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【题目】阅读下面短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。(每空一词)

Beyond its influence on health, not getting enough sleep can lead to car accidents or other mistakes. Here are what sleep researchers have found about how to sleep.

How much sleep do we actually need?

It is known that all of us naturally need no less than eight hours of sleep per night. When we sleep below six hours per 24. we're at an increased risk of health problems. Some of us think we can make up any of those hours lost during the week on the weekends. Sadly there is no storage system for sleep in the brain.

Can we train ourselves to need less sleep?

As a study in 1964, a 17-year-old boy named Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours. How many people could do anything close to that without dying?

When you are reading this, you might say you usually get six hours of sleep and feel just fine. Sleep experts often compare people without enough sleep to drunk drivers: They don’t get behind the wheel thinking they're probably going to kill someone.

Can we drink coffee instead of sleeping?

Coffee can keep us awake. Remember, too much coffee may throw off our sleep and energy cycles. So limit coffee and avoid caffeine for four to six hours before bedtime.

Does a sense of purpose connect to sleep quality?

A new research suggests a kind of strong connection between purpose in life and sleep. People who have a greater sense of purpose usually have better physical and mental health, which in turn explains their higher-quality sleep. Perhaps developing a sense of purpose in life could be as useful at improving sleep as the healthy habits above.

How to sleep
Introduction	Not getting enough sleep can influence our health and【1】many mistakes.
Findings from【2】 researchers	How much sleep do we actually need?	●Eight hours of sleep a night is 【3】for all of us. ●Sleeping less than six hours a day can【4】 the risk of health problems. ●It is 【5】to make up the lost sleeping hours during the workweek.
	Can we train ourselves to need less sleep?	●People without enough sleep would insist that they were 【6】, but weren't doing well at all.
	Can we drink coffee instead of sleeping?	●Using coffee instead of sleeping might lead to sleep 【7】. ●Drink proper amount of coffee at proper【8】.
	Does a sense of purpose connect to sleep quality?	●A sense of purpose in life is closely【9】with sleep quality. ●People with a greater sense of purpose may sleep 【10】

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 cause

【2】 sleep

【3】 necessary/needed

【4】 increase

【5】 impossible

【6】 fine

【7】 problems

【8】 time

【9】 connected

【10】 better

【解析】

短文大意：本文是科普文，作者从“需要多少睡眠，保持不低于六个小时的睡眠，喝太多咖啡会影响睡眠以及生活的目的和睡眠之间存在着一种强烈的联系”等四个方面介绍了如何更好地睡眠。

【1】考查词义理解题。lead to导致；根据Beyond its influence on health, not getting enough sleep can lead to car accidents or other mistakes.，可知填cause。

【2】考查句意理解题。根据Here are what sleep researchers have found about how to sleep.，可知填sleep。

【3】考查细节理解题。根据It is known that all of us naturally need no less than eight hours of sleep per night.，可知填necessary/needed。

【4】考查词性转换题。根据When we sleep below six hours per 24. we're at an increased risk of health problems.，可知填increase。

【5】考查细节理解题。根据Some of us think we can make up any of those hours lost during the week on the weekends. Sadly there is no storage system for sleep in the brain.，可知想要弥补工作周失去的睡眠时间是不可能的，故填impossible。

【6】考查细节理解题。根据When you are reading this, you might say you usually get six hours of sleep and feel just fine.，可知填fine。

【7】考查句意理解题。根据Remember, too much coffee may throw off our sleep and energy cycles.，可知填problems。

【8】考查句意理解题。根据So limit coffee and avoid caffeine for four to six hours before bedtime.，可知填time。

【9】考查细节理解题。根据A new research suggests a kind of strong connection between purpose in life and sleep.，可知填connected。

【10】考查句意理解题。根据People who have a greater sense of purpose usually have better physical and mental health,，可知填better。

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