单选题 Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
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单选题
  • A. turning
  • B. rolling
  • C. twisting
  • D. rotating
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词语搭配。toss and turn是固定用法,表示“辗转反侧”。
单选题
  • A. find
  • B. feel
  • C. drop
  • D. fall
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词语搭配。fall asleep意为“入睡”,是固定用法,符合题意。
单选题
  • A. relieved
  • B. renewed
  • C. refreshed
  • D. released
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词语辨析和对文意的理解。A项relieve意为“减轻,安慰”;B项renew意为“恢复,重新开始”;C项refresh意为“恢复精力”;D项release意为“释放”。根据题意,人睡觉醒来应该觉得神清气爽,所以选择C。
单选题
  • A. impossible
  • B. unable
  • C. powerless
  • D. incapable
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查词义辨析。B项unable意为“没有能力的”,常与to搭配,人做主语。
单选题
  • A. titled
  • B. labeled
  • C. entitled
  • D. named
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查词义辨析和对文意的理解。表示“文章等的标题是…”,一般用entitle,为固定用法。
单选题
  • A. implies
  • B. suggests
  • C. proposes
  • D. indicates
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查词义辨析。A项imply意为“暗示”;B项suggest;C项propose均为“建议”;只有D项indicate意为“表明,明确指出”符合文意。
单选题
  • A. related
  • B. tied
  • C. combined
  • D. put together
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 这里的意思是“压力和缺乏睡眠有关系”。表示关系的选项是A项relate。
单选题
  • A. more
  • B. less
  • C. shorter
  • D. later
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 第一段已经提到,如果人承受很大的压力就睡不好,“忧虑使你无法入睡”。由此可知,越忧虑,睡得越少,the more/less..., the...是固定搭配,意为“越…,越…”。
单选题
  • A. nervousness
  • B. anxiety
  • C. stress
  • D. tension
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查对细节的理解。这一段第一句话已提到亨利博士的文章讲的是压力与睡眠的关系,前文中出现了stress and sleep,根据此细节可推断出此处应选C。
单选题
  • A. enhances
  • B. attaches
  • C. inserts
  • D. adds
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查对文意的理解。文中此处是说“博士又补充了一点”,D项add意为“补充”。
单选题
  • A. power
  • B. energy
  • C. vigor
  • D. force
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这里的意思是说只有保证好的睡眠,我们才能有精力去解决所忧虑的问题,此处指的是人的体力,只有B项energy有此意。
单选题
  • A. varies
  • B. differs
  • C. alters
  • D. contrasts
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查词义辨析。这里指的是人们睡眠的数量各不相同,vary和differ都有“不同”的意思。但前者强调各式各样的,种类的多样性而后者强调事物本质上根本的不同。
单选题
  • A. nevertheless
  • B. since
  • C. though
  • D. however
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查关联词的用法。此处意思是说,一般人们会认为睡得越多人越精神,但恰恰相反,睡多了会使人头疼,这里是转折的意思,所以选择C。
单选题
  • A. because
  • B. spite
  • C. despite
  • D. instead
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查对上下文的理解。此句的意思是“睡多了会使人头疼而不是更加体力充沛”,要选择表转折的选项。
单选题
  • A. pause
  • B. break
  • C. vacation
  • D. interruption
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查词义辨析。B项break是此意,意为“短暂休息”;A项pause意为“中止”;C项vacation意为“假期”;D项interruption意为“打扰”。
单选题
  • A. earlier
  • B. early
  • C. previously
  • D. sooner
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查对文意的理解。early意为“早早地”。
单选题
  • A. spiritually
  • B. consciously
  • C. mentally
  • D. emotionally
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查词语搭配。physically and mentally是副词短语的固定搭配,表示“身心地”。
单选题
  • A. asleep
  • B. awake
  • C. alert
  • D. active
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 茶和咖啡因含咖啡因会使人清醒,B项awake意为“清醒的”。
单选题
  • A. out
  • B. on
  • C. away
  • D. off
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查动词词组搭配。put out意为“熄灭”;put on意为“穿上”;put away意为“把…收起来”;put off意为“推迟”。根据文意选A。
单选题
  • A. as soon as
  • B. when
  • C. before
  • D. after
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这句话的意思是“在不知不觉中你就睡着了”,即在你知晓之前就已入睡了。