题目内容
5.We all know everyone needs to sleep.No matter (不管) when and how much a person sleeps,he or she needs some sleep to stay (66)alive.That's what all doctors thought until they heard about Herpin.Someone said Herpin (67)never slept in his life.Could this be true?The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.Herpin was 90years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey.They thought for sure that he got some (68)sleep of some kind.So they stayed with him and (69)watched every movement he made.However,the result was very (70)surprising.Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day,they never saw him sleeping.
In fact,Herpin did not even own a (71)bed.He never needed one.The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was (72)sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers.The doctors were puzzled (疑惑) by this strange continuous sleeplessness.They hoped to find out the real reason for it,so they asked him many (73)questions.
They found only one answer that might (74)explain his condition.His mother had been injured (受伤) several days before he was born.As a result,he came to the world a few days (75)earlier.Was this the real reason?No one could be sure.
分析 短文大意:睡眠对于每个人来说,都是必不可少的.文章介绍了一个不需要睡眠的奇怪的人.医生们对他非常好奇,经过调查发现,可能的原因是Herpin的妈妈在生他之前受过伤.
解答 66.alive;考查形容词用法和语境理解,根据stay+adj.的用法,表示保持…,可知所填单词为形容词,另外根据语境,无论一个人什么时候睡或者睡多久,他或者她都要睡眠来保持…,以a开头的形容词,推测为活着的,填alive.
67.never;考查副词用法和语境理解,根据下文内容Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day,they never saw him sleeping.可知此处填Herpin从不睡过觉,从不,绝不,以n开头故填never.
68.sleep;考查名词和语境理解,由上文信息,医生对Herpin从不睡觉持怀疑态度,所以认为从某种情况下来说他肯定得到了一些"睡眠",以s开头,故填名词sleep(不可数)
69.watched;考查动词用法和语境理解,分析用and连接前后词性和形式一致,推测所填的单词也为动词,且一般过去时,他们和他待在一起并且…他的每个时刻,以w开头,推测填观察,故填watched.
70.surprising;考查形容词和语境理解,根据句子结构系表结构,该空填形容词;另外根据后面内容,尽管他们一小时接一小时,一天接接一天的观察他,他们从没看到他睡觉,可见他们发现结果是"令人惊讶的",以s开头,故填surprising.
71.bed;考查名词和语境理解,根据后面内容,Herpin唯一的休息是坐在一个舒服的椅子上看报纸,推测上一句为"Herpin 甚至没有一张床",以b开头bed.
72.sitting;考查动词用法和语境理解,根据常识"坐在"椅子上,以s开头,且是现在进行时,故填sitting.
73.questions; 考查名词和语境理解,根据后面内容They found only one answer信息可知,上面是问了很多"问题"以q开头,故填复数questions.
74.explain;考查动词用法和语境理解,由后面信息 Herpin的妈妈在生他之前受过伤.这是来"解释"他的情况,解释以e开头,might后跟动词原形,故填explain.
75.earlier;考查形容词用法和语境理解,根据信息Herpin的妈妈在生他之前受过伤.结果,他来到这个世界"提前"了几天,以e开头,故填比较级earlier.
点评 首字母阅读填空题,做这种题学生必须进行通篇考虑,掌握大意,综合所学词法、句法和常识进行分析判断.
| A. | across | B. | through | C. | though | D. | cross |
| A. | time | B. | weather | C. | matter |