Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not seen．Some countries never have snow；some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains．In the north of England，there is quite a lot of snow every winter，but in the south of England，there is usually little．
When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time，he feels cold at first．There are often dark clouds，grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn，and most students from warm countries do not like this．
But snow is different．Though it is cold，it is also beautiful．Perhaps，after several dark mornings，the student wakes up one day，and there is a lot of light in his room．He thinks“Is it so late?” and jumps out of bed．But no，it is not very late．He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere．The light of his room comes from clean，beautiful snow．
(1)
In which part of England is there much snow in winter?
A．In the east． B．In the north．
C．In the west． D．In the south．
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(2)
In the autumn of England，we can＇t often see ______．
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 ___________.
