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What happens when human beings are deprived of sleep for long periods of time? To answer this question, a New Yorker, Peter Tripp, offered to stay awake 200 hours. ___66___.
   After three days of staying awake, he began to show signs of mental breakdown. He laughed at things that were not funny, and wept at things that were not sad. Complaining of pressure caused by a hat on his head, he tried repeatedly to take it off. Tripp, of course, was not wearing a hat.
 ___67___. Then he imagined he was in another city; he tried to run away from the building, insisting it was on fire; and he thought the 200-hour mark had been passed but that the doctors were still trying to keep the experiment going. After 200 hours without sleep, “Tripp”, said the doctors, “was suffering from illness.” ___68___.
  Barely able to stand, Tripp was helped across the street to a room in a hotel.

___69___. The doctors predicted he would sleep for twenty or thirty hours. “Peter Tripp will sleep the deepest sleep in history.” Said the doctors. Tripp slept all night for nine hours and eleven minutes. When he awoke, his first words were, “I feel fine.” ___70___.

A. He was nearly mad!

B. After a medical check, his greatly surprised watchers said that he was sound and well.

C. On the fifth day he cried out that a doctor’s jacket looked like crawling worms.

D. He was awake.

E. On the fifth day he cried out that a doctor’s jacket looked like crawling worms.

F. There, after being awake for 201 hours and thirteen minutes, he fell asleep

G. During that time Tripp was observed by a group of doctors, who reported on his progress.

 

     A few months ago as I wandered through my parents’ house, the same house I grew up in, I had a sudden, scary realization. When my parents bought the house, in 1982, they were only two years older than I am now. I tried to imagine myself in two years, ready to settle down and buy the house I’d still be living in almost 30 years later.

    It seemed ridiculous. On a practical level, there’s no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon. More importantly, I wouldn’t want to. I’m not sure where I’ll be living in two years, or what kind of job I’ll have. And I don’t think I’ll be ready to settle down and stay in one place.

    So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our parents. When our parents were our age, they’d gotten their education, chosen a career, and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives.

    My friends and I – “Generation Y” – still aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives. Whatever we end up doing, we want to make sure we’re happy doing it. We’d rather take risks first, try out different jobs, and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place. We’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account.

    This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected”. Some of these complaints have a point. As children ,we were encouraged to succeed in school, but also to have fun. We grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cellphones, the Internet, instant messaging, and video games.

    Our parents looked to rise vertically(垂直的)--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top, on the same track, often for the same company. That doesn’t apply to my generation.

    Because of that, it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible, stable adulthood. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In our desire to find satisfaction, we will work harder, strive for ways to keep life interesting, and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parents’ generation did.                                                                              

By Ariel Lewiton

63. When the author walked through her parents’ house, she _______.

A. was frightened that she had no idea what she wanted from life
B. started to think about her own life
C. realized I should buy a house.
D. wondered why her parents had settled down early

64. Which of the following might the author agree with?
A. It’s all right to try more before settling down.
B. It’s better to take adult responsibility earlier.
C. It involves too much effort to rise vertically.
D. It’s ridiculous to call her generation “arrogant”.

65. What is the main theme of the article?
A. The sudden realization of growing up.
B. A comparison between lifestyles of generations.
C. Criticisms of the young generation.
D. The factors that have changed the young generation.

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