【正文】 nd just accept it‖ Part of the problem is that we are so used to being sleep deprived and coping with that condition that we no longer notice how exhausted we really are. In 2021, sleep expert David Dinges at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine tested the effects of restricting sleep to eight, six, or four hours a night for two weeks. During the first few days, subjects sleeping less than eight hours admitted to being tired and lacking alertness. But by Day 4, most people had adapted to their new baseline sleepiness and reported feeling fine— even as their cognitive performance continued to decline Over time, they became so exhausted that they had difficulty concentrating on even the simplest tasks. ―The human brain works only capable of about sixteen hours of wakefulness a day， ‖ says Dinges. ―When you get beyond that, it can39。 4. 考試結(jié)束后，請將本試題卷和答題卡一并上交。 成都外國語學(xué)校 20172018 學(xué)年度上期 10 月 考試 高二 英語試卷 注意事項 ： 1. 答題前，先將自己的姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號填寫在試題卷和答題卡上，并將準(zhǔn)考證號條形碼粘貼在答題卡上的指定位置。寫在試題卷、草稿紙和答題卡上的非答題區(qū)域均無效。s sleep. The remended daily requirements should sound familiar: eight hours of sleep a night for adults and at least an hour more for adolescents. Yet 71 % of American adults and 85% of teens do not get the suggested amount. ―Sleep is sort of like food.‖ says Robert Stickgold, a cognitive (認(rèn)知的） neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School But, he adds， there39。that39。s simply by treating their sleep disorder. ―The need for sleep does not change a lot with age,‖ says AncoliIsrael, but often because of illnesses and the medications, ―the ability to sleep does.‖ If you lack sleep, there‘s plenty you can do to pay back your sleep debt. For starters， take your mom39。 experiment that . A. people tend to ignore the decline in mental sharpness B. people get easily used to lack of sleep in less than 4 days C. sleeping less than 8 hours won39。s attitude to people‘s acceptance of sleep deprivation? A. Supportive. B. Ambiguous C. Cautious D. Worried 15. What is the author‘s purpose in writing this article? A. To explain the reasons why people accept sleep starvation. B. To urge people to catch up on lost time for a good night39。 The Erin Optimists club is offering two free selfesteem workshops to students and their parents in the month of November through the RISE Up anization. ―It‘s a ____21_____ issue, as we are hearing more about bulling issues in the media,‖ said club spokesman Jeff Andrews. ―Our optimist motto is to be a ____22____ of the youth and the money we raise goes ____23____ into the youth of our munity and more sport facilities for the young are to be bought. These programs seem like a good____24_____.‖ The goal of the two workshops is to offer positive ways to _____25_____ children aged 7 to 13 to develop a strong sense of_____26_____. RISE Up, which stands for Rising Individual Self Esteem, is led by speaker and educational consultants Barbara Lustgarten Envoy and Alison Kuntz of Fergus. ―Everything we do is____27____ in helping people to discover, create and____28____ a strong selfesteem.‖ Envoy said, ―Some time ago I noticed that there is a lack of_____29______in many of our children and that by struggling with that,_____30_____ suffers. A strong and healthy sense of self allows one to _____31_____ through adversity(逆境 ).‖ these workshops are fun, interactive, interesting and focused on_____32______children.‖ said Kuntz. The workshops will____33_____discussion around bullying, body image, understanding others and being strong_____34_____ of the munities and families. ―We hope this will give our younger kids a sense of selfesteem______35______ they feel they can_____36_____themselves, if they need to.‖ Andrews said. But Envoy noted that it‘s not just about issues of peer____37____. Selfesteem is the key to academic success_____38_____. ―In school, with a(n)____39______ belief in who he or she is, there‘s a greater ____40____ that a student will achieve better results.‖ Envoy said. 21. A. new B. mon C. sensitive D. specific 22. A. friend B. leader C. detective D. listener 23. B. back C. away 24. A. cooperation B. meeting C. story D. investment 25. A. mand B. Invite C. encourage D. remind 26. A. freedom B. interest C. Self D. safety . reserved B. rooted C. improved D. experienced 28. A. maintain B. introduce C. remember D. spare 29. A. credit B. humor C. confidence D. devotion 30. A. somebody B. everybody C. something D. everything 31. A. push forward B. step back C. bend down D. look around 32. A. treating B. sponsoring C. helping D. moving 33. A. stretch B. include C. imitate D. conclude 34. A. believers B. followers C. guards D. members 35. A. so that B. in that C. as though D. even though 36. A. put up with B. look forward to C. stand up for D. catch up on 37. A. pressure B. fantasy C. failure D. attention 38. A. first B. instead C. alike D. too 39. A. calm B. good C. instant D. equal 40. A. chance B. promise C. idea D. decision 第 Ⅱ 卷（非選擇題 共 80 分） 注意事項：必須使用黑色墨跡簽字筆在答題卡上題目所指是的答案區(qū)域內(nèi)作答。t ______________ yet. 8. Too much attention _______________ the Straight A student, making him stressed out and fail the last exam. 9. What‘s the ?Rich Second Generation‘ like ______________________? 10. Jane is a respectable person. You never hear her __________ others‘ private affairs. 第四節(jié) 語篇型 語法填空（每小題 分，滿分 15分） 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填人適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容 (1 個單詞 )或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式（不超過 3個單詞）。s another typical example! From then on, I took care to watch their ways of doing things, manners, and treatment shown towards others. I found the Germans always mindful of others39。 刪除：把多余的詞用斜線 (＼ )劃掉。為了在學(xué)習(xí)上不落后，很多學(xué)生搬出學(xué)校的集體寢室，在學(xué)校附近租了房子。 2 你同意還是反對這種做法 ?并陳述你的理由。 考查 which 引導(dǎo)的定語從句。 68. embarrassing 考