57. The student’s description of the illness was _____.

A. not correct　　　 B. not satisfied　 C. completely discouraging　 D. accepted.

56. The students were afraid of the professor because_________.

A. they often angered and disappointed him

B. their answers often astonished him

C. their answers seldom satisfied him

D. he often misunderstood (误解) them and give them bad markers

75. Which of the following is not included in the passage?

　A. If one doesn’t have enough sleep,　 his memory is weakened

　B. The sleep patterns of short sleepers are exactly the same as those shown by many mental patients

　C. Long and short sleepers differ in their attitudes towards sleep

D. Short sleepers appear energetic

答案：72-75 DCBB

福建省龙海港尾中学10-11学年高二上学期期中考试

A

There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee(担任考试委员会主席), the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

　　 The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned to(结果是)be OK.

　Then the professor asked about the cure (药剂) for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.

　　 “Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”

　　 “A full spoon”, answered the student.

　　 “Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.”, said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “ A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr Professor, I’ve make a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only five drops.”

　　 “I’m sorry, sir.” Said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.

74. It is stated in the third paragraph that short sleepers _____.

　A. are eager to remember

　B. often ignore the problem that short sleep causes

　C. do not know how to relax properly

　D. are more unlikely to run into mental problems.

73. Many “short sleepers” are likely to hold the view that _____.

　A. sleep is an escape from the reality

　B. sleep interferes with their sound judgement

　C. sleep is the least expensive item on their routine program

　D. sleep is the best way to deal with psychological troubles

72. According to the report,______.

　A. many short sleepers need less sleep by nature

　B. many short sleepers are forced to reduce their nightly sleep time because they want to make money

　C. long sleepers sleep a longer period of time during the day

　D. many long sleepers preserve their sleeping habit formed during their childhood

71.　 According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ________.

A. children become highly active

B. teacher and learner roles are interchangeable

C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge

D. reading enriches children’s experience

答案：68-71 DBB A

E

Baekeland and Hartmann report that the “short sleepers” had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens. But at about age 15 or so, the men began cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to consider their nightly periods　 unnecessary in their daily routines( 常规性工作)

　In general, these “short sleeps” appeared ambitious, active, energetic, cheerful　 in their opinions, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or work full-or part-time while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear “normal” or “acceptable” to their friends and associates.

　When asked to recall their dreams, the “short sleepers” did poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope that the trouble would go away.

　The sleep patterns of the “short sleepers” were similar to, but less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental(精神的)patients regarded as manic(疯人).

　The “long sleepers” were quite different indeed. Baekeland and Hartmann report that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were quite concerned when they were occasionally taken away from their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their dreams much better than did the “short sleepers.”

　Many of the “long sleepers” were shy, anxious, introverted (内向), inhibited (压抑), passive, and unsure of themselves (particularly in social situations). Several openly states that sleep was an escape from their daily problems.

70.　 The word “scrutiny” (Line 3, Para. 3) most probably means “________”.

A. request　 B. examination　 C. control　 D. damage

69.　 The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.

A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students

B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading

C. teachers can design the most efficient system for reading

D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable

68.　 The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ________.

A. it is one of the most difficult school courses　　 B. students spend endless hours in reading

C. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance　 D. too much time is spent in teaching about reading