Question

 

Most people need eight hours' sleep every night. Scientists have found that people who sleep for less than six 1. a half hours a night are more often ill than people who sleep for eight hours. People who sleep for less than five hours often die young, and do less well 2. work. Sleep is really important to people's lives. Good 3. needs good sleep.

"But not too much of it," says Professor Jim Home of Loughborough University. "Sleep is like 4. and drink. You would always like to have a little bit more, but that doesn't mean you need it." He found that people who sleep for more than 5. hours a night die younger than people who usually sleep for seven or eight!

 

Answer 1

1.and

2.at

3.health

4.food

5.nine

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了睡眠对人们的重要性，晚上睡眠时间太多或太少对人们的健康都没有好处。绝大多数的人需要每天晚上八个小时的睡眠时间。

1.句意：科学家发现晚上睡眠时间少于6个半小时的人比睡眠时间8个小时的人更容易生病。6个半小时six and a half hours。

2.句意：睡眠时间少于5个小时的人常常很早就死掉，工作也做不好。at work工作。

3.句意：好的健康需要好的睡眠。health健康，是名词。

4.句意：睡眠就像是食物和饮料。food食物，不可数名词。

5.句意：他发现晚上睡眠时间多于九个小时的人比常常睡七八个小时的人死的早。

考点：词汇运用。