American society is not nap (午睡)

题文

American society is not nap (午睡)-friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, “There’s even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep”. Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote a proverb: “Some sleep five hours, nature requires ven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven.”Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. “We have to totally change our attitude toward napping,” says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep rearch.Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an “American sleep debt” which one member said was as important as the national debt. The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White Hou. According to recent reports, President Clinton is trying to take a ha1f-hour snooze (瞌睡) every afternoon.about 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity. We em to have “a mid afternoon quiet pha,” also called “a condary sleep gate.” Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed. Clearly, we were born to nap.We Superstars of Snooze don't nap to replace lost shut-eye or to prepare for a night shift.Rather, we “snack” on sleep, whenever, wherever and at whatever time we feel like it. I mylf have napped in bus, cars, planes and on boats; on floors and beds; and in libraries, offices and muums.小题1:It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is.A．unreasonableB．criminalC．harmfulD．costly小题2:The rearch done by the Dement Commission shows that Americans ________.A．don't like to take napsB．are terribly worried about their national debtC．sleep less than is good for themD．have caud many industrial and traffic accidents小题3:The purpo of this article is to.A．warn us of the wickedness of nappingB．explain the danger of sleepinessC．discuss the side effects of nappingD．convince the reader of the necessity of napping小题4:The underlined phra “American sleep debt” in Para. 3 is the result of.A．the traditional misconception the Americans have about sleepB．the new sleep policy of the Clinton AdministrationC．the rapid development of American industryD．the Americans' worry about the danger of sleepiness小题5:The cond ntence of the last paragraph tells us that it is  .A．preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shiftB．good practice to eat something light before we go to bedC．esntial to make up for cost sleepD．natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:A 小题2:C小题3:D小题4:A小题5:D

解析

文章讲述了美国传统观念是不允许午睡的，但是最近的研究表明午睡对于美国人是非常重要，美国的睡眠缺失现象非常严重，作者呼吁午睡是一种天性，无论何时何地只要感觉困了就应该小睡一会。小题1:推断题。由第一段，美国人不喜欢午睡，事实上，宾夕法尼亚大学医学院睡眠专家David Dinges说，“甚至有一个禁令不允许我们需要睡眠。在工作的时候，没有人愿意被发现在打瞌睡或在睡觉。引用一个谚语：有的人睡5个小时，正常情况需7个小时，懒惰者需9个小时，堕落者需11个小时。由此可知，美国人认为过多的失眠是不合理的。并不是罪恶的，有害的，昂贵的。故答案为A小题2:推断题。美国人都普遍缺乏睡眠，他们的睡眠欠缺和国债一样不可小觑。可见，美国认为睡眠少对他们有益，这样可以做更多的事情。故答案为C小题3:主旨题。由第二段The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. We have to totally change our attitude toward napping。工作时不睡着的方法是当你困的时候就小睡一下，我们必须完全改变我们对于小睡的态度。可知，本文的意图是使读者认识到小睡的必要性。故答案为D小题4:细节题。由第一段可知，美国人不重视午睡，没有人想在工作时被发现在打盹或睡着了，还有一句俗语来抨击午睡，可见是传统观念在误导着他们。故选A小题5:推断题。由最后一段，睡觉是我们的一部分，无论何时，何地，我自己在公交车里，汽车，飞机，船上，在床上，图书馆，办公室，博物馆里都可以小睡。可知，本段是要告诉我们不论何时，当我们需要休息的时候，就应该小睡一会。故答案为D点评：夹叙夹议的材料是近几年高考阅读理解的常考题型，学生对此类夹叙夹议的文章，如果生词多就不知道如何作答了。遇到类似情况可以重点看作者所发表的议论，把握好作者的感情色彩，是褒义还是贬义。本文文脉清晰，题目设置不难，答题时需要仔细对照原文和题目的选项，把握好作者是非常支持午睡的这一点。

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