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【题目】It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Al Herpin died at the age of 95.

【1】The main idea of this passage is that _______

A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

B. a person was found who actually didn't need any sleep

C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep

【2】The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting ______

A. to cure him of his sleeplessness

B. to find out whether his sleeplessness was really true

C. to find out why some old people didn't need any sleep

D. to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping

【3】After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ____

A. needed some kind of sleep

B . was too old to need any sleep

C. needed no sleep at all

D .often slept in a chair

【4】One reason that might explain Herpin' s sleeplessness was ______

A. his mother's injury before he was born

B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit

C. his magnificent physical condition

D. that he hadn't got a bed

【5】Al Herpin' s condition could be regarded as ______

A. a common one

B. one that could be cured

C. very healthy

D. a rare one

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，专家们认为每个人都需要休息以保持生命的活力，但是他们听说一个叫阿尔的人从来都不睡觉，于是专家们决定一探究竟，结果发现阿尔真的不需要睡觉休息，真正的原因并不清楚。

【1】B；考查主旨要义。根据全文，专家们认为每个人都需要休息以保持生命的活力，但是他们听说一个叫阿尔的人从来都不睡觉，于是专家们决定一探究竟，结果发现阿尔真的不需要睡觉休息，故B正确。

【2】B；考查推理判断。根据第一段，Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.这是真的吗？专家们决定亲自去拜访这个奇怪的人。由此可见专家们是想确认阿尔不睡觉的真实性，故B正确。

【3】C；考查细节理解。根据第二段，they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.他们从来没有看到阿尔睡觉。事实上，阿尔甚至没有床，因为他不需要。故C正确。

【4】A；考查细节理解。根据最后一段，Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. 阿尔记得一些关于他母亲曾经在他出生的几天前受伤的的谈话。由此可见这可能是阿尔不需要睡眠的原因之一，说明A正确。

【5】D；考查推理判断。专家们认为每个人都需要休息以保持生命的活力，但是他们听说一个叫阿尔的人从来都不睡觉，于是专家们决定一探究竟，结果发现阿尔真的不需要睡觉休息，真正的原因并不清楚。由此可见阿尔的这种情况是很罕见的，说明D正确。