题目内容
American society is not nap (午睡)-friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, “There’s even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep”. Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote a proverb: “Some sleep five hours, nature requires seven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven.”
Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. “We have to totally change our attitude toward napping,” says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep research.
Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an “American sleep debt” which one member said was as important as the national debt. The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House. According to recent reports, President Clinton is trying to take a ha1f-hour snooze (瞌睡) every afternoon.
About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity. We seem to have “a mid afternoon quiet phase,” also called “a secondary sleep gate.” Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed. Clearly, we were born to nap.
We Superstars of Snooze don't nap to replace lost shut-eye or to prepare for a night shift.Rather, we “snack” on sleep, whenever, wherever and at whatever time we feel like it. I myself have napped in buses, cars, planes and on boats; on floors and beds; and in libraries, offices and museums.
【小题1】It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is .
A.unreasonable | B.criminal | C.harmful | D.costly |
A.don't like to take naps |
B.are terribly worried about their national debt |
C.sleep less than is good for them |
D.have caused many industrial and traffic accidents |
A.warn us of the wickedness of napping |
B.explain the danger of sleepiness |
C.discuss the side effects of napping |
D.convince the reader of the necessity of napping |
A.the traditional misconception the Americans have about sleep |
B.the new sleep policy of the Clinton Administration |
C.the rapid development of American industry |
D.the Americans' worry about the danger of sleepiness |
A.preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift |
B.good practice to eat something light before we go to bed |
C.essential to make up for cost sleep |
D.natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it |
【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
【小题4】A
【小题5】D
解析试题分析:文章讲述了美国传统观念是不允许午睡的,但是最近的研究表明午睡对于美国人是非常重要,美国的睡眠缺失现象非常严重,作者呼吁午睡是一种天性,无论何时何地只要感觉困了就应该小睡一会。
【小题1】推断题。由第一段,美国人不喜欢午睡,事实上,宾夕法尼亚大学医学院睡眠专家David Dinges说,“甚至有一个禁令不允许我们需要睡眠。在工作的时候,没有人愿意被发现在打瞌睡或在睡觉。引用一个谚语:有的人睡5个小时,正常情况需7个小时,懒惰者需9个小时,堕落者需11个小时。由此可知,美国人认为过多的失眠是不合理的。并不是罪恶的,有害的,昂贵的。故答案为A
【小题2】推断题。美国人都普遍缺乏睡眠,他们的睡眠欠缺和国债一样不可小觑。可见,美国认为睡眠少对他们有益,这样可以做更多的事情。故答案为C
【小题3】主旨题。由第二段The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. We have to totally change our attitude toward napping。工作时不睡着的方法是当你困的时候就小睡一下,我们必须完全改变我们对于小睡的态度。可知,本文的意图是使读者认识到小睡的必要性。故答案为D
【小题4】细节题。由第一段可知,美国人不重视午睡,没有人想在工作时被发现在打盹或睡着了,还有一句俗语来抨击午睡,可见是传统观念在误导着他们。故选A
【小题5】推断题。由最后一段,睡觉是我们的一部分,无论何时,何地,我自己在公交车里,汽车,飞机,船上,在床上,图书馆,办公室,博物馆里都可以小睡。可知,本段是要告诉我们不论何时,当我们需要休息的时候,就应该小睡一会。故答案为D
考点:夹叙夹议
点评:夹叙夹议的材料是近几年高考阅读理解的常考题型,学生对此类夹叙夹议的文章,如果生词多就不知道如何作答了。遇到类似情况可以重点看作者所发表的议论,把握好作者的感情色彩,是褒义还是贬义。本文文脉清晰,题目设置不难,答题时需要仔细对照原文和题目的选项,把握好作者是非常支持午睡的这一点。
In Daniel Gilbert’s 2006 book "Stumbling(跌撞) on Happiness," the Harvard professor of psychology looks at several studies and concludes that marital(婚姻的) satisfaction decreases after the birth of the first child and increases only when the last child has left home. He also declares that parents are happier grocery shopping and even sleeping than spending time with their kids.
The most recent comprehensive study on the emotional state of those with kids shows us that the term "bundle of joy" may not be the most accurate way to describe our kids. "Parents experience lower levels of emotional well-being, less frequent positive emotions and more frequent negative emotions than their childless peers," says Florida State University’s Robin Simon, a sociology professor.
Simon received plenty of hate mail in response to her research,which isn’t surprising. Her findings shake the very foundation of what we’ve been raised to believe is true. In a recent NEWSWEEK Poll, 50 percent of Americans said that adding new children to the family tends to increase happiness levels. But which parent is willing to admit that the greatest gift life has to offer has in fact made his or her life less enjoyable?
Is it possible that American parents have always been this disillusioned(有幻觉的)? In pre-industrial America, parents certainly loved their children, but their kids also served a purpose—to work the farm, contribute to the household. Today, we have kids more for emotional reasons, but an increasingly complicated work and social environment has made finding satisfaction far more difficult. Raising children has not only become more complicated, it has become more expensive as well. The National Marriage Project’s 2006 report says that parents have significantly lower marital satisfaction than nonparents because they experienced more single and child-free years than previous generations.
As for those of us with kids, all the news isn’t bad. Parents still report feeling a greater sense of purpose and meaning in their lives than those who’ve never had kids. And there are other rewarding aspects of parenting that are impossible to quantify.
【小题1】.
What’s the main idea of the book Stumbling on Happiness?
A.Parents are happier shopping than looking after their children. |
B.Once they have children, the couples can never be as happy as before. |
C.Compared with their childless peers, parents are leading a sad life. |
D.The adding of children at home brings down marital satisfaction. |
. What can we infer from Para.3?
A.The Newsweek Poll shows that people think Prof. Simon’s finding is right. |
B.Many people can’t accept the fact that they are not happy with their children. |
C.It isn’t surprising that Professor Simon’s controversial research made her famous. |
D.Simon’s findings are based on the belief passed down from generation to generation. |
What can we learn about American’s families in the past?
A.People had very good parents-children relationship in the family. |
B.Having children could be partly out of some practical purposes. |
C.Parents loved their children but they still asked them to work a lot. |
D.Children had to work very hard to make their parents love them. |
What’s the author’s opinion about having children?
A.The author doesn’t think having children is a good thing to the family. |
B.The author feels children make the life of a family happy. |
C.The author thinks parenting can still be rewarding in a certain way. |
D.The author believes that parents sacrifice a lot for having children. |