Question

根据首字母提示填空，每空一词（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

Experts say that students usually need eight or ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students don’t get e       1. sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children s       2. late. They will think their children work hard. But not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother t      3. us that every morning her ten-year-old boy put up one finger w       4. his eyes still closed, begging （乞求） for one minute to sleep. Like thousands of “early birds” in China, he has to get up b      5. six every morning.

A report s       6. that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker t     7. they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason w       8. students stay up late. Watching TV or playing computer games late into night is a       9. a reason.

Experts have ever said that students should have good study habits. So some clever students n       10. study late, they are able to work well in class.

Answer

1.enough

2.sleep

3.told

4.when

5.before

6.shows

7.than

8.why

9.also

10.never

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了中国孩子的睡眠问题，并针对这一现象提出了合理的建议。

1.联系上下文可知大部分中国学生得不到足够的睡眠。结合首字母可知填enough，足够的。

2.联系下文可知父母喜欢看到孩子睡得很晚，结合首字母可知填sleep，睡觉。

3.联系下文可知是一位母亲告诉我们，结合语境可知本句描述的是过去的动作，结合首字母可知填故去时态动词told，告诉。

4.联系下文可知句意为：当他的眼睛仍旧闭着时，结合首字母可知填when当……时。

5.联系上下文可知他不得不在六点以前起床，结合首字母可知填before在……以前。

6.联系上下文可知句意为：一个报告显示，根据语境可知本句叙述的是客观性动作，主语为单数第三人称，谓语动词用单数形式。结合首字母可知填shows，显示。

7.联系上文be weaker 可知后面为比较对象，结合首字母可知填than，比……。

8.考察定语从句。根据先行词the only reason 可知引导词用why，为什么。

9.联系上文可知这同样也是一个原因，结合首字母可知填also，也。

10.结合语境可知句意为：因此一些聪明的学生从来不学习到很晚，结合首字母可知填never，从来不。

考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力