In real life, the daily struggles between parents and children are around these narrow problems of an extra hour, extra TV show, and so on” said Avi Sadeh, psychology professor at Tel Aviv University. “Too little sleep and more accidents,” he said.
Sadeh and his colleagues found an extra hour of sleep can make a big difference. The children who slept longer, although they woke up more frequently during the night, scored higher on tests, Sadeh reported in the March/April issue of journal Child Development.
“When the children slept longer, their sleep quality was somewhat weak, but in spite of this their performance for study improved because the extra sleep was more significant than the reduction in sleep quality. ” Sadeh said. “Some studies suggested that lack of sleep as a child affects development into adulthood and it’s more likely to develop their attention disorder when they grow older. ”
In earlier studies, Sadeh’s team found that fourth graders slept an average of 8. 2 hours and sixth graders slept an average of 7. 7 hours.
“Previous research has shown children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night on a regular basis, said Carl Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in Bethesda, and high-school-age children need somewhat less, he said, adding the results of insufficient sleep could be serious.
“A tired child is an accident waiting to happen,” Hunt said. “And as kids get older, toys get bigger and the risks higher. ”Hunt also said too little sleep could result in learning and memory problems and long-term effects on school performance.
“This is an important extension of what we already know, ” Hunt said of Sadeh’s research, adding sleep is as important as nutrition(營(yíng)養(yǎng)) and exercise to good health.
“To put it into reality,” Hunt said, “parents should make sure they know when their children actually are going to sleep and their rooms are conducive to sleeping instead of playing. ”
小題1:What is Child Development?
A A new story                       B A popular book
C. A periodical magazine               D A TV programme
小題2:How many persons are exactly mentioned in the text?
A One          B Two         C Three           D Four
小題3:The underlined phrase “conducive to” (in the last sentence) means ________.
A helping to happen                 B influenced by
C full of                              D acceptable of
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．There are some daily struggles between parents and children because of having nothing in common with extra rest time.
B．The children who sleep longer are weak in their study.
C．Lack of sleep as a child has great effect on their development into adulthood.
D．In general, children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B

小題1:C 間接推理題。由上下文及其言論的report和 in the March/April issue of journal；顯然強(qiáng)調(diào)的是“定期的刊物”；periodical是period的形容詞，故選A periodical magazine.
小題2:B 直接事實(shí)題。全文涉及的具體的人就是：Sadeh和Hunt.
小題3:A 推理判斷題。為了將“睡眠與營(yíng)養(yǎng)一樣重要”付之實(shí)施，家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)該給孩子營(yíng)造一個(gè)“有利于睡覺(jué)”而不是“玩耍”的居室。選項(xiàng)A與conducive to“有利于…的” 相符。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。選項(xiàng)A正確�？梢罁�(jù)第一段來(lái)考慮：這種爭(zhēng)吵主要是在額外的休息時(shí)間不能達(dá)成共識(shí)。B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。睡眠時(shí)間長(zhǎng)的孩子睡眠質(zhì)量不一定高，但學(xué)業(yè)有進(jìn)步。可依據(jù)第三段。C項(xiàng)正確。缺乏睡眠的孩子會(huì)影響發(fā)育成長(zhǎng)�？梢罁�(jù)第四段。D項(xiàng)正確。一般而言，小學(xué)生一晚上需要至少九小時(shí)睡眠時(shí)間。可依據(jù)第五段。
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