Question

【题目】缺词填空

We all know everyone needs to sleep. No matter when and how much a person sleeps, he or she needs some sleep to stay a 【1】 . That’s what all doctors thought until they heard about Herpin. Someone said Herpin n【2】 slept in his life. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some s【3】 of some kind. So they stayed with him and w【4】 every movement he made. However, the result was very s【5】. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping.

In fact, Herpin did not even own a b【6】. He never needed one. The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was s【7】 in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They hoped to find out the real reason for it , so they asked him many q【8】.

They found only one answer that might e【9】 his condition. His mother had been injured several days before he was born. As a result, he came to the world a few days e【10】. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】alive

【2】never

【3】sleep

【4】watched

【5】surprising

【6】bed

【7】sitting

【8】questions

【9】explain

【10】earlier

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了医生们对70岁高龄Herpin进行生活观察，试图找出他不睡觉的原因，结果却是令人更加迷惑。

【1】句意：他或她需要睡眠来保持活力。

根据句意表示“有活力的”，stay后跟形容词alive。故答案填alive.

【2】句意：有人说Herpin一生中从不睡觉。

根据下文“The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness.”可知，这个人从不睡觉。从不never。故答案填never.

【3】句意：他们认为他有时肯定会有睡意的。

根据句意表示“睡眠”，名词sleep，不可数名词。故答案填sleep.

【4】句意：所以他们和他呆在一起而且观察他的一举一动。

根据句意表示“观察”，watch；and连接动词形式一致，stayed with是过去式，所以watch也要用过去式。故答案填watched.

【5】句意：但是，结果却是很令人吃惊。

根据下文“Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping.”虽然观察了很久，但是他从不睡觉，说明结果很让人吃惊。the result was very后跟形容词修饰事物要用ing形式。故答案填surprising.

【6】句意：事实上，Herpin甚至没有一张床。

根据下文“The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was s__________7__________ in a comfortable chair”他只有一把椅子。可知，是床bed，不定冠词a后跟名词原形。故答案填bed.

【7】句意：有时Herpin得到的休息就是坐在一张舒服的椅子上然后读报纸。

根据句意表示“坐在sit”；根据“and reading newspapers”， and连接动词形式一致，坐要用动词ing形式。故答案填sitting.

【8】句意：所以他们问了他一些问题。

根据下文“They found only on e answer”可知是问题；many后跟可数名词复数形式，question要用复数形式。故答案填questions.

【9】句意：他们发现只有一个答案能解释他的情况。

根据句意表示“解释explain”，情态动词might后跟动词原形。故答案填explain.

【10】句意：结果，他早出生几天。

根据上文“His mother had been injured several days before he was born.”妈妈在他出生前就受伤了，可知他提前几天出生了。early的比较级表示“更早的earlier”。故答案填earlier.