Question

You're lost in the world of dreams and sleep. You roll over, smiling as you come across a swimming pool filled with chocolate. And then, your wonderful dream becomes a nightmare(噩梦) when someone is screaming, “Get up！” It's just what every teenager goes through each morning!

Now, there seems to be one school that finally understands that requiring teens to show up at 9 am is not just cruel but also harmful to both the kids and the school.

Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside, Britain, recently decided to experiment to see if there is any difference in student behavior if they just pushed back the start of their day by one hour, from 9 am to 10 am. And the results are surprising.

Since carrying out the later start, Monkseaton has seen a 28% drop in truancy,_even hardly any lateness, and best of all, higher test scores. One of the reasons is that the teenagers are much happier to have the extra hour of sleep, but there is also a scientific reason behind why they need the extra sleep.

The school's decision to push back the time was based on the research done by Oxford Professor Russell Foster, who pointed out that teenagers and adults have different sleep cycles，explaining why teenagers go to bed late and wake up late.

While adults are wide awake and ready at 8 am, teenagers are not fully awake until 10 am, sometimes even noon. Teachers may argue that their students perform better in the morning, but in fact, it is because they are in the zone while their students are still sleepy, making the students easier to control.Memory tests prove that the more difficult classes should be in the afternoon when teenagers are most wide awake.

The Monkseaton school officials are encouraged by the results and plan on voting to make it a permanent change.

36．What's the meaning of the underlined word “truancy”？

A．Grades.  B．Classes.

C．Absence.  D．Practice.

37．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Teenagers and adults have the same sleep cycle.

B．Teenagers are fully awake at 10 am as a whole.

C．Teenagers are much happier to sleep than study.

D．Teenagers need the extra sleep also for a scientific reason.

38．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Monkseaton High School is satisfied with the result of the experiment.

B．It is very cruel for the teenagers to show up in class at 9 am every day.

C．Monkseaton High School plans to change the school time forever.

D．In fact, teenagers perform better in the morning than in the afternoon.

39．What's the best title for this passage?

A．Get up early, teenagers!

B．Finally, a school understands teenagers

C．Why do teenagers stay up late?

D．Differences between teens and adults

Answer 1

本文介绍英国一所学校大胆推迟早上学生的到校时间，结果学生迟到、旷课现象减少，成绩明显提高。学校准备投票决定是否永久将这项举措保持下去。

36．C　词义猜测题。根据文章可知，自实行了这项措施后，在truancy方面下降了28%，甚至几乎没有人迟到。这里讲的是实行这项措施的好处，结合四个选项，可知选C。

37．D　推理判断题。依据第五段可知学校推迟学生到校时间是有科学依据的，学生在早上需要更多的睡眠时间。

38．D　正误判断题。依据第六段最后一句推断学生下午状态更佳。学生在上午更易管理(貌似专心听讲)，是因为他们在此时还没有完全清醒。

39．B　主旨概括题。本文讲了一所学校根据青少年的睡眠研究改变学生上学时间的事。结合文章内容可知B项作为标题能够突出本文主旨，又比较新颖。