Question

If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer: “In my sleep!”

These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments (实验) to test “the learn while you sleep” method (方法), which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.

Scientists say that this sleep study method greatly speeds language learning. They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day—and this does not affect (影响) his rest in any way. However, sleep teaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.

In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks. Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (词汇) were given with the students awake. At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson. The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on. At 5 o’clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.

1.In the experiment, lessons were given____ .

A．in the night time	B．after lullabies were broadcast
C．while the student was awake	D．all through the twelve hours

2.Before each lesson finishes, the student has to____ .

A．get up and take breakfast

B．be woken up by a loud voice

C．listen to the lesson again in sleep

D．review (复习) the lesson by himself

3.The sleep study method is being tried in many countries to teach____ .

A．the English language	B．grammar and vocabulary
C．a number of subjects	D．foreign languages

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.Ａ

2.Ｃ

3.Ｃ

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了一种新的学习方法the learn while you sleep” method 。

1.A 细节题。根据最后一段1,2行Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (词汇) were given with the students awake.说明这样的教育活动是在晚上进行的，故A正确。

2.C 细节题。根据第四段3,4,5行At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears.说明在睡眠中还要再听课。故C正确。

3.C 细节题。根据第二段最后一句which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.说明在很多学科中都在进行这样的实验，故C正确。

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点评：本类短文有很强的教育意义，在阅读的时候注意细节问题的考查，本题基本上都是细节题。