单选题
Scientists are learning more about our need for sleep. Most people sleep (26) eight hours each night. (27) people sleep more than (28) and others sleep as (29) as two or three hours each night. Scientists do not know exactly (30) some people sleep more than others. Dr. Ernest Hartman has a (an) (31) about this. He believes that the (32) of sleep depends on how a person (33) problems. He said people who need only a few (34) sleep usually are people who have much energy and make good use of (35) to get their work to be done quickly. (36) he said many people who sleep longer than normal do creative work and seem to need (37) dreaming time to find solution (38) emotional problems. Some scientists agree (39) this idea and others dispute. To determine the (40) of the lack of sleep, scientists have put (41) through a set of psychological and performance tests (42) them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recite a passage read to them only minutes earlier, "We've found that if you're in sleep (43) , performance suffers," says Dr. David. "Short-term memory is (44) , (45) are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate./
【答案解析】此题考查的是代词that的用法:that可以代替上文提到的人或事,其复数形式为those。例如:I know there's a problem,but I haven't got time to worry about that now.这里的that代替的是事。再如:Why don't you ask Ken? That's who I would choose.这里的that代替的是人。在这句里,that代替的是eight hours这个时间段。因此,正确答案是B项。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题考查的是as...as结构,表示“和……一样”,其中两个as中间应该使用形容词或副词的原形,因此我们可以直接排除B项longer。由于two or three hours是可数名词,又可以接着排除much和little。所以C项为正确答案。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此题考查的是know后宾语从句的引导词。我们很容易能够排除how和when。部分同学可能会选择that,将其代入句中就成了“Scientists do not know exactly that some people sleep more than others.”即“科学家们并不十分清楚一些入睡得比其他人久这件事。”这显然和原文意义不符,故排除A项。将why代入空白处,则意义符合逻辑,即“科学家们并不十分清楚为什么一些人睡得比其他人久”。所以B项为正确答案。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此题考查的是与“想法”相关的几个词的辨析。thinking表示“想法、看法”是不可数名词,所以这里应排除A项。idea是可数名词,常用于have an idea这个结构。suggestion是不可数名词,所以C项也应排除。ponder“沉思”是动词,可用于ponderon/over/about结构中,因此D项也应排除。所以B项是正确答案。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题考查的是表示时间的量的说法。amount一般和不可数名词连用,表示“……的量”,如a large amount of time。period表示“时期、周期”,和原文意义不符,故排除B项。stage“阶段”,也应排除。number一般与可数名词连用,如a number of students,因此D项也应被排除。所以A项为正确答案。
【答案解析】本题考查的是习惯搭配。agree后可以接的介词有on/about和with,但用法有所不同。“agree on/about”表示“对某事达成一致意见”,例如:The committee members agreed on the need for more information.意为“委员会成员就需要更多信息一事达成了一致意见。”“agree with”表示“赞同”,例如:I don't agree with corporal punishment in schools.意为“我不赞同在学校里进行体罚。”而本句的意义是“一些科学家并不赞同这一看法”,所以问题应该选择B项。