It doesn’t matter when and how much a person sleeps , but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought , until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said , never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.
小題1:The main idea of this passage is that_____
A．large numbers of people do not need sleep
B．a(chǎn) person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep
C．everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
D．people can live longer by trying not to sleep
小題2:The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting_____
A．to cure him of his sleeplessness
B．to find that his sleeplessness was not really true
C．to find out why some old people did not need any sleep
D．to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping
小題3:After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Herpin_____
A．needed some kind of sleep
B．was too old to need any sleep
C．needed no sleep at all
D．often sleep in a chair
小題4:One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was _____
A．his mother’s injury before he was born
B．that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit
C．his magnificent physical condition
D．that he hadn’t got a bed
小題5:Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ______
A．a(chǎn) common one B．one that could be curedC．very healthyD．a(chǎn) rare one

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：本文敘述了醫(yī)生跟蹤調(diào)查Herpin的不睡覺之謎，90歲高齡的老人Herpin住在新澤西，醫(yī)生去老人的家里去觀察老人一天的活動情況，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)老人確實一天不用睡覺，其實他連床都沒有，他唯一的休息方式就是坐在椅子上看報，通過和老人交談得知老人在他出生前他的母親曾經(jīng)受過傷，這可能就是老人不需睡覺的原因所在。
小題1:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.和整篇短文來看主要講述的是關(guān)于Herpin的情況，故選B。
小題2:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind.醫(yī)生來之前不相信他不睡覺，所以希望發(fā)現(xiàn)他不睡覺這事不是真的，故選B。
小題3:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. hey found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. 通過觀察老人和他交談醫(yī)生得知老人沒有床也不用睡覺，故選C。
小題4:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all通過和老人交談醫(yī)生得知老人在他出生前他的母親曾經(jīng)受過傷，這可能就是老人不需睡覺的原因所在，故選A。
小題5:這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)everyone needs some rest to stay alive.每個人都需睡覺才能活著，所以說Herpin 是特例，故選D。
點評：細(xì)節(jié)理解題為閱讀考題的重頭戲，所占比例很高，相對而言較簡單，因為這類題雖然要求理解準(zhǔn)確，但基本上限于字面意義的理解，范圍也限于局部，因此是我們可望得高分的部分。細(xì)節(jié)題絕大部分體現(xiàn)“中心思想是解”這一原理。本文都是細(xì)節(jié)理解題，在文中比較容易找到答案。
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小題3:Loneliness is divided according to ________．
A．the time it lasts
B．the places where it appears
C．different people it happen to
D．different seasons when it appears

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