2. The doctors came to visit Herpin , expecting to ______.

　 A. cure him of his sleeplessness

　 B. find that his sleeplessness was not really true

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

　 D. find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep

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

62、(1分)

　　 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 AI Herpin. AI Herpin, it was said, never slept, Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

　　 AI 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 found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injurted(伤害)several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

　　 Herpin died at the age of 94.

5. According to the passage, Neville should have been home at _______.

　 A. 7p. m　　　　 B. 8p. m　　　 C. 9p. m　　　 D. midnight

4. The reason why Neville thought that Jack must be ill is that Jack _______.

　 A. asked Neville to take off his shoes

　 B. made a gesture to show the presence of the snake

　 C. was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets

　 D. behaved strangely as if he was badly hurt

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

　 A. Neville and Jack lived in the same house

　 B. Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill

　 C. Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke

　 D. Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for coming late

2. The underlined phrase out of the question means _______.

　 A. impossible　　　 B. no problem　　　 C. no doubt　　　 D. without difficulty

1. When he got home, Neville found that ______?

　 A. Jack had fallen asleep while reading　　　　 B. Jack had been reading for some time

　 C. Jack’s light was not turned off　　　　　　 D. Jack was ready to answer the door

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　　 It must have been around nine O’clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the headlamps of the car so as to prevent the beam(光荣) from swinging(摇摆)in through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But needn’t　 have done so, I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway--- unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps, Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack’s room. He was in bed awake but he didn’t even turn towards me.

　　 “What’s up, Jack?” I said.

　　 “For God’s sake(看在上帝面上), don’t make a noise,” he said.

　　 The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself a serious injury(伤害).

　　 “Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said.

　　 I thought that he must be ill and that I had better humour (迁就)him to keep him happy, “There’s a snake here” he explained, “It’s asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it. I knew that moving was out of the question. I couldn’t have moved even if I’d wanted to .” I realized that he was serious. “I was relying on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home.” Jack went on.” It hasn’t bitten me yet but I daren’t do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I’m sick of this,” he said, ：” I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago.”

　　 There was no time to argue or apologize for being late. I looks at him as encouragingly as I could and went out to telephone the doctor.

5. The derailment happened　　　 .

　 A. on March 13th, 1994　　　　　　　 B. on March 12th, 1994

　 C. quite often　　　　　　　　　　　 D. more terrible than it was reported