As the birds wake up the people on the farm early in the morning, one man is already up. In fact, he has never slept not once in the past 36 years.

The man has never been ill after so many years of insomnia(失眠). This has not only made him famous, but also interested many scientists to study him.

Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc said he could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and since that time he has experienced more than 14,000 sleepless nights.

“I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not, but I’m still healthy and can work normally like others,” Ngoc said.

His wife said, “My husband used to sleep well, but these years, nothing can make him get to sleep.” She said when Ngoc went to Da Nang for a medical examination, doctors said he was healthy.

Ngoc now lives on his farm at the foot of mountain, busy farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. “I have tried sleeping pills and some other medicine, but nothing helps, even to sleep for a few minutes,” he said.

Ngoc often does more farm work or helps his neighbors during the sleepless night.

1.Why is Thai Ngoc famous?

A. He gets up very early every morning.

B. He always helps other famers with their work.

C. He hasn’t slept for more than thirty years.

D. He does farm work instead of sleeping at night.

2.What does the underlined word “impacted” mean?

A. affected B. improved

C. checked D. stayed

3.What is Ngoc busy doing every day?

A. Taking sleeping pills and trying to sleep.

B. Farming and taking care of pigs and chicken.

C. Going to see doctors everywhere.

D. Going to the scientists and letting them study him.

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Great Man. B. A Lazy Man.

C. An Insomnia Man. D. A Strange Man.

完形填空:阅读短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Things are always changing____the clock, the weather, and even me. Nothing can always stay____. My life is full of changes. Sometimes I don’t feel good about____, but later things become better.

My pet cat, Taffy, runs away. We look for her all over the house but we cannot____her. I miss her a lot and I am sad. Dad tells me that we can get another one. That makes me____again, but I will always remember Taffy.

My best friend, Robin, just moves away. The moving van(搬运车) takes away everything and there is____in the house. Maybe I can not see her any more. Robin now lives at the foot of the hills far away from here. Mums says we can take____there and play with Robin again.

The day I start the new school year, I am afraid of all my new classmates in my class. I am afraid they____like me. Now I am happy because I have lots of new friends. I love my class and my teacher.

Isn’t that wonderful? Yesterday I looked in the mirror(照镜子). My face looked like a Halloween pumpkin_____I missed_____first tooth. I had a big surprise when I woke up this morning.

1.A. likes B. like C. as D. are like

2.A. nothing B. the same C. different D. time

3.A. me B. him C. her D. them

4.A. look at B. listen C. find D. follow

5.A. sad B. happily C. happy D. sadly

6.A. something B. anything C. thing D. nothing

7.A. a bike B. a boat C. a walk D. a train

8.A. not B. aren’t C. can’t D. won’t

9.A. because B. so C. but D. or

10.A./ B. the my C. my D my the

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