It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.
1.. The main idea of this passage is that _______.
A. large numbers of people do not need sleep.
B. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep.
C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive.
D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep.
2. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting to _______.
A. find that his sleeplessness was not really true.
B. cure him of his sleeplessness
C. find a way to free people from the need of sleeping.
D. find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep.
3.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _______.
A. was too old to need any sleep.
B. often slept in a chair.
C. needed no sleep at all.
D. needed some kind of sleep.
4. One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was _______.
A. that he hadn’t got a bed.
B. that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habit.
C. his mother’s injury before he was born.
D. his magnificent physical condition.
Mr. Gray travelled a lot on business: He sold machines of different kinds to farmers.
He had a big car, and usually driving it long distances, but he was quite satisfied to go by sometimes too, especially when the was bad. He was a little afraid of driving in rain or snow, and it was tiring to sit comfortably in a train and looked out of the window without being worried about how was going to get to the next place.
One of Mr. Gray’s problems was often to stay when he reached some small place in the country. He did not great comfort and wonderful food, but he found it annoying (使恼火) when he was given a cold room, and there was no hot water or food after a long and day.
Late winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The by train that day had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and . He was looking forward to a simple satisfying meal by a brightly burning fire，and then a hot bath and comfortable bed. he was walking to the taxi rank, he said to a local man who was also there. “As this is my first visit to this of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to about hotels before l left home, I would very much like to know you have here.”
The local man answered, “We have .”
“And which would you me to go to ?”Mr. Gray asked him.
The local man thought for a while and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: Whichever one you go to, you’ll be you didn’t go to the other.”
1.A. considered B. practised C. imagined D. enjoyed
2.A. train B. car C. himself D. plane
3.A. business B. condition C. road D. weather
4.A. least B. most C. less D. more
5.A. if B. one C. that D. she
6.A. where B. how C. what D. when
7.A. know B. need C. expect D. like
8.A. comfortable B. tiring C. nice D. special
9.A. that B. one C. the D. a
10.A. journey B. experience C. travel D. distance
11.A. unhappy B. sleepy C. angry D. hungry
12. A. but B. and C. or D. however
13.A. Until B. After C. Before D. While
14.A. walking B. looking on C. waiting D. visiting
15.A. town B. station C. land D. part
16.A. talk B. think C. move D. find out
17.A. what B. which one C. how many D. how
18.A. three B. one C. none D. two
19.A. want B. allow C. advise D. expect
20.A. sorry B. satisfied C. amused D. comfortable
I don't think she ____what happens to her children.
A. cares to B. cares about
C. cares for D. takes care of
____ touch anything unless your teacher tells you to
A. No B. Not
C. Not to D. Don't
He has a great interest in ______ history, especially ______ history of the Tang Dynasty.
A. the, the B. a；the
C. 不填； the D. the；不填
-I'm sorry to have shouted at you. I didn't mean to be so rude to you.
-You were very angry. Anyway, ____.
A. you're right B. you're kind
C. it doesn't matter D. I'm sorry
