阅读理解 Passage Two Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage. Everybody sleeps,but what people stay up late to catch—or wake up early in order not to miss—varies by culture.   From data collected,it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep,on average,are sporting events,time changes,and holidays.   Around the world, people changed sleep patterns thanks to the start or end of daylight savings time. Russians, for example, began to wake up about a half-hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted the country permanently to “winter time”starting on October 26.   Russia’s other late nights and early mornings generally correspond to public holidays. On New Year’s Eve, Russians have the world’s latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 am.   Russians also get up an hour later on International Women’s Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives.   Similarly, Americans’ late nights late mornings, and longest sleeps fall on three-day weekends.   Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey(冰球)final.   The World Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation(剥夺), The worst night for sleep in the U.K. was the night of the England-Italy match on June 14. Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime. That was nothing, though, compared to Germans, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup.   It should be made clear that not everyone has a device to record their sleep patterns, in some of these nations, it’s likely that only the richest people do. And people who elect to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person. Even if that’s the case, though, the above findings are still striking, If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?
单选题 What does the author say about people’s sleeping habits?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据“like-minded people”定位到首段,首段指出这类人可以给人信息并令人感到舒服,后面用“unfortunately”表转折,后面的表述“这种舒服会让你意识不到你可以扩大你的公司和事业”,对应C选项,同义替换。
单选题 What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据核心名词“leaders”定位到第三段,作者给leader的建议是“虽然建立一个自由言论的环境不容易,但是俗话说灵感从争论中迸发”,意思是领导者需要建立这样能的环境,固选择B项,高度概括。
单选题 What is the major cause for Europeans’ loss of sleep?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据关键信息“purpose of holding adebate”定位到原文倒数第三段,原文“objective”对应“purpose”,后面跟的即为答案:“isnot to win but to get the truth that will allow you to move faster, farther,and better.”,对应A选项。
单选题 What is the most probable reason for some rich people to use a device to record their patterns?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据关键信息“fierce debate”定位到原文倒数第二段,原文给出观点“用微笑和幽默表明这是一个友好的讨论,大家的目标都是一样的”,对应D选项,该题强干扰项为B,B选项中的“respect”容易让同学们产生好感从而错选B,而实际上B选项错在“other’s beliefs”上,原文并没有提到尊重他人的信念和观点,属于无中生有。
单选题 What does the author imply in the last paragraph?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据题干“rival”对应到最后一段的“sparring partners”,原文给出“让他们知道对他们的付出你很感激”,对应D选项“肯定他们的付出”,为同义替换关系。