Most of us need about eight or so hours of sleep a night to perform optimally during the day. But scientists have found a mother and daughter who naturally snooze just six nightly hours, waking up bright-eyed and bushy tailed. Sleep logs revealed the 44-year-old woman and her 69-year-...
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“Dreams(梦) may be more important than sleep . Some people don't need much sleep. But we all need to dream,” scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time . People have several dreams each night . Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Som...
分析“Many of these people cannot fall sleep. This problem is called insomnia.”可知,很多人无法入睡,这个问题叫做失眠。所以insomnia的意思是“无法入睡,失眠”,故选D。 (4)题详解: 推理判断题。根据“Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep.”和“Mark Twain, the famous American...
After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a day. We need less sleep as we get older. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name for this problem is insomnia . Some people say, “I didn’t ...
Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us
小题2:通过After the age of fifty the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.“五十岁以后的平均睡眠时间降到每晚6.5小时。”一句可知，随着年龄的增长，睡眠的时间在变少。所以本题选B。小题3:通过前一句Many of these people can not fall sleep“这些中的许多人不能入睡”...
(1)题详解: B细节理解 根据文中Dreams ( 梦)may be more important than sleep 可知,做梦比睡觉更重要。故选B。 (2)题详解: C细节理解 根据文中Dreams are like short films .They are usually in color可知,做梦是有色彩的。故选C。 (3)题详解: C细节理解 根据文中They come to us over and over...
根据第一段“Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don’t need much sleep. But people all need to dream, scientists say. (梦可能比睡眠更重要。有些人不需要太多的睡眠。但科学家说,人都需要做梦。)”以及全文可知,强调人们都需要做梦。故选A。 (5)题详解: 主旨大意题。通读全文...
Sleep __36___ always be enough to make one bring back his __37___ (strong) and get ready for a day’s work.Fresh air is necessary to sound sleep. So it is not __38___ reason for some people to think that it is practicable to sleep in the open air. A bath at bedtime, _...