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: M6 F: p4 c! @' @# p8 y) D# e! z 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选A；如果该句的是错误信息，请选B；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请选C.3 d O+ ^4 C! a# S- `
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, E i3 K# g8 V2 ]) W. _( N People who sleep for more than eight hours a night do not live as long as those who sleep for six hours, according to the biggest study yet into sleep patterns and mortality（死亡率）.
5 I; B D/ k! K4 \) l, v2 R8 C- q Scientists have no explanation for the findings and do not know if they mean people who like a lie-in （睡懒觉） can extend their lives by sleeping less.: r+ S! D( g6 @: }
Although it is a common belief that sleeping for at least eight hours a night is vital for health and well-being, the six-year study involving more than 1.1 million Americans older than 30 found that those who slept for less than eight hours were far from doing themselves any long-term harm.( G# ~) V' i. W* c3 E/ N! y5 k$ M
"Individuals who now average 6.5 hours of sleep a night can be reassured that this is a safe amount of sleep. From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer," said Daniel Kripke, a professor of psychiatry （精神病学） at the University of California, San Diego., g) t+ `' }. m" Y) m
Dr. Kripke said, "We don't know if long sleep periods lead to death. Additional studies are needed to determine if setting your alarm clock earlier will actually improve your health."
Y$ B- e1 U6 {+ k. m2 c The scientists, who were funded by the American Cancer Society, found that the best survival rates were among the men and women who slept for seven hours a night. Those who slept for eight hours were 12 per cent more likely to die during the six-year period of the study, when other factors such as diet and smoking were taken into account.# I: e4 X0 j. ?
Even those who spent a mere five hours a night in bed lived longer than those who slept eight or more hours. However, an increasing death rate was found among those who slept for less than five hours.
+ ?4 |( O6 e! G$ d. j; [: u( c Dr. Kripke said, "Previous sleep studies have indicated that both short- and long-duration （持续时间） sleep had higher mortality rates. However, none of those studies were large enough to distinguish the difference between seven and eight hours a night, until now."
3 j3 I; `8 h7 x/ @1 \% ? 1 More than one million Americans participated in the six-year study.
# D7 t( C- A r7 y' A A Right
) j$ g0 r4 B- u3 h4 z B Wrong
1 @5 A- l& J1 Y C Not mentioned
o# U G' V6 v8 J9 P" ~ 2 All the participants were from the state of California.3 }: r7 x. j; n! Y) v
A Right/ z8 x9 v. N# x, k
B Wrong0 N8 F2 y9 w4 ^) W: {+ ]# X, V, s
C Not mentioned5 B) a/ i4 \8 C# J5 B7 Q
3 The study shows that the longer you sleep each night, the longer you'll live
, X- a x- c0 e1 a: j A Right+ G1 G% u$ r" C( t. o( J+ \
B Wrong
. I6 T0 H0 k% s9 c+ J C Not mentioned P) p/ w( |; w( [9 ~: T/ i4 r
4 The findings indicate that it is all right to sleep for 6.5 hours a night./ w1 _0 C6 T$ K9 j1 N, G9 ]
A Right, {! \. i4 |: B, X" F) c: u
B Wrong
, d* {2 I! V7 }. m: u3 c0 G C Not mentioned
3 H4 Q0 e" L5 h 5 Most of the participants slept for 7 hours a night during the study/ K4 B4 N) B u* Z* [
A Right" G* `- N; h7 h7 {6 a9 F% ?
B Wrong
% g8 [4 B0 R# ? C Not mentioned
# U4 f3 I( m" F 6 Sleeping for less than 5 hours each night is better than sleeping for 5 hours.
- D8 ?2 v# ~+ u$ K A Right( w: @1 U/ y; L% J
B Wrong# P' J) d# O, j) W3 c0 |
C Not mentioned1 Q6 V$ ], S9 d6 z3 Y
7 The study was the first to tell the difference between 7 and 8 hours of sleep a night.) I S4 H% B' p; H
A Right/ a$ u7 d1 I- b+ k! k9 k- s; U9 c
B Wrong
8 A' k# G& a* Y( ~ A: s" g" g C Not mentioned) N; {: L! i" A, G. G4 U
【参考答案】1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. A |
发表于 2012-8-15 23:57:33
