes,” said another.“He's always finding new ways to do things.”

1.When he was only a child,Ben  ________.

A.liked to fly a kite by himself

B.always asked easy questions

C.always liked to play with water

D.always liked to find out how things worked

2.His father and brothers ________.

A.couldn't answer all his questions

B.could answer all his questions

C.tried hard to find out something new for him

D.let him answer all the questions himself

3.In the passage,the sentence “and he had not worked at all” means“_______”.

A.he worked hard to cross the water

B.he didn't go to work that day

C.he didn't cross the water at all

D.he crossed the water in an easy way

 

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