单选题
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
It doesn't matter when or{{U}} (41) {{/U}}a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's{{U}} (42) {{/U}}all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. People said he never{{U}} (43) {{/U}}. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man{{U}} (44) {{/U}}. Al Herpin was 90 years old when doctors went to his home. They{{U}} (45) {{/U}}that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched him. But they were{{U}} (46) {{/U}}Though they watched him hour{{U}} (47) {{/U}}hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even have a bed. He never needed one. The only rest he got was{{U}} (48) {{/U}}in a chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled (疑惑) by this strange sleeplessness. They asked him many questions,{{U}} (49) {{/U}}to find an answer. They found only one answer that might{{U}} (50) {{/U}}this. Herpin's mother was injured (受伤) several days before he was born. But that was all. Was that the real reason? Nobody could answer the question.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处表示“睡多长时间”,时间是不可数的,需用how much。how soon意为“多快”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这是典型的宾语从句,意为“这就是那些医生的想法”。这句话是由疑问句引出的宾语从句,用what做关系代词。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“人们说他从不睡觉”。这是省略关系词that的宾语从句,从句应用一般过去时。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处用反身代词themselves强调那些医生决定亲自去看那个奇怪的人。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 全篇都是在过去发生的事,此处用一般过去时。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] surprise表示“使…惊奇的”,surprising表示“(某物)令人惊奇的”,surprised表示“感到惊奇”。此句意为“医生们感到惊奇”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] hour after hour表示“一小时又一小时”,用法与后面紧随着的day after day用法相同。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处用现在分词做主语,与后面的reading保持一致。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处用动名词表伴随动作。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 情态动词(might)后跟动词原形。