单选题 Studies of the effect that makes many of us slumber or feel sleepy during the queen’s speech on Christmas Day have revealed that changes may be required in Britain’s drink drive legislation. Dr. James Home, director of the Sleep Research Laboratory at Loughborough University, is investigating pose-lunch sleepiness. We humans are designed to sleep twice a day, Once at night and a short nap after lunch, but in this part of the world we tend to repress that.
It is a remnant of the same primeval programming that makes all animals in the bush rest in the hot afternoon sun to conserve energy.
Hot environments make it worse and many cultures living near the equator, says Dr. Home, have conceded to be inevitable, where the afternoon siesta is the way of life.
In this studies Dr. Home has been investigating the role of alcohol. The theory is that if you are more sleepy after lunch then it figures that alcohol will be more potent after lunch. One would figure then that a pint of beer at lunch time has more effect than in the evening, when people are more alert. Indeed, we find that it has about twice the effect.
This has more sinister implications. If people take alcohol up to the legal driving limit, their performance is seriously impaired after lunch, said he.
It seems that alcohol interacts with the circadian rhythm of sleep to cause afternoon sleepiness, so that one pint at lunch time is equivalent, in effect, to a quart in the evening.
For this reason, most drivers ought not to drink at all at lunch time and the legal blood alcohol limit is no guide to "safe" driving here, said Dr. Home.
For those who wish to enjoy the queen’s speech, Dr. Home recommends mild exercise, splash of cold air or cold water on the face, or a cup of coffee. Otherwise, take a cat nap. But this should be less than 15 minutes, otherwise, sleep really sets in and one can wake up feeling very groggy and far sleepier than to be in awake.
单选题 It is implied that British people ______.
  • A. like to take a short nap after lunch
  • B. don’t take a short nap after lunch
  • C. don't feel sleepy after lunch
  • D. like to sleep twice a day
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 含蓄题。此题答案根据第一段最后一句“We humans are designed to sleep twice a day...we tend to repress that．”可推知。
单选题 ______ take a rest in the hot afternoon sun.
  • A. All animals in the bush
  • B. The remnant of the same primeval programming
  • C. The same primeval programming
  • D. All animals in the world
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 具体题。此题答案在第二段。
单选题 Most drivers ought not to drink at all at lunch time because ______.
  • A. alcohol will be less potent after lunch
  • B. a pint of beer at lunch time is equivalent to a quart in the evening, it cause afternoon sleepiness
  • C. people are more alert at lunch time
  • D. it is not legal to drink at lunch time
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 具体题。此题答案在第六、七段。
单选题 According to the passage, if you sleep more than 15 minutes after lunch,
  • A. you will be refreshed
  • B. you will be waken up
  • C. you will feel far sleepier
  • D. you will take a cat nap
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 具体题。答案在第八段最后一句。
单选题 It can be inferred that ______.
  • A. people are not allowed to drive after they drink one quarter in the evening
  • B. people are still allowed to drive after they drink one quarter in the evening
  • C. people are still allowed to drive after they drink one pint at lunchtime
  • D. None.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。此题答案根据第六段推知。由于alcohol可引起afternoon sleepiness，C选项不对；根据one pint at lunch time与a quarter in the evening造成sleepiness效果等同，因此B选项不对，A选项为答案。