【正文】 reason we deprive ourselves of sleep is work. But consider that in giving up two hours of bedtime to do more work, you are losing a quarter of your remended nightly sleep and gaining just 12% more time during the day. What if you could be 12% more productive instead? If mental sharpness is your goal, the answer is clear: stop depriving yourself, and get a good night39。 2. 選擇題的作答：每小題選出答案后，用 2B鉛筆把答題卡上對應(yīng)題目的答案標號涂黑，寫在試題卷、草稿紙和答題卡上的非答題區(qū)域均無效。t realize is that the purpose of sleep may be more to rest the mind than to rest the body. Sleep helps strengthen memory, improve judgment, promote learning and concentration, boost mood, speed reaction time and sharpen problem solving and accuracy. According to Sonia AncoliIsrael, a psychologist at the University of California who‘s done extensive studies in the aging population, lack of sleep may even resemble the symptoms of dementia (癡呆 ). In recent findings, she was able to improve cognitive function in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer39。 1. The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune _________ (make). 2. Though _____ (surprise) to see us, the professor gave us a warm wele. 3. When travelling in a foreign country, what difficulty do you think you will have ________ (understand) people there？ 4. Where was it _______ you bought this beautiful vase? 5. In recent years many circuses ________ (close) as a result of a sharp decline in ticket sales. 6. ____ I explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting. 7. The girl who got lost decided to remain ______ she was and wait for her mother. 8. Our local councilors suggest that the puppet theatre in our town _______ (rebuild). 9. _______ is no doubt that Shakespeare‘s works have an important place in English literature. 10. _______ (pare) with what he had to go through, our life is paradise already. 第二節(jié) 首字母填空（共 10小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分） 1. Getting about in the library, nobody could tell the building was o________ used as a prison. 2. Candles lighted, the entire restaurant was romantically i________ to celebrate the Valentine‘s Day. 3. Chinese people will forever remember the h_______ they suffered in the weak and poor past. 4. The conflict between the p______ and the police got more serious, involving some violence. 5. A wise boss always es up with different methods of e________ his/her employers‘ potential. 6. V________ from hour to hour, the weather here is driving me crazy. 7. The hunter was quietly and attentively following a deer, u_______ that a tiger was approaching. 8. The doctor carefully phrased his words, trying to make the result sound less c_______. 9. It is in bad times that we value most highly the support and s_______ of our friends. 10. Several weeks ago, the Americans witnessed a most s________ solar eclipse. (日食 ). 第三節(jié) 選短語填空（共 10小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分） well known as make a difference turn up attach… to… as far as sb. be concerned lead to refer to… as thanks to pick up remark on in favor of wear out 1. ?You are what you eat.‘ This proverb means that proper diet _______________ to the state of people‘s health. 2. Lack of munication ___________ the misunderstanding between you. Both of you should learn a lesson. 3. Last month, Emma Watson, whose actual name is not familiar to many but who is _____________ Hermione because of the popular film series Harry Porter, gave a speech on gender equality in UN. 4. Nowadays many colleges students are seen to play games in the dormitory all day, __________ their youth. 5. Since ten years ago, faithful fans of Li Yuchun _______________ The Corn, whose Chinese pronunciation sounds close to her name. 6. At the late stage of the campaign, public opinion shifted ___________ Donald Trump, especially in those southern states. 7. He promised that he would e, but he hasn39。內(nèi)容包括： 1 在校外租房子的利與弊。 69. nor/neither 考查 nor 位于句首的倒裝句式。 修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。s sleep. C. To show the mon phenomenon of sleep loss in America, D. To raise people‘s awareness of the hidden sleep deprivation. 第二節(jié)（共 5 小題；每題 2 分，滿分 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。s one important difference: ―You can be quite starved and still alive, and I think we appreciate how horrible that must be. But many of us live on the edge of sleep starvation and 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。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 (認知的） neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School But, he adds， there39。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.