摘要: Mark Twain is a writer, he isn’t known as a great t like Confucius.

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      Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was travelling in France. One day he was going to Dijon
by train. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep. He asked the conductor to wake him up
when they arrived in Dijon. He explained that he was a very heavy sleeper, "I'll probably protest (抗议)
loudly when you try to wake me up," he said to the conductor. "But do not take any notice, just keep
pushing me."   
       Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was nighttime and the train was already
in Paris. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry.
He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him."I haven't been so angry in all my life," Mark Twain
said. The conductor looked at him calmly (平静地). "You are not half as angry as the American whom I
put off the train at Dijon," he said.
1. Mark Twain is a famous ______.  
A. singer
B. conductor
C. writer
D. Frenchman
2. Mark Twain was very ______ when he got on the train.   
A. happy
B. tired
C. sleep
D. heavy
3. He wanted the conductor to ______.   
A. wake him up at Paris
B. carry him off the train   
C. wake him up at Dijon
D. wake him and another American up
4. —Did the conductor forget his promise?   
    —______.   
A. No, he didn"t
B. Yes, he did   
C. No, but he woke up the wrong American
D. I think so
5. Which of the following statements is right?   
A. There was only one American on the train.   
B. Mark Twain and his friend, another American, wanted to go to Dijon.   
C. Mark Twain woke his friend up.His friend was very angry.
D. When Mark Twain found he was in Paris, he became very angry.
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Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about a third()of our lives in sleep. That’s about 121 days a year!
How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children of 6 to 12 years of age need an average(平均)of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a day. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep; others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a day. We need less sleep as we get older.
About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name for this problem is insomnia. Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” But that’s not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the time they were awake, so they think they were awake all night.
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 had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!
【小题1】How long do we spend in sleep a year?
A.Less than three months.B.More than five months.
C.About four months.D.Less than 2000 hours.
【小题2】If you are thirteen years old, you need at least __________ hours of sleep.
A.16 B.12 C.9 D.7
【小题3】What does the underlined word “insomnia” mean in this passage?
A.No sleep.B.Fast sleep.C.Slow sleep.D.Sleep with many dreams.
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.We will die soon if we don’t sleep well.
B.The older we get, the less sleep we need.
C.We can tell a person’s age from his sleep time.
D.Famous people move from one bed to the other to fall asleep.
【小题5】Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.Sleep less B.Go to sleep
C.Age and sleep time D.Famous people and sleep
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