How much sleep do we need? The answers are different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Amexicans sleep for an average of seven to eight hours a night. After age fifty, the average sleep hours go down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people will have a bad night when they can't fall asleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name of this problem is called insomnia(失眠症).
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia .Some of these people had their own ways to sleep well. Benjamin Franklin(本杰明·富兰克林), the famous inventor, had four beds.He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV (国王路易十四) of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous writer, had a different way: he hy on his side(侧卧) across the end of the bed!
(1)
Most Americans usually sleep for about _________ hours a night.
A. 3 B. 5～6 C. 10 D. 7～8
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(2)
As people grow older,they need __________ at night.
A. less sleeping time
B. more sleeping time
C. the same amount of sleeping time
D. a fixed time to sleep
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(3)
If there are 100 million people in the US hav-ing a problem with sleep,what's the popula-tion of it? About _______.
A. 200 million B. 300 million C. 600 million D. 900 million
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(4)
Franklin tried to go to sleep by __________.
A. moving from one to another of his 413 beds B. moving from one to another of his 4 beds
C. inventing a bed for himself D. lying on his side across the end of the bed
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(5)
It's not mentioned in the passage,but we know that Mark Twain was ___________.
Most American students have said goodbye to fancy(高级的)fruits these days．In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their places．
“People are afraid to spend now,” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store．“They don't know what the future will bring．”
During the financial crisis(金融危机), several of the country's biggest banks have been forced to sell or close．This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods．
Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals．In more than two dozen interviews with The Associated Press across the country last month, Americans talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet．
The crisis began last year．Experts think it was because US banks lend money too easily．Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back．This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money．Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders(国界), the whole world was in trouble．
This month the US government agreed on a ＄700 billion plan to try to save the financial market．But no one is sure whether it will help or not．President George W．Bush has warned it will take some time．
Last week top finance officials from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble．
(1)
Why are people in the US afraid to spend?
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A．
Because they think it's unnecessary．
B．
Because they don't have the habit of spending money．
C．
Because they worry about their future．
D．
Because they don't have enough money．
(2)
The fifth paragraph mainly ________．
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A．
tells what it is like in a crisis
B．
explains why there is a crisis
C．
warns people of the danger of the crisis
D．
asks people not to borrow money from banks
(3)
People feel ________ about the US plan to save the market．
“Beijing，Toronto and Paris are the most 1 ndline cities bidding (申办) for the Olympic Games of 2008，”said Richard W．Pound, the IOC's first vice president． “The host (主办) city of the Olympic Games of 2008 will be 2 ndline at the IOC's meeting in Moscow in 2001． Beijing is ready on its way because it 3 ndline became the host of the Olympic Games of 2000，and Toronto and Paris also have 4 ndline power，”said Pound at an IOC meeting．
About ten cities are 5 ndline in bidding for the Olympic Games of 2008，of which，there are three most important cities．They are Beijing，Toronto， Paris．Some of 6 ndline cities are Osaka，Havana，Istanbul and Cairo．
For the first time，the host city will be decided 7 ndline IOC members visiting the places．The bidding scandals (丑闻) of the Salt Lake City have made the
IOC find new 8 ndline of bidding．That is 9 ndline the IOC members will not be allowed to 10 ndline the bidding cities．
