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【题目】请阅读下面这篇文章,根据所提供的信息,完成下面的信息卡。

How much sleep do we need?We are all different.Some people need only three hours of sleep a night.Others need ten hours of sleep a night.Most Americans sleep an average(平均) of seven to eight hours a night.After the age of fifty the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.

Most people have a bad night when they can not sleep.About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep.Many of these people can not fall asleep.This problem is called insomnia(失眠).This is not a new problem.Many famous people in history had insomnia.Some of these people had special ideas to make themselves sleep.Benjamin Franklin,the famous statesman(政治家) and inventor(发明家),had four beds.He moved from one to another to fall asleep.King Louis XIV(国王路易十四) of France had 413 beds and hoped that he could fall asleep in one of them.Mark Twain,the famous American writer,had a different way.He lay on his side on the end of the bed!

Information Card

The hours most Americans sleep a night	1.【1】.
The people who sleep an average of 6.5 hours a night	2.【2】.
The people with the problem of insomnia find it	3.【3】.
The number of beds King Louis XIV of France had	4.【4】.
The way that Mark Twain slept	5.【5】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】7 to 8 hours a night

【2】The people who are over fifty(50)/more than fifty years old

【3】Difficult to sleep/to fall asleep

【4】413

【5】He lay on his side on the end of the bed.

【解析】文章大意：这篇短文讲了人们的睡眠时间是不同的，随着年龄的增大而睡眠时间减少，美国大约有三分之一的人有睡眠问题，其中历史名人的睡眠问题也很严重。

【1】根据Most Americans sleep an average of seven to eight hours a night.可知，大多数美国人每晚的睡眠时间是7到8个小时，故答案填7 to 8 hours a night.

【2】根据After the age of fifty the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.可知，在50岁之后，人们平均睡眠时间降至每晚6.5小时，故答案填The people who are over fifty(50)/more than fifty years old.

【3】根据Many of these people can not fall asleep.This problem is called insomnia.可知，人们发现失眠这个问题就是难以去入睡，故答案填Difficult to sleep/to fall asleep.

【4】根据King Louis XIV of France had 413 beds可知，法国国王路易十四的床位数量是413，故答案填413.

【5】根据Mark Twain,the famous American writer,had a different way.He lay on his side on the end of the bed!可知，马克吐温的睡觉方式是他侧身躺在床尾，故答案填He lay on his side on the end of the bed.