Question

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Herpin died at the age of 94.

1.The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to ______.

A．treat him for his illness

B．find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep

C．get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true

D．help him to have a rest in some day

2.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ______.

A．needed some kind of sleep	B．needed no sleep at all
C．was too old to need any sleep	D．often slept in a chair

3.The word “puzzled” in this passage probably refers to “______”.

A．make you think a lot because you do not understand it

B．make you worry a lot because you cannot sleep well

C．make you sad because something unusual has happened

D．make you fear because something terrible has happened

4.The main idea of this passage is that ______.

A．large numbers of people do not need sleep

B．everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

C．people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all

D．a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：

1.C 推理題。根據第一段最后Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

說明他們去看Al Herpin是為了求證。故C正確。

2.B 細節題。根據第二段最后In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.說明B正確。

3.A 推理題。根據本句The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness.說明醫生對于他不需要睡覺感覺很奇怪，故該詞是指因為不相信而思考，故A正確。

4.D 主旨大意題。本文主要是介紹了一個不需要任何休息的人Al Herpin。故D正確。

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